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1. Too is the normal word used to qualify an adjective or adverb to denote excess: The house is too large / I spoke too soon. It should not be used to qualify a participial adjective when this could not idiomatically be qualified by very: She was too tired is acceptable because tired has acquired the role of an ordinary adjective, but She was too affected by their criticisms is less satisfactory because affected is still regarded as part of a verb. In this case a better alternative is She was too much affected by their criticisms or She was excessively affected by their criticisms.

2. When too qualifies an adjective followed by a noun, the usual order is (for example) too large a house rather than a too large house. In more complex sentences it is often preferable to rephrase in order to avoid a clumsy sequence of words with too; for example, The incident arose from a too sudden reaction to the danger would be better expressed as The incident arose because they reacted too suddenly to the danger.

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adverb

In addition: additionally, also, besides, further, furthermore, item, likewise, more, moreover, still, yet. Idioms: as well, to boot. See increase/decrease.

Idioms beginning with too:
too bad
too big for one's britches
too close for comfort
too close to call
too good to be true
too little, too late
too many cooks spoil the broth
too much of a good thing
tooth
tooth fairy

See also carry too far; (too) close to home; eat one's cake and have it, too; go too far; irons in the fire, too many; life is too short; none too; not (too) bad; only too; speak too soon; spread oneself too thin; take on (too much);.

adv

Definition: excessively
Antonyms: little

IN BRIEF: Same as also. Also: more than is needed or wanted.

No dreamer is ever too small; no dream is ever too big. — Unknown

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too
adverb   (in South Asian speech, especially in the phrase too good) very

That Flintoff – he's too good, innit?

In Britain, the 'too' is said in a heavy Indian accent to intensify the effect.

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Dansk (Danish)
adv. - tillige, også, for

idioms:

• all too    alt for
• far too    alt for (meget/lidt)
• too little too late    for lidt og for sent, utilstrækkelig på alle områder
• too many    for mange
• too much    for meget

Nederlands (Dutch)
ook, bovendien, te (veel/zeer)

Français (French)
adv. - aussi, vraiment, bien (d'insistance), trop, tellement, tant pis (excl)

idioms:

• all too    trop
• far too    trop, bien trop
• too little too late    (être) trop peu trop tard
• too many    trop (avec les noms dénombrables)
• too much    trop (avec les noms indénombrables)

Deutsch (German)
adv. - auch, zu, sehr

idioms:

• all too    allzu, gar zu
• far too    allzu, gar zu
• too little too late    zu wenig und zu spät
• too many    zu viel
• too much    zu viel

Ελληνική (Greek)
adv. - πολύ (υπερβολικά, πάρα πολύ), επίσης, και, και μάλιστα

idioms:

• all too    πάρα πολύ
• far too    πάρα πολύ, υπερβολικά
• too little too late    πολύ λίγο, πολύ αργά
• too many    πάρα πολλοί
• too much    πάρα πολύ

Italiano (Italian)
anche, troppo

idioms:

• all too    veramente
• far too    troppo
• too little too late    troppo poco e troppo tardi

Português (Portuguese)
adv. - também, demasiado, demais

idioms:

• all too    de mais
• far too    demasiado
• too little too late    já vêm tarde
• too many    de mais
• too much    muito, demasiado

Русский (Russian)
слишком, также, тоже

idioms:

• all too    слишком (хорошо/плохо), намного (больше и т.п.)
• far too    слишком
• too little too late    слишком мало слишком поздно
• too many    слишком много (людей)
• too much    слишком много (для меня)

Español (Spanish)
adv. - también, asimismo, además, demasiado, muy

idioms:

• all too    no es sino
• far too    demasiado, excesivamente
• too little too late    tomar medidas parciales demasiado tarde
• too many    demasiados
• too much    demasiado

Svenska (Swedish)
adv. - alltför, för

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
也, 太, 非常

idioms:

• all too    实在太...
• far too    非常, 太多
• too little too late    ...来得太慢太少
• too many    太多
• too much    太过分, 太糟糕, 太不像话, 太好啦, 太棒啦

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adv. - 也, 太, 非常

idioms:

• all too    實在太...
• far too    非常, 太多
• too little too late    ...來得太慢太少
• too many    太多
• too much    太過分, 太糟糕, 太不像話, 太好啦, 太棒啦

한국어 (Korean)
adv. - 또한, ~하기에는 너무나, 대단히

日本語 (Japanese)
adv. - また, しかも, それでも, あまりに, やはり, 大いに, あまり

idioms:

• all too    あまりにも…すぎる
• go too far    行き過ぎる
• none too    たいして…でない
• too bad    残念至極
• too big for one's boots/britches    うぬぼれて
• too clever by half    才を鼻にかけて
• too good to be true    うますぎて信じられない
• too little too late    援助などがあまりにも少なくあまりにも遅い
• too many    余計に, あまりにも
• too much    ひどすぎる, 抜群だ

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(ظرف) كذلك, ايضا‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adv. - ‮גם, גם כן, יותר מדי, ביותר, אף‬

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