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[[t]soʊ[/t]]

adv.

1) in the way or manner indicated:

Do it so[/ex]

2) in that or this manner or fashion; thus:

So it turned out[/ex]

3) in the aforesaid state or condition:

It is broken and has long been so[/ex]

4) to the extent or degree indicated or suggested:

Do not walk so fast[/ex]

5) inf very or extremely: I'm so happy

6) very greatly:

My head aches so![/ex]

7) (used before an adverb or an adverbial clause and fol. by as) to such a degree or extent:

so far as I know[/ex]

8) having the purpose of:

a speech so commemorating the victory[/ex]

9) hence; therefore:

She was ill, and so stayed home[/ex]

10) (used to emphasize or confirm a previous statement) most certainly:

I said I would come, and so I will[/ex]

11) (used to contradict a previous statement) indeed; truly; too:

I was so at the party![/ex]

12) likewise or correspondingly; also; too:

If he is going, then so am I[/ex]

13) in such manner as to follow or result from:

As he learned, so did he teach[/ex]

14) in the way that follows; in this way

15) in the way that precedes; in that way

16) in such way as to end in:

So live your life that old age will bring you no regrets[/ex]

17) then; subsequently:

and so to bed[/ex]

18) fun in order that (often fol. by that):

Check carefully, so any mistakes will be caught[/ex]

19) fun with the result that (often fol. by that)

20) fun on the condition that; if

21) fun such as has been stated:

to be good and stay so[/ex]

22) fun something that is about or near the persons or things in question, as in number or amount:

Of the original twelve, five or so remain[/ex]

23) (used as an exclamation of surprise, shock, discovery, inquiry, indifference, etc., according to the manner of utterance.)

24) true as stated or reported; conforming with reality or the fact:

Say it isn't so[/ex]

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Etymology: bef. 900; ME; OE swā, c. OFris sā, sō, OOHG sō, ONsvā, sō, Go swa usage: The intensive so meaning “very or extremely” (Everything's so expensive these days) occurs chiefly in informal speech and is occasionally criticized in other contexts. In writing and formal speech, intensive so is most often followed by a completing that clause: Everything is so expensive that some families can barely afford necessities. See also as I, and, but . II

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