too
EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
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.
PronunciationEdit
- (UK) IPA(key): /tuː/, [tʰu̟ː], enPR: to͞o
- (US) IPA(key): /tu/, [tʰu̟], enPR: to͞o
Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -uː
- Homophones: two, to
AdverbEdit
too (not comparable)
- (focus) Likewise.
- 1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter XVI, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC:
- 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.
- 2013 July 26, Leo Hickman, “How algorithms rule the world”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 7, page 26:
- 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.
- (conjunctive) Also; in addition.
- There has been a cutback in federal subsidies. Rates have been increasing too.
- 1879, R[ichard] J[efferies], chapter 1, in The Amateur Poacher, London: Smith, Elder, & Co., […], →OCLC:
- 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.
- 2013 July 19, Timothy Garton Ash, “Where Dr Pangloss meets Machiavelli”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 6, page 18:
- 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.
- (degree) To an excessive degree; over; more than enough.
- 1620, Giovanni Bocaccio, John Florio, transl., The Decameron, Containing an Hundred Pleaſant Nouels: Wittily Diſcourſed, Betweene Seuen Honourable Ladies, and Three Noble Gentlemen[1], Isaac Iaggard, Nouell 8, The Eighth Day:
- […] 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.
- 2013 August 3, “Yesterday’s fuel”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8847:
- 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.
- (degree, colloquial) To a high degree, very.
- She doesn't talk too much. I'm not too sure about this.
- (affirmation, colloquial) Used to contradict a negative assertion.
- "You're not old enough yet." ― "I am, too!"
- (archaic, colloquial) Used for emphasis, without reference to any previous statement.
- 1852 March – 1853 September, Charles Dickens, Bleak House, London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published 1853, →OCLC:
- 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.
Usage notesEdit
- When used in their senses as degree adverbs, very and too never modify verbs; very much and too much do instead.
SynonymsEdit
- (likewise, also): as well, along with, eke (obsolete)
- (over, more than enough): excessively, extremely, overmuch, unnecessarily
TranslationsEdit
likewise
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more than enough; as too much
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(degree, colloquial) to a high degree, very — See also translations at very
used to contradict a negative assertion
See alsoEdit
AnagramsEdit
AcholiEdit
NounEdit
too
AfarEdit
PronunciationEdit
DeterminerEdit
tóo
Derived termsEdit
See alsoEdit
Afar demonstrative determiners
ReferencesEdit
- E. M. Parker; R. J. Hayward (1985), “too”, in An Afar-English-French dictionary (with Grammatical Notes in English), University of London, →ISBN
- Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015) L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie)[2], Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis)
AsturianEdit
DeterminerEdit
too n
GaliceEdit
NounEdit
too
ReferencesEdit
- Harry Hoijer, Galice Athapaskan: A Grammatical Sketch, International Journal of American Linguistics, volume 32:4 (October 1966), pages 320-327
HiligaynonEdit
AdjectiveEdit
toó
IngrianEdit
Etymology 1Edit
From Proto-Finnic *too, from Proto-Uralic *to. Cognates include Finnish tuo and Karelian tuo.
PronunciationEdit
- (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈtoː/, [ˈtoː]
- (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈtoː/, [ˈto̝ː]
- Rhymes: -oː
- Hyphenation: too
DeterminerEdit
too
PronounEdit
too
DeclensionEdit
| Declension of too | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | too | noo |
| genitive | toon | noijen |
| accusative | toon | noo |
| partitive | toota | noota |
| illative | tooho | noohe |
| inessive | toos | noos |
| elative | toost | noost |
| allative | toolle | noolle |
| adessive | tool | nool |
| ablative | toolt | noolt |
| translative | tooks | nooks |
| essive | toonna | noonna |
Derived termsEdit
See alsoEdit
| Ingrian demonstratives | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| proximal | neutral | distal | |||||
| singular | tämä (tää) | se | too | ||||
| plural | nämät (näät) | neet | noo | ||||
AdverbEdit
too
SynonymsEdit
Etymology 2Edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
PronunciationEdit
- (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈtoː/, [ˈtoː]
- (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈtoː/, [ˈto̝ː]
- Rhymes: -oː
- Hyphenation: too
VerbEdit
too
- inflection of toovva:
ReferencesEdit
- V. I. Junus (1936) Iƶoran Keelen Grammatikka[3], Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 99
- Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 594
- Olga I. Konkova; Nikita A. Dyachkov (2014) Inkeroin Keel: Пособие по Ижорскому Языку[4], →ISBN, pages 13-14
KaraoEdit
NounEdit
too
KombaEdit
NounEdit
too
ReferencesEdit
- Neville et Gwyneth Southwell, Komba dictionary, page 37, 1969
KoyukonEdit
NounEdit
too
MwanEdit
NounEdit
too
SekaniEdit
Alternative formsEdit
- choo (in some other dialects)
NounEdit
too
ReferencesEdit
- Sharon Hargus, Documenting for revitalization: Kwadacha Tsek'ene, a case study (2014)
SpanishEdit
VerbEdit
too
West MakianEdit
PronunciationEdit
VerbEdit
too
- (transitive) to wrap up
ConjugationEdit
| Conjugation of too (action verb) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |||
| inclusive | exclusive | |||
| 1st person | totoo | motoo | atoo | |
| 2nd person | notoo | fotoo | ||
| 3rd person | inanimate | itoo | dotoo | |
| animate | ||||
| imperative | notoo, too | fotoo, too | ||
ReferencesEdit
- Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours[5], Pacific linguistics
YolaEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Middle English to, from Old English tō.
AdverbEdit
too
- too
- 1867, “A YOLA ZONG”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 11:
- W' vengem too hard, he zunk ee commane,
- With venom too hard, he sunk his bat-club,
ReferencesEdit
- Jacob Poole (1867), William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, page 88
YorubaEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Hausa tṑ, compare with Baatonum to
PronunciationEdit
InterjectionEdit
tóò