English Explanatory Dictionary

so

English dictionary entry

Meanings

conj
  1. Reduced form of 'so that', used to express purpose; in order that.
  2. As a result; for that reason; therefore; because of this; due to this.
  3. Used to connect previous conversation or events to the following question.
  4. Used to introduce a rhetorical question.
  5. Provided that; on condition that; as long as.
adv
  1. To the (explicitly stated) extent.
  2. To the (implied) extent.
  3. Very (positive or negative clause).
  4. Very much.
  5. at all (negative clause).
  6. In the same manner or to the same extent as aforementioned; likewise, also.
  7. Indeed.
  8. To such an extent or degree; as.
adj
  1. Agreeing with actual facts or reality; true.
  2. In that state or manner; with that attribute. A proadjective that replaces the aforementioned adjective phrase.
  3. Homosexual.
intj
  1. Used after a pause for thought to introduce a new topic, question or story, or a new thought or question in continuation of an existing topic.
  2. Used as a question to ask for further explanation of something said, often rhetorically or in a dismissive or impolite manner.
  3. Used as a meaningless filler word to begin a response to a question.
  4. Be as you are; stand still; used especially to cows; also used by sailors.
pron
  1. That which was previously mentioned; that.
pron
  1. Abbreviation of someone.
noun
  1. A syllable used in solfège to represent the fifth note of a major scale.
  2. Sometimes syllable for both the second and the fifth.
noun
  1. A type of dairy product, made especially in Japan between the seventh and tenth centuries, by reducing milk by boiling it.
noun
  1. Initialism of significant other.
  2. Initialism of shut out.
  3. Initialism of shootout.
  4. Initialism of strike out.
  5. Initialism of second-order logic.
  6. Initialism of symphony orchestra.
  7. Abbreviation of singlet oxygen.
  8. Abbreviation of standing order.
pron
  1. Initialism of someone.
name
  1. Initialism of Stack Overflow.
noun
  1. A Mon-Khmer-speaking people of Laos and Thailand.
noun
  1. Alternative form of So..
name
  1. A Chinese surname from Cantonese.

Pronunciation

sō /səʊ/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Pvanp7-so.wav /siː/ /sə/ /soʊ/ en-us-so.ogg [soː] /sʌo/

Word forms

so more so most so sos

Etymology

From Middle English so, swo, zuo, swa, swe, from Old English swā, swǣ, swē (“so, as, the same, such, that”), from Proto-West Germanic *swā, from Proto-Germanic *swa, *swē (“so”), from Proto-Indo-European *swē, *swō (reflexive pronomial stem). Cognate with Scots sae (“so”), Saterland Frisian so (“so”), West Frisian sa (“so”), Dutch zo (“so”), German Low German so (“so”), German so (“so”), Danish så (“so”), Norwegian Nynorsk so (“so”), Swedish så (“so, such that”), Faroese so (“so”), Icelandic svo (“so”), Old Latin suad (“so”), Albanian sa (“how much, so, as”), Ancient Greek ὡς (hōs, “as”), Urdu سو (sō, “hence”).

Synonyms

so that that really truly very this yea very much like this thus one of the family one of them that way inclined correct right true musical look well see hey sb

Related words

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Derived words

and so forth and so on and so say all of us as it so happens as so be it so even so ever so every so often for so long a time 'fraid so go so far as how came you so how so howso howsofar I don't think so if I do say so myself if I may be so bold if I may make so bold if I may say so if I might be so bold if I say so myself if it be so if so if so be if you say so I'm afraid so in so much insomuch isn't it so is that so I think so I told you so just so less so like so make it so that maybeso none-so-pretty not so fast not so hot not-so-hot not so much oh so one should be so lucky one should live so long or so quite so rightly so say it ain't so say-so so-and-so so as so as to so be it so-called so crazy so crazy it just might work soever

Translations

Azerbaijani: elə Azerbaijani: bu qədər Basque: hain Catalan: tan Chinese Cantonese: 好 Chinese Cantonese: 咁 Chinese Mandarin: 很 Chinese Mandarin: 非常 Chinese Mandarin: 太 Chinese Mandarin: 這麼 /这么 Chinese Mandarin: 这么 Chinese Mandarin: 那麼 /那么 Chinese Mandarin: 那么 Czech: tak Czech: takto Czech: takhle Danish: så Dutch: zo Dutch: zodanig Esperanto: tiel Esperanto: tiom Esperanto: tre Finnish: niin Finnish: tosi French: tellement French: vraiment French: si French: aussi German: so German: sehr Greek: τόσο Ancient Greek: ὡς Ancient Greek: οἷον Ancient Greek: ὅσον Hebrew: כל כך Hindi: इतना Hindi: यथा Hungarian: olyan Hungarian: annyira Hungarian: ilyen Hungarian: ennyire Indonesian: sangat Italian: tanto Italian: veramente Italian: così Japanese: とても Japanese: そう Japanese: こんなに Japanese: それほど Japanese: このように Korean: 너무 Korean: 매우 Korean: 그렇게 Northern Kurdish: wisa Northern Kurdish: pir Northern Kurdish: gelekî Latin: tam Malay: sangat Malay: -nya Norwegian: så Occitan: tan Old English: swā Polish: tak Polish: aż Portuguese: tão Romanian: atât Russian: о́чень Russian: так Scottish Gaelic: cho Slovene: tako Spanish: tan Spanish: más Swedish: så Turkish: o kadar Turkish: kadar Ukrainian: ду́же Ukrainian: так Vietnamese: rất Vietnamese: lắm Vietnamese: lém Vietnamese: vậy Vietnamese: như vậy Volapük: so Walloon: si Walloon: si télmint
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