so

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Pronunciation
/səʊ/
/soʊ/
Noun
2 definition(s)
1 Definition

A syllable used in solfège to represent the fifth note of a major scale.

2 Definition

(foods) A type of dairy product, made especially in Japan between the seventh and 10th centuries, by reducing milk by boiling it.

Adjective
3 definition(s)
1 Definition

True, accurate.

Example Sentences
  • That is so.  You are responsible for this, is that not so?
2 Definition

In that state or manner; with that attribute. A proadjective that replaces the aforementioned adjective phrase.

3 Definition

Homosexual.

Example Sentences
  • Is he so?
Adverb
5 definition(s)
1 Definition

To the (explicitly stated) extent that.

Example Sentences
  • It was so hot outside that all the plants died.  He was so good, they hired him on the spot.
2 Definition

To the (implied) extent.

Example Sentences
  • I need a piece of cloth so long. [= this long]
3 Definition

In a particular manner.

Example Sentences
  • Place the napkin on the table just so. If that's what you mean, then say so; (or do so).
4 Definition

In the same manner or to the same extent as aforementioned; also.

Example Sentences
  • Just as you have the right to your free speech, so I have the right to mine.  Many people say she's the world's greatest athlete, but I don't think so.  "I can count backwards from one hundred." "So can I."
5 Definition

With as To such an extent or degree; as.

Example Sentences
  • so far as;  so long as;  so much as
Conjunction
3 definition(s)
1 Definition

In order that.

Example Sentences
  • Eat your broccoli so you can have dessert.
2 Definition

With the result that; for that reason; therefore.

Example Sentences
  • He ate too much cake, so he fell ill.
3 Definition

Provided that; on condition that, as long as.

Interjection
5 definition(s)
1 Definition

Used after a pause for thought to introduce a new topic, question or story.

Synonyms
hey look see well
Example Sentences
  • So, let's go home.
2 Definition

Short for so what.

Example Sentences
  • "You park your car in front of my house every morning." — "So?"
3 Definition

Used to connect previous conversation or events to the following question.

Example Sentences
  • So how does this story end?
4 Definition

Used to introduce a rhetorical question.

Example Sentences
  • 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.
5 Definition

Be as you are; stand still; used especially to cows; also used by sailors.

Pronoun
1 definition(s)
1 Definition

Some person.

Example Sentences
  • Can someone help me, please?