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.

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