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So

//siː// adj, adv, conj, intj, name, noun, pron, slang

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Agreeing with actual facts or reality; true.

    "That is so."

  2. 2
    In that state or manner; with that attribute. A proadjective that replaces the aforementioned adjective phrase.

    ""You're definitely not right about that." "I am so!" (→I am right about that)."

  3. 3
    Homosexual. UK, dated, slang

    "Is he so?"

Adverb
  1. 1
    To the (explicitly stated) extent. not-comparable

    "It was so hot outside that all the plants died."

  2. 2
    To the (implied) extent. not-comparable

    "I need a piece of cloth so long. [= this long]"

  3. 3
    Very (positive or negative clause). not-comparable

    "I feel so much better now."

  4. 4
    Very much. not-comparable

    "But I so want to see the Queen when she visits our town!"

  5. 5
    Very much.; at all (negative clause). informal, not-comparable

    "That is so not true!"

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  1. 6
    In the same manner or to the same extent as aforementioned; likewise, also. not-comparable

    "Just as you have the right to your free speech, so I have the right to mine.  Many people say she's the world's greatest athlete, but I don't think so.  "I can count backwards from one hundred." "So can I.""

  2. 7
    Indeed. not-comparable

    "‘Look, it’s just stopped raining.’ ‘So it has!’"

  3. 8
    To such an extent or degree; as. not-comparable

    "so far as;  so long as;  so much as"

Adverb
  1. 1
    in truth (often tends to intensify) wordnet
  2. 2
    (used to introduce a logical conclusion) from that fact or reason or as a result wordnet
  3. 3
    subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors) wordnet
  4. 4
    in a manner that facilitates wordnet
  5. 5
    in the way indicated wordnet
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  1. 6
    to a very great extent or degree wordnet
  2. 7
    (usually followed by ‘that’) to an extent or degree as expressed wordnet
  3. 8
    in such a condition or manner, especially as expressed or implied wordnet
  4. 9
    to a certain unspecified extent or degree wordnet
  5. 10
    in the same way; also wordnet
Conjunction
  1. 1
    Reduced form of 'so that', used to express purpose; in order that. form-of, reduced

    "I got an earlier train to work so I'd have plenty of time to prepare for the meeting."

  2. 2
    As a result; for that reason; therefore; because of this; due to this.

    "I was hungry, so I asked if there was any more food."

  3. 3
    Used to connect previous conversation or events to the following question.

    "So how does this story end?"

  4. 4
    Used to introduce a rhetorical question.

    "“We'd like to visit but I don't know if we can afford a hotel.” — “So who's staying in a hotel? Stay with us.”"

  5. 5
    Provided that; on condition that; as long as. archaic

    "Speed. ‘Item: She doth talk in her sleep.’ Launce. It’s no matter for that, so she sleep not in her talk."

Intj
  1. 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.

    "So, let's go home."

  2. 2
    Used as a question to ask for further explanation of something said, often rhetorically or in a dismissive or impolite manner.

    ""You park your car in front of my house every morning." — "So?""

  3. 3
    Used as a meaningless filler word to begin a response to a question.

    "What are you doing? / So I'm just fixing this shelf."

  4. 4
    Be as you are; stand still; used especially to cows; also used by sailors. archaic
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    Initialism of Stack Overflow. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism

    "Imagine that you were creating an application similar to SO but were writing it using web forms."

  2. 2
    A Chinese surname from Cantonese.
Noun
  1. 1
    A syllable used in solfège to represent the fifth note of a major scale.
  2. 2
    A type of dairy product, made especially in Japan between the seventh and tenth centuries, by reducing milk by boiling it. uncountable
  3. 3
    Initialism of significant other. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
  4. 4
    A Mon-Khmer-speaking people of Laos and Thailand. plural, plural-only
  5. 5
    Alternative form of So.. alt-of, alternative
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  1. 6
    the syllable naming the fifth (dominant) note of any musical scale in solmization wordnet
  2. 7
    Initialism of shut out. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
  3. 8
    Initialism of shootout. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
  4. 9
    Initialism of strike out. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
  5. 10
    Initialism of second-order logic. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
  6. 11
    Initialism of symphony orchestra. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
  7. 12
    Abbreviation of singlet oxygen. abbreviation, alt-of
  8. 13
    Abbreviation of standing order. abbreviation, alt-of
Pronoun
  1. 1
    That which was previously mentioned; that. demonstrative

    "I'll become a loyal friend and remain so."

  2. 2
    Abbreviation of someone. abbreviation, alt-of
  3. 3
    Initialism of someone. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism

Etymology

Etymology 1

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”).

Etymology 2

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”).

Etymology 3

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”).

Etymology 4

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”).

Etymology 5

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”).

Etymology 6

Shortened from sol, to make it an open syllable for uniformity with the rest of the scale, from Glover's solmization, from Middle English sol (“fifth degree or note of Guido of Arezzo's hexachordal scales”), Italian sol in the solmization of Guido of Arezzo, from the first syllable of Latin solve (“wash away”) in the lyrics of the scale-ascending hymn Ut queant laxis by Paulus Deacon.

Etymology 7

Borrowed from Japanese 蘇 (so).

Etymology 8

From Cantonese 蘇／苏 (sou1).

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