so
/soʊ/ conjunction A1- 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.· He ate too much cake and so he fell ill.
- Used to connect previous conversation or events to the following question. · So how does this story end?
- 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.”
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“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 To the A2
- 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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