so
/soʊ/ adverb A2- To the (explicitly stated) extent. · It was so hot outside that all the plants died.· He was so good, they hired him on the spot.
- To the (implied) extent. · I need a piece of cloth so long. [= this long]
- Very (positive or negative clause). · I feel so much better now.· I so nearly lost my temper.
- Very much. · But I so want to see the Queen when she visits our town!
- at all (negative clause). · That is so not true!
- In the same manner or to the same extent as aforementioned; likewise, also. · As above, so below.· Just as you have the right to your free speech, so I have the right to mine.
- Indeed. · ‘Look, it’s just stopped raining.’ ‘So it has!’· ‘There are two more.’ ‘So there are.’
- To such an extent or degree; as. · so far as; so long as; so much as
From the library
“Yes, yes, my boy, so we will—so we will,” replied the old man; “but how shall we be happy?
“’Tis nothing, nothing; it will soon pass away”—and as he said so the old man’s strength failed him, and he fell backwards.
Morrel; and so, you see, lest he might do you an injury——”
“So that you have lived for three months on sixty francs,” muttered Edmond.
Other matches
- so As a result A1
- so A syllable used in solfège to represent the fif... C2
- so Agreeing with actual facts or reality C2
- so Used after a pause for thought to introduce a n... C2
- So A Mon-Khmer-speaking people of Laos and Thailand. C2
- so That which was previously mentioned C2
- so A type of dairy product, made especially in Jap... C2
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