ALSO

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does also mean? 

• ALSO (adverb)
  The adverb ALSO has 1 sense:

1. in addition

  Familiarity information: ALSO used as an adverb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ALSO (adverb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

In addition

Synonyms:

also; as well; besides; likewise; too

Context example:

he has a Mercedes, too

 Context examples 

Of these I also made very tolerable stockings.

(Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, by Jonathan Swift)

You may also end certain financial negotiations within five days of this date.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

There was also a postscript to the effect that though The Billow carried no free-list, it took great pleasure in sending him a complimentary subscription for the ensuing year.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

And she also felt sorry at losing Oz, and so did her companions.

(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum)

And there is also no ferry, answered Gretel, but a white duck is swimming there: if I ask her, she will help us over.

(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)

I was feeling drowsy and stupid, partly from my dinner and also from the effects of a long day’s work.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

In the case of the Darlington Substitution Scandal it was of use to me, and also in the Arnsworth Castle business.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Also, she reasoned, it did not matter how small was the group of people.

(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)

That also I have arranged, Mr. Holmes.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

“He is also handsome,” replied Elizabeth, “which a young man ought likewise to be, if he possibly can. His character is thereby complete.”

(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)