either
As wellAs well.
Meaning
1 senses(conjunctive, not comparable)As well.
I don't like him, and I don't like her either.
I know a cheap Spanish restaurant. It's not far from here, either.
auch, ebenso, ebenfalls
та́кже неtákže ne
тако́жtakóž
- after a negative statement used as an intensive meaning something like ‘likewise’ or ‘also’
Examples
1861 sentencesI do not like him either.
Мені він також не подобається. — deniko
ruМне он также не нравится. — Gruzilkin
deIch liebe ihn auch nicht. — MUIRIEL
I know you don't know either.
Я знаю, що ти теж не знаєш. — deniko
ruЯ знаю, что ты тоже не знаешь. — marafon
Tom may not have time either.
У Тома, можливо, також немає часу. — deniko
ruУ Тома тоже может не быть времени. — odexed
I won't be here tomorrow, either.
Мене тут завтра також не буде. — deniko
ruЗавтра меня тоже тут не будет. — marafon
I didn't want to go either.
Я теж не хотів іти. — deniko
ruЯ тоже не хотел идти. — marafon
Translations
8 languagesBy meaning 1
By meaning 1
By meaning 1
Origin
From Middle English either, from Old English ǣġhwæþer, from Proto-West Germanic *aiw + *gaFrom Middle English either, from Old English ǣġhwæþer, from Proto-West Germanic *aiw + *gahwaþar. Akin to Old Saxon eogihwethar, iahwethar (Low German jeed); Old Dutch *iogewether, *iowether, *iother (Dutch ieder); Old High German eogihwedar, iegihweder, ieweder (German jeder).
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Lessons for this word
1 lessons- C1Ellipsis and substitution — Because the lesson uses it
Collocations
12 patterns- do that either
- like either of
- know either of
- to go either
- either of the
- on either side
- seen seen either
- may take either
- either way
- look like either
- didn't like either
- either one of
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.