also
/ˈɔl.soʊ/
Word Rarity
Common
Frequency: 6.19 in modern English
4
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
2
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
adv
In addition; besides; as well; further; too.
conj
and in addition
Example Sentences
- "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)."
- "When you withdraw yor forces, we shall also withdraw ours."
- "The subject of denoting is of very great importance, not only in logic and mathematics, but also in the theory of knowledge."
- "Thus 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;[…]."
- "Many 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."
Etymology
Etymology tree 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 English eallswā Middle English also English also 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.
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: *h₂el-, also, eallswā, *allswā
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈɔl.soʊ/
- British English: /ˈɔːl.səʊ/