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too

[too]

–adverb

1.	in addition; also; furthermore; moreover: young, clever, and rich too.

2.	to an excessive extent or degree; beyond what is desirable, fitting, or right: too sick to travel.

3.	more, as specified, than should be: too near the fire.

4.	(used as an affirmative to contradict a negative statement): I am too!

5.	extremely; very: She wasn't too pleased with his behavior.

—Idiom

6.	only too. only (def. 10).

Origin:
bef. 900; ME to, OE, stressed var. of to (adv.); sp. too since the 16th century

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too (tōō)

adv.

In addition; also: He's coming along too.
More than enough; excessively: She worries too much.
To a regrettable degree: My error was all too apparent.
Very; extremely; immensely: He's only too willing to be of service.
Informal Indeed; so: You will too do it!

[Middle English to, from Old English tō, to, furthermore; see de- in Indo-European roots.]

Usage Note: Some language critics have objected to the use of not too as an equivalent of not very, as in She was not too pleased with the results. In many contexts this construction is entirely idiomatic and should pass without notice: It wasn't too long ago that deregulation was being hailed as the savior of the savings and loan industry. It was not too bright of them to build in an area where rock slides occur. In these cases not too adds a note of ironic understatement. · Negation of too by can't may sometimes lead to ambiguities, as in You can't check your child's temperature too often, which may mean either that the temperature should be checked only occasionally or that it should be checked as frequently as possible. · Too meaning "in addition" or "also" is sometimes used to introduce a sentence: There has been a cutback in federal subsidies. Too, rates have been increasing. There is nothing grammatically wrong with this usage, but some critics consider it awkward.

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Too

Too\, adv. [The same word as to, prep. See To.]

1. Over; more than enough; -- noting excess; as, a thing is too long, too short, or too wide; too high; too many; too much.

His will, too strong to bend, too proud to learn. --Cowley.

2. Likewise; also; in addition.

An honest courtier, yet a patriot too. --Pope.

Let those eyes that view The daring crime, behold the vengeance too. --Pope.

Too too, a duplication used to signify great excess.

O that this too too solid flesh would melt. --Shak.

Such is not Charles his too too active age. --Dryden.

Syn: Also; likewise. See Also.

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Language Translation for : too

Spanish: demasiado,

German: (all-)zu,

Japanese: あまりに

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too

r n. The Bourne-Again Super-user. An alternate account with UID of 0, created on Unix machines where the root user has an inconvenient choice of shell. Compare avatar.

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too (adv.)

"in addition, in excess," late O.E., stressed variant of O.E. prep. to "in the direction of, furthermore" (see to). The spelling with -oo is first recorded 1590. Use after a verb, for emphasis (e.g. did, too!) is attested from 1914. Ger. zu unites the senses of Eng. to and too. Slang too-too "excessive in social elegance" first recorded 1881. Too much "excellent" first recorded 1937 in jazz slang.

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In addition to the idioms beginning with too, also see carry too far; (too) close to home; eat one's cake and have it, too; go too far; irons in the fire, too many; life is too short; none too; not (too) bad; only too; speak too soon; spread oneself too thin; take on (too much);.

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