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al⋅so

  [awl-soh]
Use also in a Sentence
–adverb
1. in addition; too; besides; as well: He was thin, and he was also tall.
2. likewise; in the same manner: Since you're having another cup of coffee, I'll have one also.
–conjunction
3. and: He was mean, also ugly.
Origin:
1125–75; ME; OE (e)alswā all (wholly or quite) so 1 ; the meaning all so “wholly” thus implies replication, and therefore “additionally, besides”

Synonyms:
1. moreover.
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al·so   (ôl'sō)   
adv.  
  1. In addition; besides.
  2. Likewise; too: If you will stay, I will also.
conj.  And in addition: It's a pretty cat, also friendly.

[Middle English, from Old English ealswā : eall, all; see al-3 in Indo-European roots + swā, so; see so1.]
Usage Note: Some maintain that it is inappropriate to begin a sentence with also. In an earlier survey, however, 63 percent of the Usage Panel found acceptable the example The warranty covers all power-train components. Also, participating dealers back their work with a free lifetime service guarantee.
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Also

Al"so\, adv. & conj. [All + so. OE. al so, AS. ealsw[=a], alsw?, [ae]lsw[ae]; eal, al, [ae]l, all + sw[=a] so. See All, So, As.]

1. In like manner; likewise. [Obs.]

2. In addition; besides; as well; further; too.

Lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven . . . for where your treasure is, there will your heart be also. --Matt. vi. 20.

3. Even as; as; so. [Obs.] --Chaucer.

Syn: Also, Likewise, Too.

Usage: These words are used by way of transition, in leaving one thought and passing to another. Also is the widest term. It denotes that what follows is all so, or entirely like that which preceded, or may be affirmed with the same truth; as, "If you were there, I was there also;" "If our situation has some discomforts, it has also many sources of enjoyment." Too is simply less formal and pointed than also; it marks the transition with a lighter touch; as, "I was there too;" "a courtier yet a patriot too." --Pope. Likewise denotes literally "in like manner," and hence has been thought by some to be more specific than also. "It implies," says Whately, "some connection or agreement between the words it unites. We may say, ` He is a poet, and likewise a musician; ' but we should not say, ` He is a prince, and likewise a musician,' because there is no natural connection between these qualities." This distinction, however, is often disregarded.
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Language Translation for : also
Spanish: también,
German: auch,
Japanese: また
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also 
O.E. eallswa "exactly so," compound of all + so. The demonstrative sense of "similarly" weakened to "in addition to" in 12c., replacing eke. The compound has parallel forms in Ger. also, Du. alzoo. Also-ran is attested from 1896, originally in ref. to horse-races.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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