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too

/tu/ adverb A1
  1. Likewise.
  2. Also, in addition marks a statement as equally valid as the preceding one. · There has been a cutback in federal subsidies. Rates have been increasing too.· He's always willing to help. He, too, is generous with his time.
  3. To an excessive degree, more than enough indicates that the degree of a quality is more than what is needed or wanted. · Near-synonyms: extremely, unnecessarily, all too· I'm still much too young to drive, and my grandpa is already far too old.
  4. To a high degree, very. (colloquial) · She doesn't talk too much. I'm not too sure about this.
  5. Used to contradict a negative assertion with present and simple past forms of be, do, and auxiliary verbs (colloquial) · You're not old enough yet. ― I am too!· You can't jump that fence. ― Can too jump it!
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The Lion would have preferred a bed of dried leaves in the forest, and did not like being shut up in a room; but he had too much sense to let this worry him, so he sprang upon the bed and rolled himself up like a cat and purred himself asleep in a minute.
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, p. 66 · B2
Then the Queen hurriedly gave her people the order to start, for she feared if the mice stayed among the poppies too long they also would fall asleep.
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, p. 55 · B2
Her face is too thin; her complexion has no brilliancy; and her features are not at all handsome.
Pride and Prejudice, p. 305 · B2
“Indeed!” said Danglars, “he is in too much hurry, it appears to me.”
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 19 · C1

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