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Meaning of "too" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD TOO

Old English tō; related to Old Frisian, Old Saxon to, Old High German zou.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF TOO

too  [tuː] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF TOO

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Too is an adverb.
The adverb is an invariable part of the sentence that can change, explain or simplify a verb or another adverb.

WHAT DOES TOO MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of too in the English dictionary

The first definition of too in the dictionary is as well; in addition; also. Other definition of too is in or to an excessive degree; more than a fitting or desirable amount. Too is also extremely.


WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE TOO

tony
too bad
too big for one´s boots
too big for one´s breeches
too close to call
too much information
too right
too right!
toodle-oo
toodle-pip
took
Tooke
tool
tool box
tool kit
tool maker
tool making
tool post
tool pusher
tool shed

WORDS THAT END LIKE TOO

all too
bamboo
boo
coo
doo
goo
hoo
loo
me-too
moo
poo
roo
shampoo
taboo
tattoo
voodoo
Waterloo
woo
yahoo
zoo

Synonyms and antonyms of too in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «TOO»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «too» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of too

Translation of «too» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF TOO

Find out the translation of too to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of too from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «too» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

también
570 millions of speakers

English

too
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

भी
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

أَيْضاً
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

также
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

também
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

অত্যধিক
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

aussi
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Juga
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

zu
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

また
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

...도 또한
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Banget
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

cũng
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

கூட
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

खूप
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

çok
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

anche
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

również
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

також
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

și
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

επίσης
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

te
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

också
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

altfor
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of too

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «TOO»

The term «too» is very widely used and occupies the 650 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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Principal search tendencies and common uses of too
List of principal searches undertaken by users to access our English online dictionary and most widely used expressions with the word «too».

FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «TOO» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «too» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «too» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about too

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10 QUOTES WITH «TOO»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word too.
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Richard Attias
Not only do African students deserve excellent universities, they deserve good elementary and secondary schools, too - and then, to have access to ongoing vocational and job training to ensure their skills remain as relevant as possible to African organizations.
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Roger Bannister
It's a question of spreading the available energy, aerobic and anaerobic, evenly over four minutes. If you run one part too fast, you pay a price. If you run another part more slowly your overall time is slower.
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Brian Michael Bendis
In the history of comics and movies and music too, it's always when things are at their bottomed-out, either creatively or financially, there's more chance-taking going on.
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Gordon Brown
America knows it has got to deal with its deficit problems so that it, too, can promise it is making its proper and best contributions to the world economy.
5
Eric Burdon
As far as the Animals breaking up - it was my fault. I wanted out. We took it to the max, as far as we could take it. Our reunion tour in 1983 went pretty good until we left America. Then we pushed it too hard and it fell apart.
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Michael Burgess
We strive for error-free medicine in a world that is sometimes all too human.
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George Burns
Too bad all the people who know how to run this country are busy running taxicabs or cutting hair.
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Colbie Caillat
I don't take relationships too seriously, but everyone else seems to. And when you get your heart broken, it's like the end of the world. And I look at it as that was one moment in your life, one chapter. That person helped you grow and figure out what kind of person you want to be with in the future.
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Chanakya
A person should not be too honest. Straight trees are cut first and honest people are screwed first.
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Leslie Charteris
The gleam in their eyes telegraphs only too clearly that they are hoping for a headline, which of course means something disparaging, because nothing makes such good copy as a feud.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «TOO»

Discover the use of too in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to too and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Nietzsche: Human, All Too Human: A Book for Free Spirits
This volume presents Nietzsche's remarkable collection of almost 1400 aphorisms in R. J. Hollingdale's distinguished translation, together with a new historical introduction by Richard Schacht.
Friedrich Nietzsche, R. J. Hollingdale, 1996
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Guys Can Be Cat Ladies Too: A Guidebook for Men and Their Cats
Michael Showalter's Guys Can Be Cat Ladies Too is the hilarious all-access guide to help a man comprehend, appreciate, and bond with the felines in his life.
Michael Showalter, 2013
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Women Who Love Too Much
Updated with a new foreword and revised text, a twentieth anniversary release of a top-selling reference counsels women on how to end destructive cycles of co-dependence and misogyny, in a guide that shares case histories of women who have ...
Robin Norwood, 2008
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Too Big to Fail: The Hazards of Bank Bailouts
Failing banks are labeled "too big to fail" (or TBTF). This important new book examines the issues surrounding TBTF, explaining why it is a problem and discussing ways of dealing with it more effectively.
Gary H. Stern, Ron J. Feldman, 2004
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In Too Deep
Trying to make her best friend Nick jealous, high school senior Sam becomes involved in a terrible lie that spirals out of control.
Amanda Grace, 2012
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Too Late to Say Goodbye: A True Story of Murder and Betrayal
For Too Late to Say Goodbye, Ann Rule has interviewed virtually everyone in any way related to the story -- the victims' families, police investigators, prosecutors, and sources from Georgia to Australia -- to uncover the truth behind the ...
Ann Rule, 2007
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Ain't Too Proud to Beg: The Troubled Lives and Enduring Soul ...
Whether you're a Temptations fan, a Motown aficionado or a pop-culture buff, you must read this book. They are pure Motown royalty and the most successful African-American recording goup in history.
Mark Ribowsky, 2010
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Bread and Roses, Too
Alone and far from home, she agrees to protect him . . . even though she suspects that he is hiding some terrible secret. From a beloved, award-winning author, here is a moving story based on real events surrounding an infamous 1912 strike.
Katherine Paterson, 2008
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Too Big to Know: Rethinking Knowledge Now that the Facts ...
The Harvard senior researcher and author of Everything is Miscellaneous reveals how business, science, education and the government are learning to use networked knowledge to make better decisions, offering insight into how the Internet age ...
David Weinberger, 2011
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A Trip Too Far: Ecotourism, Politics, and Exploitation
Rosaleen Duffy presents this analysis of ecotourism, linking it with environmental ideologies and the politics of North-South relations.
Rosaleen Duffy, 2013

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «TOO»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term too is used in the context of the following news items.
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A Religion Case Too Far for the Supreme Court?
The question is whether their arguments go too far, even for the Roberts court. At issue are the options the Obama administration has made available to a ... «New York Times, Jul 15»
2
College Too Expensive? That's a Myth
We hear a lot of questions about these loans. Are taxpayers generous enough? Is borrowing for college a good investment? Are students borrowing too much? «Wall Street Journal, Jul 15»
3
For Start-Ups, How Many Angels Is Too Many?
“But then you are sitting there alone at 3 a.m. and you have to decide on just one thing to focus your tiny team on and your mind races like you had too much to ... «New York Times, Jul 15»
4
Is the Supreme Court Too Powerful?
Opinions about the Supreme Court's legitimacy and value usually depend on ideology. Conservatives shouted tyranny after the Supreme Court upended bans ... «New York Times, Jul 15»
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Are Cybersecurity Shares Too Hot?
A series of high-profile data breaches has propelled shares of mostly smaller U.S. companies that protect against computer hacks to dizzying heights, raising ... «Wall Street Journal, Jun 15»
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Why You're Paying Too Much in Fees
Why You're Paying Too Much in Fees. Article · Comments (12). By; Jason Zweig. @jasonzweigwsj · intelligentinvestor@wsj.com · Jason Zweig · Biography. «Wall Street Journal, Jun 15»
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Paul Krugman | Thinking About the All Too Thinkable
The path toward non-Grexit — toward Greece and its creditors reaching a deal that keeps it in the euro — is getting narrower, although it's not yet completely ... «New York Times, Jun 15»
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Big Question: Can My Brain Get Too Full?
You remember your first kiss. You remember your childhood phone number, where you parked your car, and the last time you got really drunk. You probably ... «Wired, Jun 15»
9
How to Know If You Talk Too Much
Not long after my book, Just Listen, came out, I too succumbed to ignoring signs that I had started to annoy my friend and fellow coach, Marty Nemko, host of a ... «blogs.hbr.org, Jun 15»
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Presidential Races Under Microscope, and The Times, Too
Her boss likes it, too; the executive editor, Dean Baquet characterized the campaign coverage as “pretty fabulous” in an email to me and said that “other ... «New York Times, May 15»

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