Meanings
- And, in addition; not forgetting.
She has to sing as well as play the piano.
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It is to be promoted as a leisure activity, as well as as a social distinction.
The moon as well as the stars was shining down on them.
Smoking is unhealthy, as well as making you smell bad.
You borrowed my car but never gave it back. And as well as that, you stole my bike.
Not unnaturally, “Auntie” took this communication in bad part. Thus outraged, she showed herself to be a bold as well as a furious virago. Next day she found her way to their lodgings and tried to recover her ward by the hair of the head.
1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter XXII, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC - Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see as, well.
She sings as well as she plays the piano.
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As well as I recollect, he was about six feet tall.
[I]n time I got used to every thing, and could do my work as well as my mother.
[1877], Anna Sewell, “My Breaking In”, in Black Beauty: […], London: Jarrold and Sons, […], →OCLC, part I, page 19
- In addition to; further to.
As well as the obvious financial benefits, the merger will allow us some breathing room with regards to R&D.
Synonyms & antonyms
Translations
Arabic بِالْإِضَافَة إِلَى
- بِالْإِضَافَة إِلَى (bi-l-ʔiḍāfa ʔilā)in addition to
Catalan i també, així com
- i tambéand in addition
- així comand in addition
- i a mésand in addition
- a mésin addition to
- a més a mésin addition to
Chinese Mandarin 以及, 也
- 以及 (yǐjí)and in addition
- 也 (yě)too; likewise; in addition
Czech a, taktéž
- aand in addition
- taktéžand in addition
- iand in addition
Danish samt
- samtand in addition
Dutch alsmede, evenals
- alsmedeand in addition
- evenalsand in addition
- naastin addition to
Esperanto same kiel
- same kieland in addition
Finnish samoin kuin, sekä
- samoin kuinand in addition
- sekäand in addition
- samoin kuintoo; likewise; in addition
- lisäksiin addition to
French ainsi que, de même que
- ainsi queand in addition
- de même queand in addition
- autant quetoo; likewise; in addition
- en plus dein addition to
German sowie
- sowieand in addition
Greek καθώς και
- καθώς και (kathós kai)and in addition
Hebrew הֵן X הֵן Y, כְּמוֹ כֵן
- הֵן X הֵן Yand in addition
- כְּמוֹ כֵן (kmo chen)and in addition
Hindi ... के अलावा
- ... के अलावा (... ke alāvā)in addition to
Hungarian valamint, amennyire
- valamintand in addition
- amennyiretoo; likewise; in addition
- ugyanannyiratoo; likewise; in addition
- ugyanúgytoo; likewise; in addition
- éppúgy…too; likewise; in addition
- mellettin addition to
- felülin addition to
- kívülin addition to
Italian e anche, oltre a
- e ancheand in addition
- oltre aand in addition
- nonchéand in addition
- come puretoo; likewise; in addition
- così cometoo; likewise; in addition
Japanese ...のほかに
- ...のほかに (... no hoka ni)and in addition
Latin atque
- atqueand in addition
Norwegian Bokmål samt
- samtand in addition
Polish oraz, jak i
- orazand in addition
- jak iin addition to
- jak równieżin addition to
Portuguese assim como, assim como
- assim comoand in addition
- assim comoin addition to
Romanian precum și, pe lângă
- precum șiand in addition
- pe lângăin addition to
Russian а та́кже, заодно́
- а та́кже (a tákže)and in addition
- заодно́ (zaodnó)and in addition
- к тому́ же (k tomú že)and in addition
- кро́ме того́ (króme tovó)too; likewise; in addition
- к тому́ же (k tomú že)too; likewise; in addition
- в дополне́ние к (v dopolnénije k)in addition to
Spanish así como, así como
- así comoand in addition
- así comoin addition to
Swedish samt
- samtand in addition
Thai รวมไปถึง
- รวมไปถึง (ruam pai thung)and in addition
Turkish yanısıra, ilaveten
- yanısıraand in addition
- ilavetentoo; likewise; in addition
- yanı sırain addition to
Ukrainian тако́ж, до то́го ж
- тако́ж (takóž)and in addition
- до то́го ж (do tóho ž)and in addition
- на дода́чу (na dodáču)too; likewise; in addition
Vietnamese cũng như
- cũng nhưand in addition
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with as well as
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