"as well as" meaning in English

See as well as in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Conjunction

IPA: /əz ˈwɛl æz/, /əz ˈwɛl əz/, /əˈzwɛlz/ [colloquial] Audio: en-us-as well as.ogg
Rhymes: -ɛləz, -ɛlz Head templates: {{en-con}} as well as
  1. And, in addition. Translations (and in addition): i també (Catalan), així com (Catalan), i a més (Catalan), 以及 (yǐjí) (Chinese Mandarin), samt (Danish), alsmede (Dutch), evenals (Dutch), same kiel (Esperanto), samoin kuin (Finnish), sekä (Finnish), ainsi que (French), de même que (French), sowie (German), καθώς και (kathós kai) (Greek), הֵן X הֵן Y (english: hen X hen Y) (Hebrew), כְּמוֹ כֵן (kmo chen) (Hebrew), valamint (Hungarian), e anche (Italian), oltre a (Italian), nonché (Italian), ...のほかに (... no hoka ni) (Japanese), atque (Latin), samt (Norwegian Bokmål), og dessutan (Norwegian Nynorsk), oraz (Polish), assim como (Portuguese), precum și (Romanian), а та́кже (a tákže) (Russian), заодно́ (zaodnó) (Russian), к тому́ же (k tomú že) (Russian), kao i (Serbo-Croatian), así como (Spanish), samt (Swedish), รวมไปถึง (ruam pai thung) (Thai), yanısıra (Turkish), тако́ж (takóž) (Ukrainian), до то́го ж (do tóho ž) (Ukrainian), cũng như (Vietnamese) Translations (too; likewise; in addition): (yě) (Chinese Mandarin), samoin kuin (Finnish), amennyire (english: to the degree [that…]) (Hungarian), ugyanannyira (english: to the same degree [as…]) (Hungarian), ugyanúgy (Hungarian), éppúgy… (note: + mint) (Hungarian), come pure (Italian), così come (Italian), кро́ме того́ (króme tovó) (Russian), к тому́ же (k tomú že) (Russian), ilaveten (Turkish), на дода́чу (na dodáču) (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-as_well_as-en-conj-dEJrkWCs Disambiguation of 'and in addition': 100 0 Disambiguation of 'too; likewise; in addition': 99 1
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see as, well.
    Sense id: en-as_well_as-en-conj-bnHQWo55

Preposition

IPA: /əz ˈwɛl æz/, /əz ˈwɛl əz/, /əˈzwɛlz/ [colloquial] Audio: en-us-as well as.ogg
Rhymes: -ɛləz, -ɛlz Head templates: {{head|en|prepositions|head=as well as}} as well as, {{en-prep|head=as well as}} as well as
  1. In addition to; further to. Translations (in addition to): بِالْإِضَافَة إِلَى (bi-l-ʔiḍāfa ʔilā) (Arabic), بالإضافة لـ (be-l-ʔḍāfa le-) [Egyptian-Arabic] (Arabic), a més (Catalan), a més a més (english: most usually with reduplication) (Catalan), naast (Dutch), lisäksi (Finnish), en plus de (French), ... के अलावा (... ke alāvā) (Hindi), mellett (Hungarian), felül (Hungarian), kívül (Hungarian), jak i (Polish), jak również (Polish), assim como (Portuguese), pe lângă (Romanian), в дополне́ние к (v dopolnénije k) [with-dative] (Russian), así como (Spanish), yanı sıra (Turkish)
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Alternative forms

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    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "in addition to",
      "word": "lisäksi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "in addition to",
      "word": "en plus de"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "... ke alāvā",
      "sense": "in addition to",
      "word": "... के अलावा"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "in addition to",
      "word": "mellett"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "in addition to",
      "word": "felül"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "in addition to",
      "word": "kívül"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "in addition to",
      "word": "jak i"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "in addition to",
      "word": "jak również"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "in addition to",
      "word": "assim como"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "in addition to",
      "word": "pe lângă"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "v dopolnénije k",
      "sense": "in addition to",
      "tags": [
        "with-dative"
      ],
      "word": "в дополне́ние к"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "in addition to",
      "word": "así como"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "in addition to",
      "word": "yanı sıra"
    }
  ],
  "word": "as well as"
}

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