alsoal‧so /ˈɔːlsəʊ $ ˈɒːlsoʊ/ ●●● S1 W1 adverb 
Information is also available on women’s health care. She sings beautifully and also plays the flute and piano. The system was not only complicated but also ineffective.RegisterIn written English, avoid starting a sentence with also. Use furthermore or moreover instead, or put also before the main verb: Also, it costs more. ➔ Furthermore, it costs more.It also costs more.2used to say that the same thing is true about another person or thing: My girlfriend was also called Helen.
WORD ORIGINalso
Origin:
Old English eallswa, from eall ‘completely’ + swa ‘so’EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- Chris came from England. Martin also.
- Francois speaks perfect English. He also speaks German and Italian.
- Meissner was not only commander of the army but also a close friend of the President.
- My girlfriend is also named Helen.
- Nina runs a catering company. Also, she plans parties.
- Six of Tom's friends were also arrested.
- Sugar is bad for your teeth. It can also contribute to heart disease.
- We talked to a counselor also.
- It's certainly not for the prissy of nature but then the original novel was also considered at the time rather racy.
- It also assigned staff people to work with individual companies that wanted to launch a program.
- It is also defined as premeditated and involving a level of danger or personal injury.
- It may also happen that a husband and wife may have a mutual period of quarrels or unhappiness.
- The farm at the site operates a rare breeds centre and also has a tea room with traditional fare.
- The half-day program is also a lot less costly to a district than a full-day program.
Longman Language Activatorand/also
use this to join two things, actions, ideas etc in one sentence or in one part of a sentence: · We had coffee and hot buttered rolls.· Come in and sit down.· Maria finally turned around and confronted the man.· "We've got about ten friends coming to the party." "And half of your family."· This is a flexible and user-friendly system suitable for beginners and advanced users alike.
use this when you are adding another fact about someone or something, or when mentioning another person or thing: · François speaks perfect English. He also speaks German and Italian.· Sugar is bad for your teeth. It can also contribute to heart disease.· Chris came from England. Martin also.not only .... but also: · Meissner was not only commander of the army but also a close friend of the President.
use this when you are adding another fact about someone or something. Too is usually used at the end of a sentence: · Gary and Martha and the kids are coming to visit. They're bringing grandmother, too.· It's fast and comfortable. It's economical, too.
in addition to what you are mentioning: · Besides being my doctor, he's a really good friend of mine.· Martina's got other things to think about besides work.· She's bought a fridge, a freezer, a microwave, and lots of other things besides.· Besides going to aerobics twice a week, she rides horses on Saturdays.
at the same time as something else: · While you're at the store, could you get a few things for me as well?· Our vacation was a disaster: not only was the food terrible, the weather was awful as well.as well as: · As well as being a community worker, he's a fully qualified nurse.
use this when you are adding a fact that makes an amount of money, work, information etc even larger: · We'll have to pay $800 travel insurance in addition to the air fare.· In addition to their normal teaching duties, teachers these days have stacks of paperwork to do.· Our survey will produce the essential statistics. In addition, it will provide information about people's shopping habits.
ways of adding something to what you have just said spoken use this to add something, especially something that gives more force to what you have just said: · What's more this stuff is cheap to manufacture so we should make a big profit.and what's more: · The prisoner has a gun, and what's more he's prepared to use it.
spoken use this especially when you are giving another reason for something: · I don't mind picking up your things from the store. Besides, the walk will do me good.· Sonya says she couldn't get here through all the snow. Besides, her car's broken down.
use this when you want to change the subject and talk about something else you have thought of or remembered. Incidentally is more formal than by the way: · How is she, by the way? I hear she's been ill.· I'll meet you at eight o'clock. Oh, by the way, could you ask John to come too?· The course is organized by Sheila Dean who, by the way, is head of marketing now.· Incidentally, these products can be dangerous if used carelessly.· He was offered a raise of 18% which, incidentally, is double what the rest of us got.
informal an abbreviation for 'by the way', used especially in e-mail messages when you want to add some news at the end of a message: · BTW, I got a message from Andy. He's getting married in June.
use this to introduce something that makes the situation more interesting, more surprising, worse etc: · There will be live music and food, not to mention games and prizes for the whole family!· Climbers have to carry all their equipment on their backs, not to mention their tents and bedding.· Several rare South American mammals escaped from the zoo, not to mention a three-metre-long python.
formal use this especially to introduce more information that will help persuade people to agree with what you are saying: · This new equipment will be very expensive to set up. Furthermore, more machines will mean fewer jobs.· The drug has powerful side effects. Moreover, it can be addictive.
as well as other problems or bad things you have just mentioned: · On top of all this the management has decided to make us come in on Saturdays.· ... and on top of everything else my TV's broken.
spoken use this at the beginning of a sentence to show you are going to add something else to what you have just said, especially when you are complaining about something: · And another thing! Where's the fifty dollars you owe me?
ways of saying 'and others' at the end of a list British /etc. American an abbreviation for et cetera used at the end of a short list to mean 'and others of a similar kind'. When you say etc you pronounce it 'et cetera': · Near the exit was a stand selling sandwiches, hot dogs etc.· Please bring pens, pencils, rulers etc to the exam.
informal used when you expect someone to guess what the other things are: · When you leave, make sure you lock the doors and windows, turn off the heating and so on.and so on and so forth: · Jake does odd jobs around the house - mowing the lawn, cleaning the windows and so on and so forth.
informal used when someone is making a choice and can have what they want: · Please help yourselves to tea or coffee or whatever.· The canteen isn't bad, you can have a salad, some soup and whatever.· If I buy him a giftvoucher for his birthday he can get what he likes, a record or whatever.
British and other things of a similar kind: · You could spend the day doing the garden, cleaning the windows and suchlike.· A fertilizer ideal for trees, bushes and suchlike.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY She sings beautifully and also plays the flute and piano. The system was not only complicated but also ineffective.COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES Shakespeare was not only a writer but also an actor.COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSVERB
1in addition to something else that you have mentioned: She sings beautifully and also plays the flute and piano. The system was not only complicated but also ineffective. (=not have a bad effect on something or someone)· One or two chocolate cookies won’t do you any harm.
Shakespeare was not only a writer but also an actor.· We have seen that constraints can introduce distortions, but we will also find that they can improve performance.· They also found $ 9, 200 in cash, $ 5, 000 of that in a toilet tank.· I also find it useful for patterns which have a lot of single stitches in them.· I also find myself with programs on the hard drive that I no longer want.· The team also found that 57 per cent of the eggs were able to be successfully fertilised using a standard technique.· Copeland has also found a new chairman for his campaign: Dan Copeland.· They also found experts who questioned the secrecy of the information concerned.· But most of them were also finding it difficult to stop smiling.
· A lecture at the Belfast Winterschool was also given by the Trust.· Classes in lighting, makeup, speech and even current events were also given.· They will also give you advice on how to choose the perfect cheeseboard and the way to store cheese.· It also gives a clean, close shave when needed.· It also gives full financial details about money in the Taylor Woodrow fund and where it is invested.· They also gave up an average of nearly 23 points per game.· The show will also give you the chance to check out Paradox for Windows.· They also give messages and instructions; they offer blueprints and ideals; they issue warnings and prohibitions.
· The name given to the relationship also helps to make the model readable.· Family Eldercare also helps out-of-state employees with concerns about aging relatives who live in Austin.· Reading and listening can also help with speech and comprehension problems.· Elian has also helped the softening process along.· Understanding the skill can also help in designing such aids.· It also helps if senators are in danger of being made the laughingstock of the sane world.· Employers could also help themselves and many of their staff by banning lunchtime drinking and all consumption of alcohol during working hours.· These tips also help prevent heat exhaustion, only several cases of which advance to potentially deadly heat stroke at the Canyon.
· Members of the crew who also include wrens, will take part in a number of sporting fixtures and visits.· The software also includes libraries for instrument control, data analysis and data presentation.· Teacher contract disputes may also include interpretation of state laws.· The wardrobe also includes a 130 percent overlapping headsail and a heavy 1.50z spinnaker from the Sanders loft.· The problem was, Dole also included a GOP-backed labor measure that Democrats oppose.· A brief chapter on smart structures is also included.· Electrical systems had to be updated to install all the new equipment, which also includes a couple of freezers.
· Children also need to be listened to and their point of view understood.· To understand the unemployment rate, we also need to know how long the jobless have been without jobs.· In our dreaming we need also to think of the problems of style.· Cubicles for accommodation were also needed and Lydney Park provides an excellent example of these provisions.· If a teacher is charged with a violation of a criminal law, he or she will also need a lawyer.· It also needs regular maintenance and tuning.· Meanwhile, the administration will also need to explain this unequal treatment of fishermen and agriculture.
· The theory also provides a direct disproof of the principle of closure.· Porri, of the Windsor Astronomy Club, believes that the Internet also provides an excellent way to buy astronomy equipment.· This also provides a valuable workshop for restoration of various projects, being a credit to all concerned.· The initiation and implementation of economic development projects also provides government with opportunities to gain political support from a diverse constituency.· Rivers also provide a means of disposing of waste, and act as a transport medium.· Although the Sabin type does include a risk of inflicting paralytic polio, it also provides a more lasting immunity.· They also provide the context for the emergence and multiplication of the better-paid and more specialised trades.· It also provides exposure to other folks, too.
· November 28 also sees the close of Michael Biberstein's exhibition of recent landscape paintings at the Montenay.· Sometimes manmade objects in high orbits about Earth are also seen and identified from their distinctive motion.· Several forces have also seen very sharp rises in attempted murders.· I also see that it is separate from the memory I hold of Mother in the iron lung.· The expected association between antral tumours and intestinal metaplasia was also seen.· But he has also seen the loss of life and the narrow escapes.· He also saw that the Communist powers were themselves divided and that diplomacy might be used to exploit this situation.· I also see there is a separate Cookie Folder.
· He has also shown that a child is likely to share the same birth months as other relatives.· It also shows how important it is when trying to work on ourselves to work on knowledge as well as being.· They also show a protective effect of pregnancy and current use of the contraceptive pill.· Also shown are the actual results for the full year 1992.· But it also showed the presumptive Republican presidential nominee trailing Clinton among women voters 34 percent to 41 percent.· Many other studies have also shown this same effect; hypnosis makes you more confident - and more inaccurate.· A flick through the adverts in the magazine will also show other sources of motherboards.
· It will also use ObjectStore to recognise code, data and objects written in different programming languages.· Some foreign automakers also use the looser belts.· The horse finds balance by bringing his hocks underneath him and also uses this means for brakes and acceleration.· It is also used when the parent owns more than 50 percent of the subsidiary but consolidation would be considered inappropriate.· We will also use our presidency to help ensure that poorer countries are not disadvantaged as a result of the Single Market.· Companies could also use the numbers to route international calls over cheaper networks.· You can also use a portable workbench as a vice to hold larger items.· She apparently also used her contacts there to peddle a catalog for a merchandise corporation.
Information is also available on women’s health care. She sings beautifully and also plays the flute and piano. The system was not only complicated but also ineffective.RegisterIn written English, avoid starting a sentence with also. Use furthermore or moreover instead, or put also before the main verb: Also, it costs more. ➔ Furthermore, it costs more.It also costs more.2used to say that the same thing is true about another person or thing: My girlfriend was also called Helen.