Too

/tuː/ · adverb

Meaning

(focus) Likewise..

Definitions by Sense

1. (focus) Likewise.
2. (conjunctive) Also, in addition marks a statement as equally valid as the preceding one.
3. (degree) To an excessive degree, more than enough indicates that the degree of a quality is more than what is needed or wanted.
4. (degree, colloquial) To a high degree, very.
5. (emphatic, colloquial, childish) Used to contradict a negative assertion with present and simple past forms of be, do, and auxiliary verbs
6. (archaic, colloquial) Used for emphasis, without reference to any previous statement.

Example Sentences

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.

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.

There has been a cutback in federal subsidies. Rates have been increasing too.

He's always willing to help. He, too, is generous with his time.

It is important to remember, too, that she is generous with his time. Sometimes, too, she does ask for the odd favor.

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.

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.

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.

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