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[Language: Old English; Origin: to 'to, too']
[+ adjective/adverb] more than is acceptable or possible
::Do you think the music's too loud?
::You've put too much salt in the soup.
::There are too many cars on the road.
much/far too
::Amanda is far too young to get married.
too ... for sth/sb
::I was getting too old for romantic relationships.
::My boots were three sizes too big for me.
too ... to do sth
::He was too ill to travel.
too ... for sb to do sth
::The box was too heavy for me to lift.
used at the end of a sentence or clause to mean 'also'
::There were people from all over Europe, and America too.
::Can I come too?
::'I'm feeling hungry.' 'Me too.'
::It's a more efficient system and it's cheaper too.
see usage note also
[+ adjective/adverb] spoken used with a negative to mean 'not very'
::She doesn't seem too upset about it.
::'What was the weather like?' 'Oh, not too bad.'
::She was none too pleased (=not at all pleased) when I told her.
all too/only too
used to emphasize that a particular situation exists when you wish it did not exist
::Beggars are becoming an all too familiar sight in our cities.
::I regret to say that these rumours are only too true.
used to emphasize a remark that you are adding
::'He's been banned from driving.' 'A good thing too!'
::'A woman farmer?' asked Gabriel. 'Yes, and a rich one too.'
I am/he is/you are etc too!
informal especially AmE used to emphasize that you disagree with what someone has said about someone or something
::'You're not smart enough to use a computer.' 'I am too!'
be too much for sb
used to say that something is so difficult, tiring, upsetting etc that someone cannot do it or bear it
::Working full-time was too much for her.
::The shock was too much for him.
[+ adjective/adverb] spoken formal very
::Thank you. You are too kind.
be only too glad/pleased to do sth
to be very willing to do something
::I'd be only too pleased to assist you.
too little, too late
used to complain that not enough is being done to solve a problem and that the action did not start early enough
::Doctors have criticized the government's response to the crisis as too little, too late.