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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.



too

/ tuː /

adverb

  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.
    indeed: used to reinforce a command

    you will too do it!

  5. too right!
    certainly; indeed
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Usage

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Word History and Origins

Origin of too1

First recorded before 900; Middle English to, Old English, stressed variant of to (for the adverb); spelling too since the 16th century
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Word History and Origins

Origin of too1

Old English tō; related to Old Frisian, Old Saxon to, Old High German zou; see to 1
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Idioms and Phrases

More idioms and phrases containing too

  • 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

But along with the cartoon funk is an all-too-real story of police brutality embodied by a horde of evil Pigs.

I remember H. Jon Benjamin told me it was a way-too-late apology for Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

In the not-too-distant future, the AMRAAM might also be out-ranged by new weapons that are being developed around the world.

Jennifer Lawrence has long been praised for her authenticity in a Hollywood elite full of all-too-carefully curated personalities.

Sheets of bright-but-not-too-bright blue streaked with thin clouds.

Coppy, in a tone of too-hastily-assumed authority, had told her over night that she must not ride out by the river.

From time to time Lockhart gave vent to a grim laugh, and Spivin displayed his feelings in a too-amiable smile.

Sylvan scenes, with a dash of human savagery in the foreground, form the best relief for a too-extended assimilation of books.

Then she looked more hopeful as her eyes rested on Betty, who was sorting the contents of a too-crowded dresser drawer.

Characteristically, this weakness seems to have taken the form of a too-generous estimate of his fellows.

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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

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