so
IPA: sˈoʊ
noun
- (music) A syllable used in solfège to represent the fifth note of a major scale.
- (foods) A type of dairy product, made especially in Japan between the seventh and 10th centuries, by reducing milk by boiling it.
- A Mon-Khmer-speaking people of Laos and Thailand.
- A Chinese surname from Cantonese.
- Initialism of significant other. [One's exclusive romantic partner.]
- (sports) Initialism of shut out.
- (sports) Initialism of shootout. [A decisive battle, especially a gunfight.]
- (baseball) Initialism of strike out.
- (logic, computer science) Initialism of second-order logic. [A formal system which extends first-order logic by allowing quantification over relations between members of the universe.]
- (music) Initialism of symphony orchestra. [(music) A large orchestra that traditionally plays Western classical orchestral music.]
- (chemistry) Abbreviation of singlet oxygen. [(physics, chemistry) A metastable state of molecular oxygen that has a slightly higher energy than normal triplet oxygen and is more chemically reactive.]
- (politics, parliamentary) Abbreviation of standing order. [A rule of procedure adopted by a governing body for its own internal use.]
- Alternative form of So.
adjective
- As what was or will be mentioned.
- In that state or manner; with that attribute. A proadjective that replaces the aforementioned adjective phrase.
- (dated, UK, slang) Homosexual.
adverb
- To the (explicitly stated) extent that.
- To the (implied) extent.
- Very (positive or negative clause).
- Very much.
- (informal) at all (negative clause).
- In a particular manner.
- In the same manner or to the same extent as aforementioned; also.
- (with as): To such an extent or degree; as.
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Examples of "so" in Sentences
- His voice was so soft and gentle, so unhurried.
- Thus in 1990 or so, it had long been an atavism.
- But he'd gone to so despairing, so hopeless places.
- Her life was so brief and her actions so circumscribed.
- Why was the antipathy so persistent and so overwhelming
- He thus saves his friend, but in so doing perjures himself.
- These are not so much set by, because they be so plenteous.
- Doubly so, when the appearance of the characters is so bizarre.
- Don't judge the Greeks so harshly and their critics so lovingly.
- So, if they are to be countermanded, there must be a good reason to do so.