so
/səʊ/ · adjective
Meaning
- True, accurate.
- In that state or manner; with that attribute. A proadjective that replaces the aforementioned adjective phrase.
- Homosexual.
- To the (explicitly stated) extent that.
- To the (implied) extent.
- In a particular manner.
- In the same manner or to the same extent as aforementioned; also.
- With as To such an extent or degree; as.
- In order that.
- With the result that; for that reason; therefore.
- Provided that; on condition that, as long as.
- Used after a pause for thought to introduce a new topic, question or story.
- Short for so what.
- Used to connect previous conversation or events to the following question.
- Used to introduce a rhetorical question.
- Be as you are; stand still; used especially to cows; also used by sailors.
- Some person.
- A syllable used in solfège to represent the fifth note of a major scale.
- (foods) A type of dairy product, made especially in Japan between the seventh and 10th centuries, by reducing milk by boiling it.
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