too

A1 Topic:Describing Qualities

US /tu/ UK /tuː/ See IPA manual

Homophones

to /tuː/ two /tu/

Freq #103

Meanings

1

adv
More than is needed, wanted, or acceptable.

This coffee is too hot to drink.
2

adv
Also; in addition.

She's coming to the party, and her brother is too.
3

adv
Very; to a high degree.

I'm not too sure about this plan.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 adv · more than is needed,... excessively overly unnecessarily

2 adv · also; in addition. as welladditionally besides

3 adv · very; to a high degree. so

Word family

Derived forms me-toome-too-ismtoo-muchness

Common collocations

Etymology

From Middle English to (“also, in addition to”), from Old English tō (“furthermore, also, besides”), adverbial use of preposition tō (“to, into”). The sense of "in addition, also" deriving from the original meaning of "apart, separately" (compare Old English prefix tō- (“apart”)). Doublet of to; see there for more.

to Middle English tō Old English

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Topics

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# too

**Type:** Word
**Level:** A1
**Part of speech:** adv
**IPA (US):** /tu/
**IPA (UK):** /tuː/
**Frequency rank:** 103

## Meanings
1. More than is needed, wanted, or acceptable.
2. Also; in addition.
3. Very; to a high degree.

## Examples
- This coffee is too hot to drink.
- She's coming to the party, and her brother is too.
- I'm not too sure about this plan.

## Derived Forms
- me-too
- me-too-ism
- too-muchness

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: to
- Root: tō

## Etymology
From Middle English to (“also, in addition to”), from Old English tō (“furthermore, also, besides”), adverbial use of preposition tō (“to, into”). The sense of "in addition, also" deriving from the original meaning of "apart, separately" (compare Old English prefix tō- (“apart”)). Doublet of to; see there for more.

## AI Etymology
Too is from Middle English to (“also, in addition to”), from Old English tō (“furthermore, also, besides”), adverbial use of preposition tō (“to, into”). The sense of "in addition, also" deriving from the original meaning of "apart, separately" (compare Old English prefix tō- (“apart”)). Doublet of to; see there for more. In present-day use, it can mean more than is needed, wanted, or acceptable, or also; in addition. Derived formations include me-too, me-too-ism, too-muchness.

## Topics
- Describing Qualities

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