Too Meaning
/tuː/Definition, CEFR level A1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
advLikewise.
advAlso, in addition marks a statement as equally valid as the preceding one.
Sentence Examples
They are too busy fighting against each other to care for common ideals.
Whenever I find something I like, it's too expensive.
He's far too young to go on his own.
CEFR Practice Quiz
The coffee was ____ hot for me to drink, so I waited for it to cool.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
It is ____ cold for us to go for a swim in the ocean today, so we should stay on the warm beach today.
Word Origin & History
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.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"The preposterous altruism too![…]Resist not evil. It is an insane immolation of self—as bad intrinsically as fakirs stabbing themselves or anchorites warping their spines in caves scarcely large enough for a fair-sized dog."
— 1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter XVI, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC:
"The use of algorithms in policing is one example of their increasing influence on our lives. And, as their ubiquity spreads, so too does the debate around whether we should allow ourselves to become so reliant on them – and who, if anyone, is policing their use."
— 2013 July 26, Leo Hickman, “How algorithms rule the world”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 7, page 26:
"They burned the old gun that used to stand in the dark corner up in the garret, close to the stuffed fox that always grinned so fiercely. Perhaps the reason why he seemed in such a ghastly rage was that he did not come by his death fairly. Otherwise his pelt would not have been so perfect. And why else was he put away up there out of sight?—and so magnificent a brush as he had too."
— 1879, R[ichard] J[efferies], chapter 1, in The Amateur Poacher, London: Smith, Elder, & Co., […], →OCLC:
"The Isk were true symbiotes. The Isk cannot live without the Yoort. And to ensure that this symbiosis would be real, the Yoort, too, were modified. Now Yoort cannot live without Isk and Isk cannot live without Yoort. They are one creature with two parts."
— 1999, K. A. Applegate, The Attack (Animorphs), volume 26:
"Hidden behind thickets of acronyms and gorse bushes of detail, a new great game is under way across the globe. Some call it geoeconomics, but it's geopolitics too. The current power play consists of an extraordinary range of countries simultaneously sitting down to negotiate big free trade and investment agreements."
— 2013 July 19, Timothy Garton Ash, “Where Dr Pangloss meets Machiavelli”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 6, page 18:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The coffee was ____ hot for me to drink, so I waited for it to cool.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
It is ____ cold for us to go for a swim in the ocean today, so we should stay on the warm beach today.