So's
contraction ·1 syllable ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 So that, in order that. contraction
"Of all the queer collections of humans outside of a crazy asylum, it seemed to me this sanitarium was the cup winner. […] When you're well enough off so's you don't have to fret about anything but your heft or your diseases you begin to get queer, I suppose."
- 2 So is. contraction
"My father's at work right now. So's my mother."
- 3 So has. contraction
"My father's gone away on holiday. So's my mother."
- 4 To the extent that. contraction
""Has he been working?" / "Not so's you'd notice.""
Example
More examples"Of all the queer collections of humans outside of a crazy asylum, it seemed to me this sanitarium was the cup winner. […] When you're well enough off so's you don't have to fret about anything but your heft or your diseases you begin to get queer, I suppose."
Etymology
Contraction of so as.
Contraction of so + is.
Contraction of so + has.
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