- pronunciation:
- tu
- features:
- Homophone Note
| part of speech: |
adverb |
| definition 1: |
When you are cold and you are tired too, it means that you are both cold and tired. If you have a cat and you have a dog too, you have two pets. You have a cat and also a dog.
Nick is tall and his sister is too, but both their parents are short.- similar words:
- also, as well
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| definition 2: |
When it is too cold to go outside, you can't go outside because it is colder than what is OK for going out. If it's a little cold, you can probably go out, but if it's too cold, you can't.
Jamal's little brother was too tired to watch the whole movie. He fell asleep in the middle.Nicole wanted a new computer game, but her mom said it was too expensive. Her mom got her a board game instead.I couldn't finish the rest of the pretzels because they were too salty. |
| definition 3: |
If your mom is not too happy about something, it means that she is not very happy about it. Maybe she is even a bit annoyed or upset. If you are not too sure about something, you are not very sure about it. Maybe you even have some doubts about it.
Ms. Meyers said her apartment was not too clean when her friend came over, but her friend said it was fine.The restaurant wasn't too busy when we got there, but it got very busy later. |
| definition 4: |
If someone tells you you can't do something and you say "I can too!" it means that you are strongly disagreeing with what this other person said.
Why did you say I can't sing? I can too sing! |
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The words
too,
to, and
two sound alike but have different meanings.