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so `adverb` [ səʊ ]

• to such a great extent.

• "the words tumbled out so fast that I could barely hear them"

• to the same extent (used in comparisons).

• "he isn't so bad as you'd think"

• referring back to something previously mentioned.

• in the way described or demonstrated; thus.

• "hold your arms so"

so `conjunction`

• and for this reason; therefore.

• "it was still painful so I went to see a specialist"

• with the aim that; in order that.

• "they whisper to each other so that no one else can hear"

• and then; as the next step.

• "and so to the final"

• introducing a question.

• "so, what did you do today?"

• introducing a statement which is followed by a defensive comment.

• "so I like keeping track of things—what's wrong with that?"

• introducing a concluding statement.

• "so that's that"

• in the same way; correspondingly.

• "just as bad money drives out good, so does bad art drive out the good"

Origin: Old English swā, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch zo and German so .

so `noun`

• variant spelling of soh.

-so `combining form`

• equivalent to -soever.

So. `abbreviation`

• South.

soh `noun`

• (in tonic sol-fa) the fifth note of a major scale.

Origin: Middle English sol : representing (as an arbitrary name for the note) the first syllable of solve, taken from a Latin hymn (see solmization).

and so on

• and similar things; et cetera.
"they show live cricket, horse racing, boxing, football, and so on"

just so much

• emphasizing a large amount of something.
"it's just so much ideological cant"

not so much — as —

• not — but rather —.
"the novel was not so much unfinished as unfinishable"

only so much

• a limited amount.
"there is only so much you can do to protect yourself"

so as to do something

• in order to do something.
"she had put her hair up so as to look older"

so be it

• an expression of acceptance or resignation.

so long

• goodbye till we meet again.

so many

• indicating a particular but unspecified quantity.
"so many hours at such-and-such a speed"

so much as

• even.
"he sat down without so much as a word to anyone"

so much for

• indicating that one has finished talking about something.
"So much for the melodic line. We now turn our attention to the accompaniment"

so much so that

• to such an extent that.
"I was fascinated by the company, so much so that I wrote a book about it"

so to speak

• used to highlight the fact that one is describing something in an unusual or metaphorical way.
"delving into the body's secrets, I looked death in the face, so to speak"

so adverb [ səʊ ]

so conjunction

so noun

-so combining form