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also

/ˈɔːl.səʊ/ UK
/ˈɔl.soʊ/ US
/ˈɑl.soʊ/ US, cot caught merger
/ˈɔlt.soʊ/ US, nonstandard
/ˈɑlt.soʊ/ US, nonstandard
[ˈɔːɫ.so(ː)] Canada
/ˈoːl.səʉ/ Australia
/ˈəʉ.səʉ/ Australia, nonstandard
/ˈɔl.so/ Scotland
/ˈɔːl.soː/ Wales

Rhymes with -ɔːlsoʊ

Where it comes from

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.

adverb

conjunctive, focus, not comparable In addition; besides; as well; further; too. Everyone had eggs for breakfast, but Alice also had toast. Also, she finished hers in under half an hour.
not comparable, obsolete To the same degree or extent; so, as. […] thereupon the queen's majesty […] did send a solemn ambassade of her privy-counsellors, whereof one was an ancient earl of the realm, the other also an ancient baron of the same, and others of the council of her state […]

Similar: too, eke, as well, so

conjunction

focus and in addition It's a pretty dog, also loyal.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: besides, as well, too, likewise, additionally, moreover, furthermore, either, anymore, therefore, now, then, consequently, else, hence, elsewhere

adverb

Similar: too, eke, as well, so

Translations

Every language

adv in addition; too; besides; as well; further;

Español	también, asimismo, eso mismo
한국어	또한 ttohan, 또 tto, 역시 yeoksi
日本語	も mo, また mata, さらに sara ni, にも ni mo
中文	也 yě, 並 /并 bìng, 還 /还 hái, 以及 yǐjí, 亦 yì
हिन्दी	भी bhī
Kiswahili	pia
Português	também
Français	aussi, également
Deutsch	auch
Italiano	anche, inoltre, in aggiunta, altresì
Ελληνικά	επίσης epísis
Română	și, de asemenea, încă
Русский	то́же tóže, та́кже tákže
Tiếng Việt	cũng
العربية	أَيْضًا ʔayḍan, كَذٰلِكَ ka-ḏālika, بِالمِثْل bi-l-miṯl
עברית	גַּם gam

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@misc{also_2026,
  title = {also},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/also},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}