word-vault/dist/data/cards/to/too.json

A lightweight JavaScript package for English word definitions and collections.

{
    "term": "too",
    "partOfSpeech": "adverb",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "a1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "used before adjectives and adverbs to say that something is more than is good, necessary, possible, etc.",
            "cefr": "a1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "He's **far too** young to go on his own."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She was **much too** big to be carried."
                },
                {
                    "text": "This is too large a helping for me/This helping is too large for me."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Is it too much to ask for a little quiet?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The dress was too tight for me."
                },
                {
                    "text": "It's **too late** to do anything about it now."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Accidents like this happen **all too** *(= much too)* often."
                },
                {
                    "text": "It’s too soon to say if he’ll survive."
                },
                {
                    "text": "It’s only too easy for them to deny responsibility."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The room was a bit too cramped for the three of us."
                },
                {
                    "text": "For most people treatment is **just too** expensive."
                },
                {
                    "text": "You can never have **too many** friends."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Some patients had to wait **too long** for an appointment."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "also; as well",
            "labels": "British EnglishBritish EnglishNorth American English",
            "cefr": "a1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Can I come too?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "When I've finished painting the bathroom, I'm going to do the kitchen too."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "very",
            "cefr": "a2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "I'm not too sure if this is right."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I'm just going out—I won't be too long."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Mary will be **only too** glad to help."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She's **none too** *(= not very)* clever."
                },
                {
                    "text": "potential customers who will **not** be **too pleased** about your lack of attention."
                },
                {
                    "text": "It's unlikely anyone's going to be **too concerned** about a little thing like that."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Our roads aren't too bad."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "used to comment on something that makes a situation worse",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "She broke her leg last week—and on her birthday too!"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 5,
            "definition": "used to emphasize something, especially your anger, surprise or agreement with something",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "‘He did apologize eventually.’ ‘I should think so too!’"
                },
                {
                    "text": "‘She gave me the money.’ ‘About time too!’"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to need more skill or strength than you have; to be more difficult, annoying, etc. than you can bear",
            "examples": []
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "used to say that there is no doubt about something",
            "labels": "(British English, informal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "‘We need to stick together.’ ‘Too right!’"
                },
                {
                    "text": "‘I'll have to do it again.’ ‘Too right you will.’"
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/tuː/",
                "audio": "to/too/too__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/tuː/",
                "audio": "to/too/too__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Old English, stressed form of to, spelled too from the 16th cent."
}