tooadverb
uk/tuː/us/tuː/too adverb (MORE)
A1 more than is needed or wanted; more than is suitable or enough:
used before an adjective or adverb to emphasize a negative meaning:
used before an adjective to emphasize a positive meaning:
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- Don't fill your glass too full or you'll spill it.
- This book is a bit too grown-up for you.
- I can't pick the kettle up - the handle's too hot.
- By the time I saw the job advertised it was already too late to apply.
- That hill's far too steep to cycle up.
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Too much and unnecessary
- a sledgehammer to crack a nut idiom
- avalanche
- be up to your neck (in sth) idiom
- bellyful
- binge
- carry/take coals to Newcastle idiom
- hyper
- immoderate
- inessential
- insatiable
- lousy
- overdose
- play gooseberry idiom
- plenty
- plethora
- proliferate
- redundancy
- sock
- supplementary
- surplus
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too adverb (ALSO)
A1 (especially at the end of a sentence) in addition, also:
used to show surprise:
More examples
- You want a restaurant that serves good food but has a bit of atmosphere too.
- By the way, please tell Ellis that he's welcome to come too.
- Cars must stop at red traffic lights: similarly , bicycles should stop too.
- "Well, I hate you too!" she snapped.
- "I hope they stay together." "I hope so too."
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Also, extra, and in addition
- added
- additional
- again
- along
- also
- case
- excess
- for good measure idiom
- for luck idiom
- furthermore
- hand
- have sth in hand idiom
- say
- second 1
- side
- the icing on the cake idiom
- thirdly
- to boot idiom
- to cap it all idiom
- to say nothing of ... idiom
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too adverb (VERY)
A2 very, or completely:
More examples
- I like detective stories and romances - nothing too intellectual.
- He has suffered a mild heart attack - nothing too serious.
- Don't come too near me - you might catch my cold.
- If we all work together, it shouldn't take too long.
- He prefers plain food - nothing too fancy.
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Linguistics: very & extreme
- abject
- awful
- badly
- beyond
- classic
- classical
- devastating
- drop dead! idiom
- eminently
- esp
- especially
- heartily
- impossibly
- rather
- sheer
- specially
- supremely
- thoroughly
- whole
- wide
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too adverb (CERTAINLY)
US informal used to emphasize a positive answer to a negative statement:
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Linguistics: very & extreme
- abject
- awful
- badly
- beyond
- classic
- classical
- devastating
- drop dead! idiom
- eminently
- esp
- especially
- heartily
- impossibly
- rather
- sheer
- specially
- supremely
- thoroughly
- whole
- wide
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