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also

Pronunciation: /ˈɔːl.səʊ/

The English word “also” has 3 meanings listed here.

adverb

  1. In addition; besides; as well; further; too.
  2. To the same degree or extent; so, as.

conjunction

  1. and in addition

Etymology

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…

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