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4-letter words (2 found)

ALSO,SOLA,

3-letter words (5 found)

ALS,LAS,LOS,SAL,SOL,

2-letter words (6 found)

AL,AS,LA,LO,OS,SO,

You can make 13 words from also according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 4 letters words made out of also

also laso aslo salo lsao slao alos laos aols oals loas olas asol saol aosl oasl soal osal lsoa sloa losa olsa sola osla

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Definitions and meaning of also

also

Etymology

From Middle English also, alswo, alswa (also als(e), as, whence English as), from Old English eallswā (“just like, also”), from Proto-West Germanic *allswā, equivalent to all +‎ so. Cognate with Scots alsa, alswa (“also, even so, in the same way, as, as well”), Saterland Frisian also (“accordingly, therefore, thus”), West Frisian alsa (“so, just so, even so, thus”), Old Saxon alsō (“similarly, as if, just as, when”), Dutch alzo (“so, thus”), German also (“so, thus”), Danish altså (“so”), Norwegian Bokmål altså (“so, therefore, accordingly, thus”), Norwegian Nynorsk altso (“so, accordingly, therefore, thus”), Swedish alltså (“so, therefore, accordingly, thus, then”). Doublet of as. More at all, so.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈɔːl.səʊ/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈɔl.soʊ/
  • (US, cot–caught merger) IPA(key): /ˈɑl.soʊ/
  • (nonstandard US) IPA(key): /ˈɔlt.soʊ/, IPA(key): /ˈɑlt.soʊ/
  • Rhymes: (cot–caught merger) -ɑsoʊ
  • Hyphenation: al‧so

Adverb

also (not comparable)

  1. (conjunctive, focus) In addition; besides; as well; further; too. [from 14th c.]
  2. (obsolete) To the same degree or extent; so, as.

Usage notes

The adverb also can go in various places within a sentence, with minimal change of meaning.

Synonyms

  • too
  • eke
  • as well
  • so

Derived terms

Translations

Anagrams

  • ASLO, LAOS, LOAs, Laos, Loas, Salo, loas, salo, soal, sola

German

Etymology

From Middle High German alles, from Old High German also, alsō (“as, like”); equivalent to all + so. Cognate with English also, as.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʔalzoː/

Conjunction

also (coordinating)

  1. so, therefore

Adverb

also

  1. then, thus, so, hence (Used to connect a sentence or clause with previous information.)
  2. Used to introduce additional information about something previously mentioned.
  3. (dated) thus, in this way

Interjection

also

  1. alright (Indicates agreement with something.)
  2. so (Used as a lead-in or to start a new topic.)
  3. Used to resume an interrupted train of thought.
  4. An intensifier, indicates an emotional connection to the statement.

Derived terms

  • na also

Further reading

  • “also” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Luxembourgish

Etymology

From German also.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈɑlzo]

Adverb

also

  1. so
  2. thus, therefore

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch alsō, from al + sō.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌalˈzoː/

Adverb

alsô

  1. so, thus
  2. also, to the same degree

Related terms

  • alse

Descendants

  • Dutch: alzo

Further reading

  • “also (I)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
  • “also (II)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
  • Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “also (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page I
  • Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “also (II)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page II

Middle English

Adverb

also

  1. also: to the same degree or extent; so, as

Old Dutch

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *allswā, corresponding to al +‎ sō.

Adverb

also

  1. so, thus
  2. so, to that degree
  3. therefore

Descendants

  • Middle Dutch: also
    • Dutch: alzo

Further reading

  • “alsō (I)”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

Conjunction

alsō

  1. as, like
  2. as if
  3. when
  4. because
  5. so that

Descendants

  • Middle Dutch: alse
    • Dutch: als

Further reading

  • “alsō (II)”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

Saterland Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian alsā

Adverb

also

  1. so; thus; therefore; accordingly
  2. for that reason; hence

Tagalog

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈʔalso/, [ˈʔal.so]
  • Rhymes: -also
  • Syllabification: al‧so

Noun

also (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜎ᜔ᜐᜓ)

  1. mangrove red snapper (Lutjanus lutjanus)

Volapük

Adverb

also

  1. so
  2. thus

Source: wiktionary.org