Meaning

2 senses
  1. (conjunctive, focus, not comparable)In addition; besides; as well; further; too.

    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).

    auch

    то́жеtóže, та́кжеtákže

    так са́моtak sámo, тежtež, тако́жtakóž

    in addition

  2. (not comparable, obsolete)To the same degree or extent; so, as.

Examples

3526 sentences
  1. We also went to the temple.

    А ще ми ходили в храм.

    ruМы тоже пошли в храм.

    deWir sind auch in den Tempel gegangen.

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  2. That small one is also mine.

    Той менший також мій.

    ruЭтот маленький тоже мой.

    deDer kleine da ist auch von mir.

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  3. I also heard a similar story.

    Я теж чув схожу історію.

    ruЯ тоже слышал похожую историю.

    deIch habe auch schon eine ähnliche Geschichte gehört.

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  4. He was also kind to animals.

    Він був також добрий до тварин.

    ruОн также был добр к животным.

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  5. I also plan to do that.

    Я також планую це зробити.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
in addition; too; besides; as well; further;:
Русский
By meaning 1
in addition; too; besides; as well; further;:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
in addition; too; besides; as well; further;:

Origin

From Middle English also, alswo, alswa (also als(e), as, whence English as), from Old Engl

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.

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Synonyms

6 synonyms

Word family

1 related words
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See also

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