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too

  • adverb
  • to͞o

Also, in addition marks a statement as equally valid as the preceding one.

Example

“There has been a cutback in federal subsidies. Rates have been increasing too.”

Other meanings

  1. To an excessive degree, more than enough indicates that the degree of a quality is more than what is needed or wanted.

  2. To a high degree, very.

    “She doesn't talk too much.  I'm not too sure about this.”

Synonyms

  • to a fault

Example sentences

  • “I would feel weird about using those, too.”

    Tatoeba · shekitten · CC0
  • “It's not too late to turn back.”

    Tatoeba · ddnktr · CC0
  • “More than that is a bit too much.”

    Tatoeba · AmarMecheri · CC0

Word history

From Old English "tō" (furthermore, also, besides).

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “too” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.