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English Dictionary: Also by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
also
adv
  1. in addition; "he has a Mercedes, too" [syn: besides, too, also, likewise, as well]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Also \Al"so\, adv. & conj. [All + so. OE. al so, AS. ealsw[be],
      alsw[?], [91]lsw[91]; eal, al, [91]l, all + sw[be] so. See
      {All}, {So}, {As}.]
      1. In like manner; likewise. [Obs.]
  
      2. In addition; besides; as well; further; too.
  
                     Lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven . . . for
                     where your treasure is, there will your heart be
                     also.                                                --Matt. vi.
                                                                              20.
  
      3. Even as; as; so. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
  
      Syn: {Also}, {Likewise}, {Too}.
  
      Usage: These words are used by way of transition, in leaving
                  one thought and passing to another. Also is the widest
                  term. It denotes that what follows is all so, or
                  entirely like that which preceded, or may be affirmed
                  with the same truth; as, [bd]If you were there, I was
                  there also;[b8] [bd]If our situation has some
                  discomforts, it has also many sources of
                  enjoyment.[b8] Too is simply less formal and pointed
                  than also; it marks the transition with a lighter
                  touch; as, [bd]I was there too;[b8] [bd]a courtier yet
                  a patriot too.[b8] --Pope. Likewise denotes literally
                  [bd]in like manner,[b8] and hence has been thought by
                  some to be more specific than also. [bd]It
                  implies,[b8] says Whately, [bd]some connection or
                  agreement between the words it unites. We may say,
                  [bf] He is a poet, and likewise a musician; ' but we
                  should not say, [bf] He is a prince, and likewise a
                  musician,' because there is no natural connection
                  between these qualities.[b8] This distinction,
                  however, is often disregarded.
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