TOO

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does too mean? 

• TOO (adverb)
  The adverb TOO has 2 senses:

1. to a degree exceeding normal or proper limits

2. in addition

  Familiarity information: TOO used as an adverb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TOO (adverb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

To a degree exceeding normal or proper limits

Synonyms:

excessively; overly; to a fault; too

Context example:

too big

Sense 2

Meaning:

In addition

Synonyms:

also; as well; besides; likewise; too

Context example:

he has a Mercedes, too

 Context examples 

My instincts are all against a woman being too frank and at her ease with me.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

“Good God!” thought Mr. Utterson, “can he, too, have been thinking of the will?”

(The Strange Case Of Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde, by Robert Louis Stevenson)

But biopsies are performed for many other reasons too.

(Biopsy, NIH)

It had been too far from me for that.

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

Some children sleep too deeply or take longer to learn bladder control.

(Bedwetting, NIH)

You ask rather too many questions.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

Poor Jo! It's too bad, but it can't be helped.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

But sounds that are too loud or loud sounds over a long time are harmful.

(Noise, NIH: National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders)

I called this morning, Dr. Huxtable, too late to prevent you from starting for London.

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

A condition in which the blood is too acidic.

(Metabolic acidosis, NCI Dictionary)