different between also vs already

English

Etymology

From Middle English also, alswo, alswa (also als(e), as, whence English as), from Old English ealsw?, eallsw? (“completely so, additionally, just as, just so, even as, even so, as, as if, so, so as, likewise, also; likewise, in just the same way”), 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 als? (“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”). See all, so, as.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /???l.s??/
• (US) IPA^(key): /??l.so?/
• (cot–caught merger) IPA^(key): /??l.so?/
• Hyphenation: al?so

Adverb

also (not comparable)

1. (conjunctive, focus) In addition; besides; as well; further; too. [from 14^th c.]
   • 1905, Bertrand Russell, On Denoting

     The subject of denoting is of very great importance, not only in logic and mathematics, but also in the theory of knowledge.

   • Thus the red damask curtains which now shut out the fog-laden, drizzling atmosphere of the Marylebone Road, had cost a mere song, and yet they might have been warranted to last another thirty years. A great bargain also had been the excellent Axminster carpet which covered the floor; […].
2. (obsolete) To the same degree or extent; so, as. [14^th-15^th c.]
   • c. 1709, John Strype, Annals of the Reformation and Establishment of Religion

     […] thereupon the queen's majesty […] did send a solemn ambassade of her privy-counsellors, whereof one was an ancient earl of the realm, the other also an ancient baron of the same, and others of the council of her state […]

Synonyms

• too
• eke
• as well

Usage notes

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

Translations

Anagrams

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

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??alzo?/

Conjunction

also (coordinating)

1. so, therefore

Adverb

also

1. then (Used to connect a sentence with previous information.)

2. Used to introduce additional information about something previously mentioned.

3. (dated) thus
   • 1883 - 1885, Nietzsche, Friedrich, Also sprach Zarathustra, (title):

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): /?alzo/, [??lzo]

Adverb

also

1. so
2. thus, therefore

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch als?, from al + s?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?al?zo?/

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

Old Dutch

Etymology

From al +? s?.

Adverb

also

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

Descendants

• Middle Dutch: also
  • Dutch: alzo

Further reading

• “als? (I)”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

Conjunction

als?

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

Descendants

• Middle Dutch: alse
  • Dutch: als

Further reading

• “als? (II)”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

Saterland Frisian

Adverb

also

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

Tagalog

Noun

also

1. silver-spotted gray snapper (Lutianus argentimaculatus)

Volapük

Adverb

also

1. so
2. thus

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /??l???di/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?l???di/
• (cot–caught merger, Canada) IPA^(key): /?l???di/
• Hyphenation: al?read?y

Etymology 1

From Middle English alredy, alredi, equivalent to al- +? ready. Compare Dutch alreeds (“already”), Afrikaans alreeds (“already”), Middle Low German alreide, alreids (“already”), Danish allerede (“already”), Swedish allaredan (“already”), Norwegian Nynorsk allereie (“already”). More at all, ready.

Adverb

already (not comparable)

1. Prior to some specified time, either past, present, or future; by this time; previously.

   I was surprised that she hadn’t already told me the news.

   Much of what he said I knew already.

   • It was already dusk, and the lamps were just being lighted as we paced up and down in front of Briony Lodge, waiting for the coming of its occupant.
2. So soon.

Usage notes

Already may be used with the present perfect (I have already done that), the past perfect (I had already done it by then), the future perfect (When you arrive, the business will already have been completed) or the simple future (When you arrive, the business will already be complete)."Already" and "all ready" do not mean the same thing. The two-word term can be used to mean "fully prepared".

Translations

Descendants

• ? Gulf Arabic: ?????? (orr?di)

See also

• yet

Etymology 2

Semantic loan from Yiddish ????? (shoyn).

Adverb

already (not comparable)

1. (US) An intensifier used to emphasize impatience or express exasperation.

Anagrams

• adlayer