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Word also
WordType (adverb)
Phonetic BrE / ˈɔːlsəʊ / NAmE / ˈɔːlsoʊ /
Example
  • she's fluent in french and german. she also speaks a little italian.
  • rubella, also known as german measles
  • i didn't like it that much. also, it was much too expensive.
  • jake's father had also been a doctor (= both jake and his father were doctors).
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(adverb)BrE / ˈɔːlsəʊ / NAmE / ˈɔːlsoʊ /
  1. in addition; too
    • She's fluent in French and German. She also speaks a little Italian.
    • rubella, also known as German measles
    • I didn't like it that much. Also, it was much too expensive.
    • Jake's father had also been a doctor (= both Jake and his father were doctors).
    • She was not only intelligent but also very musical.
    • Bilingual children do better in IQ tests than children who speak only one language. In addition/What is more, they seem to find it easier to learn third or even fourth languages.
    • Learning another language not only improves children’s job prospects in later life, but also boosts their self-esteem.
    • Teaching children a second language improves their job prospects in later life. Other benefits include increased self-esteem and greater tolerance of other cultures.
    • Another/One further/One additional reason for encouraging bilingual education is that it boosts children’s self-esteem.
    • Studies suggest that bilingual children find it easier to learn additional languages. There is, moreover, increasing evidence that bilingual children perform better across a range of school subjects, not just foreign languages.
    • His claim that children find bilingual education confusing is based on very little evidence. Moreover, the evidence he does provide is seriously flawed.
    • Research has shown that first-language development is not impeded by exposure to a second language. Furthermore, there is no evidence to support the claim that children find bilingual education confusing.
    • I went to New York last year, and I also spent some time in Washington.
    • ‘I’m going home now.’ ‘I’ll come too.’
    • She hasn’t phoned and she hasn’t written either
    • You can have a burger, but you can’t have fries as well.

    Word Origin

    • Old English alswā ‘quite so, in that manner, similarly’, composite of all + so.
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