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too

[too]

Origin

adverb

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

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

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

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

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

Idiom

only too. only (def. 10).

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Too is always a great word to know.

So is interrobang. Does it mean:

a chattering or flighty, light-headed person.

a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.

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Origin:
before 900; Middle English to, Old English, stressed variant of to (adv.); spelling too since the 16th century

Can be confused: to, too, two.

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World English Dictionary

too (tuː)

—*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.

EXPAND

Slang too-too "excessive in social elegance" first recorded 1881. Too much "excellent" first recorded 1937 in jazz slang.

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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);.