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| 1. | [ adverb ] (intensifier) to a very great extent or degree | |
| Examples: | "the idea is so obvious" "never been so happy" "I love you so" "my head aches so!" |
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| Related terms: | intensifier | |
| 2. | [ adverb ] in order that | |
| Examples: | "he stooped down so he could pick up his hat" |
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| 3. | [ adverb ] in such a condition or manner, especially as expressed or implied | |
| Examples: | "They're happy and I hope they will remain so" "so live your life that old age will bring no regrets" |
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| 4. | [ adjective ] conforming to truth | |
| Synonyms: | truthful | |
| Examples: | "I wouldn't have told you this if it weren't so" "a truthful statement" |
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| Related terms: | true | |
| 5. | [ adverb ] to a certain unspecified extent or degree | |
| Examples: | "I can only go so far with this student" "can do only so much in a day" |
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| 6. | [ adverb ] in they same way; also | |
| Examples: | "I was offended and so was he" "worked hard and so did she" |
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| 7. | [ adverb ] in the way indicated | |
| Synonyms: | thus thusly | |
| Examples: | "hold the brush so" "set up the pieces thus" (`thusly' is a nonstandard variant) |
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| 8. | [ adverb ] (usually followed by `that') to an extent or degree as expressed | |
| Examples: | "he was so tired he could hardly stand" "so dirty that it smells" |
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| 9. | [ adverb ] subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors) | |
| Synonyms: | then and_then and_so | |
| Examples: | "then he left" "go left first, then right" "first came lightning, then thunder" "we watched the late movie and then went to bed" "and so home and to bed" |
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| 10. | [ adverb ] in truth (often tends to intensify) | |
| Synonyms: | indeed | |
| Examples: | "they said the car would break down and indeed it did" "it is very cold indeed" "was indeed grateful" "indeed, the rain may still come" "he did so do it!" |
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| 11. | [ adjective ] marked by system; in good order | |
| Synonyms: | in_order | |
| Examples: | "everything is in order" "his books are always just so" "things must be exactly so" |
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| Related terms: | systematic | |
| 12. | [ noun ] Last name, frequency rank in the U.S. is 8527 | |
| 13. | [ noun ] Woman's first name, popularity rank in the U.S. is 2668 | |
| 14. | [ noun ] (music,linguistics) the syllable naming the fifth (dominant) note of any musical scale in solmization | |
| Synonyms: | soh sol | |
| Related terms: | solfa_syllable | |
| Similar spelling: |
soy sow sou Soo soh soya Sowa soho s |
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