Meanings
- conjunctivefocusnot comparableIn addition; besides; as well; further; too.First known use 14ᵗʰ c.
When you withdraw yor forces, we shall also withdraw ours.
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Everyone had eggs for breakfast, but Alice also had toast. Also, she finished hers in under half an hour.
Also common are languages, like Latin, with a three-way distinction (proximal, medial and distal).
The subject of denoting is of very great importance, not only in logic and mathematics, but also in the theory of knowledge.
1905, Bertrand Russell, On DenotingThus the red damask curtains which now shut out the fog-laden, drizzling atmosphere of the Marylebone Road, had cost a mere song, and yet they might have been warranted to last another thirty years. A great bargain also had been the excellent Axminster carpet which covered the floor;[…].
1913, Mrs. [Marie] Belloc Lowndes, chapter I, in The Lodger, London: Methuen, →OCLC; republished in Novels of Mystery: The Lodger; The Story of Ivy; What Really Happened, New York, N.Y.: Longmans, Green and Co., […], [1933], →OCLC, page 0016Many genes with reproductive roles also have antibacterial and immune functions, which indicate that the threat of microbial attack on the sperm or egg may be a major influence on rapid evolution during reproduction.
2013 May-June, Katrina G. Claw, “Rapid Evolution in Eggs and Sperm”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 3 - not comparableobsoleteTo the same degree or extent; so, as.
[…] thereupon the queen's majesty […] did send a solemn ambassade of her privy-counsellors, whereof one was an ancient earl of the realm, the other also an ancient baron of the same, and others of the council of her state […]
c. 1709, John Strype, Annals of the Reformation and Establishment of Religion
Synonyms & antonyms
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-der.?
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂elnós
- Proto-Germanic*allaz
- Proto-West Germanic*all
- Proto-Indo-European*swéder.?
- Proto-Germanic*swa
- Proto-West Germanic*swā
- Proto-West Germanic*allswā
- Old Englisheallswā
- Middle Englishalso
- Englishalso
From Middle English also, alswo, alswa (also als(e), as, whence English as), from Old English eallswā (“just like, also”), from Proto-West Germanic *allswā, equivalent to all + so. Cognate with Scots alsa, alswa (“also, even so, in the same way, as, as well”), Saterland Frisian also (“accordingly, therefore, thus”), West Frisian alsa (“so, just so, even so, thus”), Old Saxon alsō (“similarly, as if, just as, when”), Dutch alzo (“so, thus”), German also (“so, thus”), Danish altså (“so”), Norwegian Bokmål altså (“so, therefore, accordingly, thus”), Norwegian Nynorsk altso (“so, accordingly, therefore, thus”), Swedish alltså (“so, therefore, accordingly, thus, then”). Doublet of as. More at all, so.
More words from Middle English, Old English, Proto-West Germanic
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans ook
- ookin addition; too; besides; as well; further;
Ancient Greek καί
- καί (kaí)in addition; too; besides; as well; further;
Arabic أَيْضًا, كَذٰلِكَ
- أَيْضًا (ʔayḍan)in addition; too; besides; as well; further;
- كَذٰلِكَ (ka-ḏālika)in addition; too; besides; as well; further;
- بِالمِثْل (bi-l-miṯl)in addition; too; besides; as well; further;
Bengali -ও
- -ও (-ō)in addition; too; besides; as well; further;
Bulgarian съ́що, съ́що така́
- съ́що (sắšto)in addition; too; besides; as well; further;
- съ́що така́ (sắšto taká)in addition; too; besides; as well; further;
Catalan també
- tambéin addition; too; besides; as well; further;
Chinese Cantonese 都, 亦
- 都 (dou¹)in addition; too; besides; as well; further;
- 亦 (jik⁶)in addition; too; besides; as well; further;
- 也 (jaa⁵)in addition; too; besides; as well; further;
Chinese Mandarin 也, 並 /并
- 也 (yě)in addition; too; besides; as well; further;
- 並 /并 (bìng)in addition; too; besides; as well; further;
- 還 /还 (hái)in addition; too; besides; as well; further;
- 以及 (yǐjí)in addition; too; besides; as well; further;
- 亦 (yì)in addition; too; besides; as well; further;
Czech také
- takéin addition; too; besides; as well; further;
Danish også
- ogsåin addition; too; besides; as well; further;
Dutch ook, eveneens
- ookin addition; too; besides; as well; further;
- eveneensin addition; too; besides; as well; further;
- tevensin addition; too; besides; as well; further;
Esperanto ankaŭ
- ankaŭin addition; too; besides; as well; further;
Estonian samuti, ka
- samutiin addition; too; besides; as well; further;
- kain addition; too; besides; as well; further;
- ühtlasiin addition; too; besides; as well; further;
Finnish myös, -kin
- myösin addition; too; besides; as well; further;
- -kinin addition; too; besides; as well; further;
French aussi, également
- aussiin addition; too; besides; as well; further;
- égalementin addition; too; besides; as well; further;
German auch
- auchin addition; too; besides; as well; further;
Greek επίσης
- επίσης (epísis)in addition; too; besides; as well; further;
Hebrew גַּם
- גַּם (gam)in addition; too; besides; as well; further;
Hindi भी
- भी (bhī)in addition; too; besides; as well; further;
Hungarian szintén, is
- szinténin addition; too; besides; as well; further;
- isin addition; too; besides; as well; further;
- ugyancsakin addition; too; besides; as well; further;
Icelandic líka
- líkain addition; too; besides; as well; further;
Indonesian juga, pula
- jugain addition; too; besides; as well; further;
- pulain addition; too; besides; as well; further;
Irish freisin, chomh maith
- freisinin addition; too; besides; as well; further;
- chomh maithin addition; too; besides; as well; further;
- fostain addition; too; besides; as well; further;
- leisin addition; too; besides; as well; further;
Italian anche, inoltre
- anchein addition; too; besides; as well; further;
- inoltrein addition; too; besides; as well; further;
- in aggiuntain addition; too; besides; as well; further;
- altresìin addition; too; besides; as well; further;
Japanese も, また
- も (mo)in addition; too; besides; as well; further;
- また (mata)in addition; too; besides; as well; further;
- さらに (sara ni)in addition; too; besides; as well; further;
- にも (ni mo)in addition; too; besides; as well; further;
Korean 또한, 또
- 또한 (ttohan)in addition; too; besides; as well; further;
- 또 (tto)in addition; too; besides; as well; further;
- 역시 (yeoksi)in addition; too; besides; as well; further;
Latin quoque, etiam
- quoquein addition; too; besides; as well; further;
- etiamin addition; too; besides; as well; further;
Latvian arī, tāpat
- arīin addition; too; besides; as well; further;
- tāpatin addition; too; besides; as well; further;
Lithuanian taip pat
- taip patin addition; too; besides; as well; further;
Malay juga
- jugain addition; too; besides; as well; further;
Māori hoki
- hokiin addition; too; besides; as well; further;
Norwegian Bokmål dessuten, også
- dessutenin addition; too; besides; as well; further;
- ogsåin addition; too; besides; as well; further;
- dertilin addition; too; besides; as well; further;
Persian نیز, هم
- نیز (niz)in addition; too; besides; as well; further;
- هم (ham)in addition; too; besides; as well; further;
- همچنین (hamčenin)in addition; too; besides; as well; further;
Polish też, również
- teżin addition; too; besides; as well; further;
- równieżin addition; too; besides; as well; further;
- takżein addition; too; besides; as well; further;
Portuguese também
- tambémin addition; too; besides; as well; further;
Romanian și, de asemenea
- șiin addition; too; besides; as well; further;
- de asemeneain addition; too; besides; as well; further;
- încăin addition; too; besides; as well; further;
Russian то́же, та́кже
- то́же (tóže)in addition; too; besides; as well; further;
- та́кже (tákže)in addition; too; besides; as well; further;
Scottish Gaelic cuideachd, mar an ceudna
- cuideachdin addition; too; besides; as well; further;
- mar an ceudnain addition; too; besides; as well; further;
Slovak aj, tiež
- ajin addition; too; besides; as well; further;
- tiežin addition; too; besides; as well; further;
Spanish también, asimismo
- tambiénin addition; too; besides; as well; further;
- asimismoin addition; too; besides; as well; further;
- eso mismoin addition; too; besides; as well; further;
Swahili pia
- piain addition; too; besides; as well; further;
Swedish också, likaså
- ocksåin addition; too; besides; as well; further;
- likasåin addition; too; besides; as well; further;
Tagalog din, rin
- dinin addition; too; besides; as well; further;
- rinin addition; too; besides; as well; further;
Thai ด้วย, ก็
- ด้วย (dûai)in addition; too; besides; as well; further;
- ก็ (gɔ̂)in addition; too; besides; as well; further;
Turkish ayrıca, da
- ayrıcain addition; too; besides; as well; further;
- dain addition; too; besides; as well; further;
- dein addition; too; besides; as well; further;
- hemin addition; too; besides; as well; further;
Ukrainian так са́мо, теж
- так са́мо (tak sámo)in addition; too; besides; as well; further;
- теж (tež)in addition; too; besides; as well; further;
- тако́ж (takóž)in addition; too; besides; as well; further;
Urdu بھی
- بھی (bhī)in addition; too; besides; as well; further;
Vietnamese cũng
- cũngin addition; too; besides; as well; further;
Welsh hefyd
- hefydin addition; too; besides; as well; further;
Yiddish אויך
- אויך (oykh)in addition; too; besides; as well; further;
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Cite this entry
also. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/also
“also.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/also. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “also,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/also.
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