so
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[edit] English
| Rank of this word in the English language, from analyzing texts from Project Gutenberg. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| are | their | one | #39: so | me | an | we |
[edit] Abbreviation
S.O.
- Significant other (romantic partner)
- Symphony orchestra
- (baseball) The statistic reporting the number of strikeouts recorded by a pitcher; K
[edit] Pronunciation
- (RP) enPR: sō, IPA: /səʊ/, SAMPA: /s@U/
- (GenAm) IPA: /soʊ̯/, SAMPA: /soU/
- Audio (US)help, file
- Rhymes: -əʊ
[edit] Etymology
From the Old English swā.
[edit] Conjunction
so
- In order that
- Eat your broccoli so you can have dessert.
[edit] Usage notes
When used as the conjunction in a conditional sentence, instead of the usual English word order in the apodosis, wh-movement is used instead. Eg:
- If he can run a marathon, so can you.
[edit] Synonyms
[edit] Translations
in order that
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[edit] Adverb
so (not comparable)
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Positive |
Superlative |
- Very.
- He is so good!
- It’s not so bad.
- To this or that extent.
- I need a piece of cloth so long.
- In this or that manner.
- Place the napkin on the table just so.
- (slang, especially US) Very much.
- But I so want to see the Queen when she visits our town!
- That is so not true!
[edit] Synonyms
- (very): really, truly, that, very
- (to this or that extent): that, this, yea
- (in this or that manner): like this, thus
- (slang: very much): really, truly, very much
[edit] Translations
very
to this or that extent
in this or that manner
slang: very much
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- Ido: tante
[edit] Derived terms
[edit] Adjective
so (not comparable)
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Positive |
Superlative |
- true.
- That is so.
- You are responsible for this, is that not so?
- (dated UK slang, euphemism) homosexual.
- Is he so?
[edit] Synonyms
- (true): correct, right, true
- (euphemistic: homosexual): musical, one of the family, one of them, that way inclined
[edit] Translations
true See true.
[edit] Derived terms
[edit] Interjection
so
- An interjection used to introduce a question.
- So, what'll you have?
- So what?
- "You park your car in front of my house every morning." "So?"
[edit] Noun
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Singular |
Plural |
so (plural sos)
- (music) A syllable used in solfège to represent the fifth note of a major scale.
[edit] Basque
[edit] Noun
so
[edit] Bosnian
[edit] Noun
so f.
[edit] Catalan
[edit] Etymology
From sonus
[edit] Noun
so
[edit] Faroese
[edit] Adverb
so
[edit] German
[edit] Adverb
so
- so
- so nett — so nice
- nicht so gut — not so good, not that good
- as
- so gut wie — as good as
[edit] Italian
[edit] Verb form
so
[edit] Usage notes
[edit] Lojban
[edit] Cmavo
so (rafsi: soz)
[edit] Romani
[edit] Adverb
so
[edit] Serbian
[edit] Noun
so f.
[edit] Cyrillic spelling
[edit] Spanish
[edit] Etymology
From the Latin sub.
[edit] Preposition
so
[edit] Usage notes
So is very rare in modern Spanish, surviving only in certain expressions, including so pena de (on pain of, under penalty of), so pretexto de or so color de (under pretext of), a so capa (secretly, with bribery).
[edit] Pronoun
so
[edit] Swedish
[edit] Noun
so
[edit] Synonyms
[edit] Inflection
| Inflection for so | Singular | Plural | ||
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| Common | Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite |
| Nominative | so | son | so | sorna |
| Genitive | sos | sons | sos | sornas |
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