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too en · ADV

Pronunciation

• /tʉː/ (Australia, New-Zealand)
• to͞o (US)
• /tu/ (US)
• /tuː/ (Canada, UK)
• [tʰu̟] (US)
• (US) audio
• [tʰʉː] (Australia, New-Zealand)
• [tʰu̟ː] (Canada, UK)
• to͞o (Canada, UK)

Etymology

From Middle English to (“also, in addition to”), from Old English tō (“furthermore, also, besides”), adverbial use of preposition tō (“to, into”). The sense of "in addition, also" deriving from the original meaning of "apart, separately" (compare Old English prefix tō- (“apart”)). Doublet of to; see there for more.

Meanings

1. (focus, not-comparable) Likewise.
   • The use of algorithms in policing is one example of their increasing influence on our lives. And, as their ubiquity spreads, so too does the debate around whether we should allow ourselves to become so reliant on them – and who, if anyone, is policing their use. 2013 July 26, Leo Hickman, “How algorithms rule the world”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 7, page 26:
   • The preposterous altruism too![…]Resist not evil. It is an insane immolation of self—as bad intrinsically as fakirs stabbing themselves or anchorites warping their spines in caves scarcely large enough for a fair-sized dog. 1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter XVI, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC:
2. (conjunctive, not-comparable) Also, in addition marks a statement as equally valid as the preceding one.
   • He's always willing to help. He, too, is generous with his time.
   • They burned the old gun that used to stand in the dark corner up in the garret, close to the stuffed fox that always grinned so fiercely. Perhaps the reason why he seemed in such a ghastly rage was that he did not come by his death fairly. Otherwise his pelt would not have been so perfect. And why else was he put away up there out of sight?—and so magnificent a brush as he had too. 1879, R[ichard] J[efferies], chapter 1, in The Amateur Poacher, London: Smith, Elder, & Co., […], →OCLC:
   • Hidden behind thickets of acronyms and gorse bushes of detail, a new great game is under way across the globe. Some call it geoeconomics, but it's geopolitics too. The current power play consists of an extraordinary range of countries simultaneously sitting down to negotiate big free trade and investment agreements. 2013 July 19, Timothy Garton Ash, “Where Dr Pangloss meets Machiavelli”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 6, page 18:
   • The Isk were true symbiotes. The Isk cannot live without the Yoort. And to ensure that this symbiosis would be real, the Yoort, too, were modified. Now Yoort cannot live without Isk and Isk cannot live without Yoort. They are one creature with two parts. 1999, K. A. Applegate, The Attack (Animorphs), volume 26:
   • It is important to remember, too, that she is generous with his time. Sometimes, too, she does ask for the odd favor.
   • There has been a cutback in federal subsidies. Rates have been increasing too.
3. (not-comparable, qualifier:degree) To an excessive degree, more than enough indicates that the degree of a quality is more than what is needed or wanted.
   • The dawn of the oil age was fairly recent. Although the stuff was used to waterproof boats in the Middle East 6,000 years ago, extracting it in earnest began only in 1859 after an oil strike in Pennsylvania.[…]It was used to make kerosene, the main fuel for artificial lighting after overfishing led to a shortage of whale blubber. Other liquids produced in the refining process, too unstable or smoky for lamplight, were burned or dumped. 2013 August 3, “Yesterday’s fuel”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8847:
   • I'm still much too young to drive, and my grandpa is already far too old.
   • This water is too polluted for us to drink (it).
   • […]purſued his vnneighbourly purpoſe in ſuch ſort: that hee being the ſtronger perſwader, and ſhe (belike) too credulous in beleeuing or elſe ouer-feeble in reſiſting, from priuate imparlance, they fell to action; and continued their cloſe fight a long while together, vnſeene and vvithout ſuſpition, no doubt to their equall ioy and contentment. 1620, Giovanni Bocaccio, translated by John Florio, The Decameron, Containing an Hundred Pleaſant Nouels: Wittily Diſcourſed, Betweene Seuen Honourable Ladies, and Three Noble Gentlemen, Isaac Iaggard, Nouell 8, The Eighth Day:
   • Near-synonyms: extremely, unnecessarily, all too
   • Don't be too quick to blame others.
4. (colloquial, not-comparable, qualifier:degree) To a high degree, very.
   • She doesn't talk too much.  I'm not too sure about this.
5. (childish, colloquial, emphatic, not-comparable) Used to contradict a negative assertion with present and simple past forms of be, do, and auxiliary verbs
   • You're not old enough yet. ― I am too!
   • You can't jump that fence. ― Can too jump it!
   • We haven't been mean to you. ― Have too, plenty of times
6. (archaic, colloquial, not-comparable) Used for emphasis, without reference to any previous statement.
   • The trooper thanks his informant and rides slowly on, looking about him. […] He comes to a gateway in the brick wall, looks in, and sees a great perplexity of iron lying about in every stage and in a vast variety of shapes— […] "This is a place to make a man's head ache too!" says the trooper, looking about him for a counting-house. 1852 March – 1853 September, Charles Dickens, Bleak House, London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published 1853, →OCLC:

Deriveds

go too far · this too shall pass · life is too short · a bridge too far · wear too many hats · you are never too old to learn · can too · me too-ism · life's too short · too hot to handle · too many · too big to fail · too close to the sun · all too well · twirly · not a minute too soon · too big for one's breeches · too many cooks spoil the stew · too much water drowned the miller · didn't read · methinks thou dost protest too much · way too · too many cooks spoil the broth · too much bed makes a dull head · fly too close to the sun · too big to jail · too close for comfort · too many chefs spoil the broth · think too much · me too · in too deep · too cool for school · protest too much · too much pudding will choke a dog · you're never too old to learn · too many cooks spoil the soup · one too many · the lady doth protest too much · too rich for one's blood · the world is too much with someone · too right · too clever by half · this too shall pass away · too hard basket · me-too · eat one's cake and have it too · not a moment too soon · hit too close to home · Toogood · too many chiefs and not enough indians · too long · too big for one's boots · too many balls in the air · too-hard basket · too much information · not wrapped too tight · take too far · too hot to hold · none too soon · too close to call · too bad · only too · have a few too many · too late · not to put too fine a word on it · too far gone · not to put too fine a point on it · too many chiefs and not enough Indians · too posh to push · all too · me-too-ism · it's never too late to mend · it's too late for sorry · spread oneself too thin · too good to last · and your little dog too · too good to be true · speak too soon · enough is too much · too much of a good thing · be a hundred years too early · it's too expensive · too soon · too-muchness · methinks the lady doth protest too much · too good for this world · have one's cake and eat it too · too big for one's britches

Relateds

too too

Synonyms

over · as well · all too · unduly · eke · extremely · additionally · unnecessarily · so · all that · over- · excessively · overly · so

Translations (299)

ar كَذٰلِكَ ((focus) likewise) · nl eveneens ((focus) likewise) · da ligeså ((focus) likewise) · ka -ც ((focus) likewise) · mr जास्त ((degree) more than enough) · km លន់ ((degree) more than enough) · be на́дта ((degree) more than enough) · sk tiež ((focus) likewise) · da også ((focus) likewise) · ar أَكْثَرَ مِنَ اللّازِمِ ((degree) more than enough) · it troppo ((degree) more than enough) · nl wel degelijk ((emphatic) used to contradict a negative assertion) · txb rano ((focus) likewise) · nn også ((focus) likewise) · oc tanben ((focus) likewise) · arz برضه ((focus) likewise) · hu ugyancsak ((focus) likewise) · la quoque ((focus) likewise) · xdq цамбяхъил ((focus) likewise) · mn мөн ((focus) likewise) · li te ((degree) more than enough) · gl tamén ((focus) likewise) · km លាប់ ((degree) more than enough) · lo ດ້ວຍ ((focus) likewise) · tg ҳам ((focus) likewise) · hy նույնպես ((focus) likewise) · yue 都 ((focus) likewise) · uk на́дто ((degree) more than enough) · sh previše ((degree) more than enough) · dsb tež ((focus) likewise) · sw sana ((degree) more than enough) · sk aj ((focus) likewise) · ro prea ((degree) more than enough) · uk тако́ж ((focus) likewise) · ka აგრეთვე ((focus) likewise) · prs هَم ((focus) likewise) · id juga ((focus) likewise) · ar مُفْرِط ((degree) more than enough) · mn хэт ((degree) more than enough) · oc tròp ((degree) more than enough) · fr aussi ((focus) likewise) · ast tamién ((focus) likewise) · sa अतीव ((degree) more than enough) · mk пре- ((degree) more than enough) · is of ((degree) more than enough) · az də ((focus) likewise) · pt excessivamente ((degree) more than enough) · ro deasemenea ((focus) likewise) · hu olyan ((degree) to a high degree, very — see also very) · uk зана́дто ((degree) more than enough) · is líka ((focus) likewise) · mn бас ((focus) likewise) · dng е ((focus) likewise) · ist anca ((focus) likewise) · bn বেশী ((degree) more than enough) · cmn 也 ((focus) likewise) · ajp كمان ((focus) likewise) · pt demais ((degree) more than enough) · ru та́кже ((focus) likewise) · hi भी ((focus) likewise) · dlm anca ((focus) likewise) · sl preveč ((degree) more than enough) · vo tu ((degree) more than enough) · ja にも ((focus) likewise) · hu annyira ((degree) to a high degree, very — see also very) · km នេះ ((degree) more than enough) · mk исто така ((focus) likewise) · cy yn ogystal ((focus) likewise) · ovd uv ((degree) more than enough) · hu de (igen) ((emphatic) used to contradict a negative assertion) · vec anca ((focus) likewise) · mk премногу ((degree) more than enough) · fr très ((degree) to a high degree, very — see also very) · hu egyaránt ((focus) likewise) · ka ძალიან ((degree) more than enough) · ga freisin ((focus) likewise) · nn med ((focus) likewise) · fr tres ((degree) to a high degree, very — see also very) · es demasiado ((degree) more than enough) · pl za ((degree) more than enough) · tr çok ((degree) more than enough) · fi -kin ((focus) likewise) · it anche ((focus) likewise) · tr fazla ((degree) more than enough) · de wohl ((emphatic) used to contradict a negative assertion) · mt wisq ((degree) more than enough) · lt pernelyg ((degree) more than enough) · vo i ((focus) likewise) · et ka ((focus) likewise) · ur بَہُت ((degree) more than enough) · ms juga ((focus) likewise) · fur ancje ((focus) likewise) · ja …過ぎる ((degree) more than enough) · ajp برضه ((focus) likewise) · th เกินไป ((degree) more than enough) · dsb teke ((focus) likewise) · ca també ((focus) likewise) · sv visst ((emphatic) used to contradict a negative assertion) · gd cuideachd ((focus) likewise) · eu nahi ((degree) more than enough) · lv līdz ((degree) more than enough) · et samuti ((focus) likewise) · nn òg ((focus) likewise) · wuu 忒 ((degree) more than enough) · mn ᠳᠡᠩᠳᠡᠭᠦᠦ ((degree) more than enough) · io tro ((degree) more than enough) · pcd étou ((focus) likewise) · ovd fer ((degree) more than enough) · nv ałdóʼ ((focus) likewise) · hu túl ((degree) more than enough) · km ពេក ((degree) more than enough) · nb òg ((focus) likewise) · sd هيڪاندو ((degree) more than enough) · tr aşırı ((degree) more than enough) · sv ock ((focus) likewise) · km លើស ((degree) more than enough) · ko -도 ((focus) likewise) · eo ankaŭ ((focus) likewise) · uk теж ((focus) likewise) · cmn 過於 /过于 ((degree) more than enough) · th ด้วย ((focus) likewise) · ajp كمان ((focus) likewise) · uk за ((degree) more than enough) · ja …過ぎ ((degree) more than enough) · km ដល់ក ((degree) more than enough) · lo ເກີນໄປ ((degree) more than enough) · ka მეტად ((degree) more than enough) · vi cũng ((focus) likewise) · gmw-ecg aah ((focus) likewise) · az həddindən artıq ((degree) more than enough) · fi -han ((emphatic) used to contradict a negative assertion) · fi liian ((degree) more than enough) · eu ere ((focus) likewise) · sq të ((degree) more than enough) · be за- ((degree) more than enough) · ja さらに ((focus) likewise) · lt taip pat ((focus) likewise) · la item ((focus) likewise) · mn ᠬᠡᠲᠦ ((degree) more than enough) · he גַּם ((focus) likewise) · lo ດອມ ((focus) likewise) · lt per ((degree) more than enough) · gd mar an ceudna ((focus) likewise) · sh тако́ђе ((focus) likewise) · sv även ((focus) likewise) · mi anō hoki ((focus) likewise) · cmn 太 ((degree) more than enough) · nb med ((focus) likewise) · lo ກໍ ((focus) likewise) · eu gehiegi ((focus) likewise) · fo ov ((degree) more than enough) · hy չափազանց ((degree) more than enough) · ko 너무 ((degree) more than enough) · th มากไป ((degree) more than enough) · fi myös ((focus) likewise) · pt demasiadamente ((degree) more than enough) · sh тако́ђер ((focus) likewise) · ga fosta ((focus) likewise) · hi बहुत ((degree) more than enough) · la etiam ((focus) likewise) · sk príliš ((degree) more than enough) · ar بَرْضُه ((focus) likewise) · ja も ((focus) likewise) · mfe tro ((degree) more than enough) · la nimis ((degree) more than enough) · nl wel ((emphatic) used to contradict a negative assertion) · fi -pas ((emphatic) used to contradict a negative assertion) · mi hoki ((focus) likewise) · gv ro- ((degree) more than enough) · ang ēac ((focus) likewise) · grc ἄγαν ((degree) more than enough) · ja また ((focus) likewise) · mn ᠬᠡᠲᠦᠷᠬᠡᠶ ((degree) more than enough) · yue 也 ((focus) likewise) · xdq бахъ ((degree) more than enough) · ka მეტისმეტად ((degree) more than enough) · izh liikaa ((degree) more than enough) · hu szintén ((focus) likewise) · io anke ((focus) likewise) · cs také ((focus) likewise) · ja …過ぎる ((degree) to a high degree, very — see also very) · el υπερβολικά ((degree) more than enough) · km ជោរ ((degree) more than enough) · yue 亦 ((focus) likewise) · be зана́дта ((degree) more than enough) · sv med ((focus) likewise) · ru чересчу́р ((degree) more than enough) · de zu ((degree) more than enough) · afb بعد ((focus) likewise) · bg съ́що ((focus) likewise) · nb altfor ((degree) more than enough) · he מִדַּי ((degree) more than enough) · pl zbyt ((degree) more than enough) · te కూడా ((focus) likewise) · la et ((focus) likewise) · km ហួស ((degree) more than enough) · ar أَيْضًا ((focus) likewise) · ka ასევე ((focus) likewise) · ka ძლიერ ((degree) more than enough) · nv dóʼ ((focus) likewise) · hy նաև ((focus) likewise) · is allt of ((degree) more than enough) · dsb pśeliš ((degree) more than enough) · ga ró- ((degree) more than enough) · ar كَمَان ((focus) likewise) · izh liijen ((degree) more than enough) · izh kera ((focus) likewise) · pl też ((focus) likewise) · cy hefyd ((focus) likewise) · ia anque ((focus) likewise) · vec tropo ((degree) more than enough) · ro și ((focus) likewise) · et liiga ((degree) more than enough) · la idem ((focus) likewise) · nb også ((focus) likewise) · ru то́же ((focus) likewise) · cs též ((focus) likewise) · hi अतीव ((degree) more than enough) · fr si si ((emphatic) used to contradict a negative assertion) · pdt uk ((focus) likewise) · th เกิน ((degree) more than enough) · it pure ((focus) likewise) · mi anōki ((focus) likewise) · sd هيڪاندو ((degree) more than enough) · vi quá ((degree) more than enough) · acw كمان ((focus) likewise) · tr da ((focus) likewise) · de auch ((focus) likewise) · fa-ira هَم ((focus) likewise) · cy rhy ((degree) more than enough) · nl ook ((focus) likewise) · fr trop ((degree) more than enough) · yi צו ((degree) more than enough) · es muy ((degree) to a high degree, very — see also very) · el επίσης ((focus) likewise) · ru сли́шком ((degree) more than enough) · hsb tež ((focus) likewise) · ar لِلْغايةِ ((degree) more than enough) · lo ຍັງ ((focus) likewise) · sh takóđe ((focus) likewise) · vec màsa ((degree) more than enough) · ur بھی ((focus) likewise) · sv också ((focus) likewise) · cs příliš ((degree) more than enough) · hi हम ((focus) likewise) · arz كمان ((focus) likewise) · sl tȗdi ((focus) likewise) · sv allt för ((degree) more than enough) · izh tože ((focus) likewise) · id terlalu ((degree) more than enough) · nb for ((degree) more than enough) · th ไป ((degree) more than enough) · hak 也 ((focus) likewise) · hu úgyszintén ((focus) likewise) · km ផង ((focus) likewise) · es asaz ((degree) to a high degree, very — see also very) · bn -ও ((focus) likewise) · eo tro ((degree) more than enough) · eu -egi ((degree) more than enough) · sw pia ((focus) likewise) · be такса́ма ((focus) likewise) · mn хэтэрхий ((degree) more than enough) · th ก็ ((focus) likewise) · hu is ((focus) likewise) · sq gjithashtu ((focus) likewise) · mn дэндүү ((degree) more than enough) · ko 역시 ((focus) likewise) · be заве́льмі ((degree) more than enough) · pt também ((focus) likewise) · tl masyado ((degree) more than enough) · lv arī ((focus) likewise) · dsb pśe- ((degree) more than enough) · ne एकदम ((degree) more than enough) · nrf itou ((focus) likewise) · he גם כן ((focus) likewise) · bg твъ́рде ((degree) more than enough) · tr de ((focus) likewise) · ga leis ((focus) likewise) · es demasiadamente ((degree) more than enough) · gl demasiado ((degree) more than enough) · ang tō ((degree) more than enough) · la nimium ((degree) more than enough) · ca massa ((degree) more than enough) · de doch ((emphatic) used to contradict a negative assertion) · sv alltför ((degree) more than enough) · es también ((focus) likewise) · fa-ira خِیْلی ((degree) more than enough) · az da ((focus) likewise) · acw برضه ((focus) likewise) · uz ham ((focus) likewise) · sh takóđer ((focus) likewise) · de allzu ((degree) more than enough) · th ยัง ((focus) likewise) · da for ((degree) more than enough) · ka ზედმეტად ((degree) more than enough) · nl te ((degree) more than enough) · la et quidem ((focus) likewise) · sv för ((degree) more than enough) · km ដែរ ((focus) likewise)