I am reading this example:
听众至少也有五千人。 The audience was not less than five thousand.
Dictionary gives only "also, too" meanings for 也 and it doesn't seem to fit in this example. So what is the role of this word here?
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see previous Q，esp. quotation from ＂汉语８００虚词用法词典＂contained in comment #1 chinese.stackexchange.com/questions/20906/… (besides, most users look at more than one dictionary, bkrs & jukuu are recommended) – user6065 Jul 13 '17 at 13:32
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It is used to emphasize the verb 有.
We can omit 也 and show the same meaning.
听众至少(也)有五千人。
也 [副] 3
表示强调。如：“一点也不”、“再也不敢”、“连爸妈也乐得开怀大笑。”
也 yě 〈副〉(5)
表示强调 [even]。如: 也须 (也应当; 也应该); 连老人也干活
