SO

See also: Appendix:Variations of "so"

Translingual

Symbol

SO

1. (international standards) ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code for Somalia.

   Synonym: SOM (alpha-3)

English

Noun

SO (plural SOs)

1. Initialism of significant other.

   Alternative forms: S.O., s.o., s/o

2. (sports) Initialism of shut out.
3. (sports) Initialism of shootout.
4. (baseball) Initialism of strike out.
5. (logic, computer science) Initialism of second-order logic.
6. (music) Initialism of symphony orchestra.
7. (chemistry) Abbreviation of singlet oxygen.

   Coordinate terms: SOG, DSOG

8. (politics, parliamentary) Abbreviation of standing order.

See also

• (significant other): GF, BF

Pronoun

SO

1. Initialism of someone.

Proper noun

SO

1. Initialism of Stack Overflow.
   • 2010, Alex Mackey, “ASP.NET MVC”, in Introducing .NET 4.0: With Visual Studio 2010 (The Expert’s Voice in .NET), [Berkeley, Calif.]: Apress, →ISBN, page 290:

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

   • 2018, Oscar Díaz, Jeremías P. Contell, “Educating Users to Formulate Questions in Q&A Platforms: A Scaffold for Google Sheets”, in John Krogstie, Hajo A. Reijers, editors, Advanced Information Systems Engineering: 30th International Conference, CAiSE 2018, Tallinn, Estonia, June 11–15, 2018, Proceedings (Lecture Notes in Computer Science; 10816), Cham: Springer, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 163:

     SO threads are mapped back into QuestionSheets. Information collected from SO includes the answer itself, the contributor’s reputation, and the number of votes (if any) (see Fig. 5).

   • 2021, Sean McCullough, “Reprogramming Rhetoric: Toward a Diffractive Epistemology of Computer Composition”, in Kai Merten, editor, Diffractive Reading: New Materialism, Theory, Critique, Lanham, Md.: Rowman & Littlefield, →ISBN, part III (Diffracting (in) Music, Visual, and Digital Media), page 302:

     While using a Python program to query SO’s API helps me gain a better understanding of SO’s software source code, I should note that much uncertainty regarding SO’s programmed arguments still abounds. Part of this uncertainty is a result of limits companies like SO place on programmers who wish to access their data, but a large portion also stems from my choice to use Python.

Anagrams

• -os, -os-, O&S, O's, O. S., O.S., OS, OS., Os, o's, o.s., os, os-

French

Pronunciation

• Audio (France (Somain)):

  (file)

Noun

SO m

1. initialism of sud-ouest; SW

Anagrams

• os

German

Noun

SO

1. abbreviation of Südost; southeast

Proper noun

SO

1. ISO 3166-2:CH code of Solothurn (canton)

Italian

Noun

SO m

1. abbreviation of sudovest; southwest

Portuguese

Noun

SO m (plural SOs)

1. (software) acronym of sistema operacional (“OS, operating system”)

Spanish

Noun

SO m

1. abbreviation of sudoeste; southwest

Proper noun

SO ?

1. abbreviation of Sonora: a state of Mexico

Swedish

Noun

SO ?

1. abbreviation of samhällsorientering (“subject block involving social studies”)

   Hyponyms: geografi (“geography”), historia (“history”), religion (“religion”), samhällskunskap (“civics”)

   Coordinate term: NO

   Har du gjort SO-läxan till imorgon?

   Have you done the social studies homework for tomorrow?

2. abbreviation of sydost (“south-east”)

   Antonym: NV

   Coordinate terms: NO, SV, NV

3. (law) abbreviation of successionsordningen (“the act of succession”), one of Sweden's four fundamental laws

   Coordinate terms: RF (“instrument of government”), TF (“freedom of the press act”), YGL (“freedom of expression”)

Anagrams

• OS, os