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.
6.
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| a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal. |
| a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison. |
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| —adv | |
| 1. | as well; in addition; also: can I come too? |
| 2. | in or to an excessive degree; more than a fitting or desirable amount: I have too many things to do |
| 3. | extremely: you're too kind |
| 4. | informal (US), (Canadian) indeed: used to reinforce a command: you will too do it! |
| 5. | (Brit), (Austral), (NZ) too right! certainly; indeed |
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Word Origin & History
too
"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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Slang Dictionary
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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American Heritage
Idioms & Phrases
too
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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Example sentences
The astronauts are too busy with their scientific chores to bother with anything else.
In compost piles with too much moisture, microbial activity is slow, resulting in little decomposition.
It is impossible for an expositor not to write too little for some, and too much for others.
Too much nitrogen makes plants grow leaves at the expense of fruit.
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