as well

See also: aswell

English

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Adverb

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  1. (idiomaticCategory:English idioms#ASWELL) In addition; also.
    Synonyms: additionally, too, in the bargain
    Wearing his hat and coat, he looked outside and decided he should take an umbrella as well.Category:English terms with usage examples#ASWELL
  2. To the same effect.
  3. (South AfricaCategory:South African English#ASWELL) Me too.
  4. (UKCategory:British English#ASWELL, colloquialCategory:English colloquialisms#ASWELL) An intensifier. Actually; really.
    ―Would you though? ―I would as well.Category:English terms with usage examples#ASWELL
    ―She looks so much like her mum, don't you think? ―Oh my god, she does as well!Category:English terms with usage examples#ASWELL
    ―Good morning Mr Brown! ―Good morning! I see you've got little Molly [pet dog] out for a stroll as well!Category:English terms with usage examples#ASWELL

Usage notes

  • In Canada, it may be used either at the start of a phrase or at the end.
  • The South African use is stressed on “as”.
  • The intensifier use is often phatic, divorced from any sense of an addition happening, but in some utterances the degree of phaticness is ambiguous. The non-additive nature can seem odd to speakers of other varieties until they realize that the term can be used this way in British English.

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  • “as well”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

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