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Definition: And So |
And SoAdverb1. Subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors); "then he left"; "go left first, then right"; "first came lightning, then thunder"; "we watched the late movie and then went to bed"; "and so home and to bed". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Synonyms: And SoSynonyms: and then (adv), so (adv), then (adv). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Addition | Adverb: au reste, in addition, more, plus, extra; and, also, likewise, too, furthermore, further, item; and also, and eke; else, besides, to boot, et cetera and so on, and so forth; into the bargain, cum multis aliis, over and above, moreover. |
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Crosswords: And So |
| Etymologies containing "and so": Wittol. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | God kills indiscriminately and so shall we. For no creatures under God are as we are, none so like him as ourselves (Interview With the Vampire; writing credit: Anne Rice) So very easy, and so very degrading (Brief Encounter; writing credit: David Lean, written by Noel Coward, Anthony Havelock-Allan, David Lean, and Ronald Neame.) The man is beneath me and so is his daughter (Coming to America; writing credit: David Sheffield) And so would Donny (The Big Lebowski; writing credit: Ethan Coen; Joel Coen) And so we are all connnected in the great Circle Of Life (The Lion King; writing credit: Irene Mecchi; Jonathan Roberts) | |
Lyrics | Lost in a love so real and so sincere (Invisible Man; performing artist: 98 Degrees; writing credit: Dane DeViller, Sean Hosein, and Steve Kipner) I'll be goin' strong and so will you ("Rock Around the Clock"; performing artist: Bill Haley & the Comets) The night is young and so are we (Dance With Me; performing artist: Debelah Morgan) Ho ho ho, and so, as I continue to flow (Keep Their Headz Ringin; performing artist: Dr. Dre) It's this and so much more that makes me love you (If You Love Me (Let Me Know); performing artist: Elvis Presley) | |
Clever | Mushrooms always grow in damp places and so they look like umbrellas. (references; author: unknown) Funny how a dollar can look so big when you take it to church, and so small when you take it to the store. (references; author: unknown) | |
Movie/TV Titles | And So Ends (1972) | |
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![]() | Ten destroyers fitting out, and other ships awaiting repairs, at the company docks, April 1919. The destroyers are probably USS Haraden, Abbot, Bagley, Clemson, Dahlgren, Goldsborough, Semmes, Satterlee, Mason and Graham (Destroyer #s 183 through 192). USS Thomas (Destroyer # 182) was commissioned in the same month, and so may be one of those present. Credit: NAVY. | ![]() | And so this is your friendship for my husband. Credit: Library of Congress. |
![]() | And so we started. Credit: Library of Congress. | ![]() | The sage: And so you are truth! : but I was under the impression Madam that it was customary ... Credit: Library of Congress. |
![]() | What every husband knows. The business trip -- and so on until he gets home --. Credit: Library of Congress. | ![]() | Design for the new gallery of busts and pictures -"and so far will I trust thee gentle Kate" -Henry 4th, part 1st / / Peter,burgh, inv. et fecit. Credit: Library of Congress. |
![]() | Itinerant vendor selling pieces of material and so forth from trucks in vacant lot on Saturday. Belzoni, Mississippi Delta. Credit: Library of Congress. | ||
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| Author | Quotation |
Duke of Wellington Arthur Wellesley | Be discreet in all things, and so render it unnecessary to be mysterious. |
Francis Bacon | The joys of parents are secret, and so are their grieves and fears. |
Homer | It was built against the will of the immortal gods, and so it did not last for long. |
Horace | Let your character be kept up the very end, just as it began, and so be consistent. |
John Dryden | Here lies my wife: here let her lie! Now she's at rest, and so am I. |
John Paul II | As the family goes, so goes the nation and so goes the whole world in which we live. |
Lord Chesterfield | In my mind, there is nothing so illiberal, and so ill-bred, as audible laughter. |
Sir Henry Wotton | Tell the truth, and so puzzle and confound your adversaries. |
St. Augustine | I have learnt to love you late, Beauty at once so ancient and so new! |
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| Author | Date | Quotation |
John Locke | 1690 | Those are so great, and so strong, in the case of promises, that omnipotency itself can be tied by them. (Second Treatise of Government) |
Marbury v. Madison | 1803 | When an instrument organizing fundamentally a judicial system, divides it into one supreme, and so many inferior courts as the legislature may ordain and establish; then enumerates its powers, and proceeds so far to distribute them, as to define the jurisdiction of the supreme court by declaring the cases in which it shall take original jurisdiction, and that in others it shall take appellate jurisdiction; the plain import of the words seems to be, that in one class of cases its jurisdiction is original, and not appellate; in the other it is appellate, and not original. (reference) |
Communist Manifesto | 1848 | The introduction of these philosophical phrases at the back of the French historical criticisms they dubbed "Philosophy of Action," "True Socialism," "German Science of Socialism," "Philosophical Foundation of Socialism," and so on. (reference) |
Abraham Lincoln | 1863 | Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation or any nation so conceived and so dedicated can long endure. (The Gettysburg Address) |
Treaty of Versailles | 1919 | Nevertheless, and in spite of the fact that the tonnage of German shipping at present in existence is much less than that lost by the Allied and Associated Powers in consequence of the German aggression, the right thus recognised will be enforced on German ships and boats under the following conditions: The German Government, on behalf of themselves and so as to bind all other persons interested, cede to the Allied and Associated Governments the property in all the German merchant ships which are of 1,600 tons gross and upwards; in one-half, reckoned in tonnage, of the ships which are between 1,000 tons and 1,600 tons gross; in one-quarter, reckoned in tonnage, of the steam trawlers; and in one-quarter, reckoned in tonnage, of the other fishing boats. (reference) |
Winston S. Churchill | 1946 | Police governments are prevailing in nearly every case, and so far, except in Czechoslovakia, there is no true democracy. ("Iron Curtain" Speech) |
John F. Kennedy | 1961 | And so, my fellow Americans: ask not what your country can do for you--ask what you can do for your country. (reference) |
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| Title | Author | Quote |
Emma | Austen, Jane | And so excellent in the Church |
Through the Looking-Glass | Carroll, Lewis | And so saying, she went off to the other end of the shop, and set the egg upright on a shelf |
A Christmas Carol | Dickens, Charles | He was so fluttered and so glowing with his good intentions, that his broken voice would scarcely answer to his call |
Scarlet Letter | Hawthorne, Nathaniel | And so he did |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | He, who gave to all, and so freely, felt this claim was exorbitant and almost odious |
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man | Joyce, James | There were so many flagstones on the footpath of that street and so many streets in that city and so many cities in the world |
King Richard III | Shakespeare, William | And so doth mine |
Grapes of Wrath | Steinbeck, John | They knew that a man so hurt and so perplexed may turn in anger, even on people he loves |
Gulliver's Travels | Swift, Jonathan | Imagination can figure nothing so grand, so surprising, and so astonishing |
Walden | Thoreau, Henry David | Men say that a stitch in time saves nine, and so they take a thousand stitches today to save nine tomorrow |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | The pacemaker can reduce the degree of obstruction and so relieve symptoms. (references) | |
Melanoma cells growing in the brain or liver can disrupt the functions of these vital organs and so are potentially life threatening. (references) | ||
However, as noted, current tests can detect only some of the more than 400 gene mutations and so the tests are only 80-85 percent accurate. (references) | ||
Business | May take the form of taxes, user fees, fines, fees for service, and so on. (references) | |
Reference to religious holidays, pork, cinemas, bars, and so forth, are prohibited. (references) | ||
In the last few years, their participation in major project tenders has increased and so has their success. (references) | ||
Economic History | Korea | Korea First Bank is the first and so far only Korean bank owned by foreign investors. (references) |
Djibouti | Items in the labor code include giving a two-week notice before job termination, a minimum wage, and so on. (references) | |
Belgium | Belgium is a highly competitive market and so the Belgian importer is looking for the best quality at the lowest price. (references) | |
Human Rights | Hungary | Such detainees are not always informed of the charges against them, because such periods of "short" detention are not defined as "criminal detention" and so are not considered to be covered by the Criminal Code. (references) |
Political Economy | BELGIUM | Patents: The Community Patent Convention has only been ratified by Germany and Greece, and so a single European patent does not yet exist. (references) |
KUWAIT | Other incentives such as tax holidays, duty free importation of equipment and so forth will be offered on the basis of the amount of Kuwait labor employed. (references) | |
Trade | West Bank | The New Israeli Shekel (NIS) circulates in the area, and so this currency, too, is a legal means of payment. (references) |
West Bank | Most WB/G-bound products pass through Israeli ports and so are subject to Israeli customs and security inspection. (references) | |
West Bank | Each import shipment must also be authorized by the Ministry and so is subject to quota controls and labeling requirements. (references) | |
Travel | Korea | All over Korea, you'll find first-class telecommunications, the requisite five-star hotels, Western restaurants, modern transport systems (including very efficient subway networks in Seoul and Busan), innovative architecture, and so forth. (references) |
Worker Rights | Mexico | However, because smaller firms are far more numerous and so much more difficult to monitor, these officials were unable to draw any general conclusions about their compliance. (references) |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | ART, n. This word has no definition. Its origin is related as follows by the ingenious Father Gassalasca Jape, S.J. One day a wag -- what would the wretch be at? -- Shifted a letter of the cipher RAT, And said it was a god's name! Straight arose Fantastic priests and postulants (with shows, And mysteries, and mummeries, and hymns, And disputations dire that lamed their limbs) To serve his temple and maintain the fires, Expound the law, manipulate the wires. Amazed, the populace that rites attend, Believe whate'er they cannot comprehend, And, inly edified to learn that two Half-hairs joined so and so (as Art can do) Have sweeter values and a grace more fit Than Nature's hairs that never have been split, Bring cates and wines for sacrificial feasts, And sell their garments to support the priests. |
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| Speaker | Phrase(s) |
Brad Silberling | Yeah, yeah. And so when I met Amy, I said to her, OK, I'm the guy, of course, who is going to be worried. And I don't want to be that person. |
David Berkowitz | Well, because I work and go to chapel and so forth, I can spend a good portion of my day outside of the cell. |
Judy Collins | So, when I hear those records, it's different. And now, I have a very different range and I can sing all kinds of things easily, and so it's different and it's dependable and I'm very fortunate. |
Liza Minnelli | Sure, I was nervous. But I feel so good, I feel so well, you know, and so centered. And I know what I do and I know who I am. |
Pamela Anderson | The only person you want to be admired by really is the person that you're in love with. I mean, you want admiration from other people, but, you know, it is so important and so destructive when you lose your self-esteem. |
Pierce Brosnan | Oh, sure, there is nothing you can do about that. And so it should be. But Bruce Beresford was fantastic. He's just very masterful with actors, and it was a great ensemble cast. |
Robert Atkins | We don't know, but I know that I had an infection in my heart, and it caused an arrhythmia and so it must have been an arrhythmia that sort of took off, and that was it. |
William Shatner | Tragedy, loss, grief. Big, big factor of grief. And so, to take the moment and say my heart, our hearts go out to all those people who are grieving Danny Pearl and the rest of the world, there's so many, so many tragedies. |
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| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
James Monroe | 1817-1825 | That such a country should have been overwhelmed and so long hidden, as it were, from the world under a gloomy despotism has been a cause of unceasing and deep regret to generous minds for ages past. |
John Quincy Adams | 1825-1829 | Our relations with the numerous tribes of aboriginal natives of this country, scattered over its extensive surface and so dependent even for their existence upon our power, have been during the present year highly interesting. |
Martin van Buren | 1837-1841 | In receiving from the people the sacred trust twice confided to my illustrious predecessor, and which he has discharged so faithfully and so well, I know that I can not expect to perform the arduous task with equal ability and success. |
Abraham Lincoln | 1861-1865 | Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation or any nation so conceived and so dedicated can long endure. |
Jimmy Carter | 1977-1981 | We are a confident people and a hardworking people, a decent and a compassionate people, and so we will remain. |
Ronald Reagan | 1981-1989 | You know, we Americans have always preferred dialogue to conflict, and so we always remain open to more constructive relations with the Soviet Union. |
George Bush | 1989-1993 | But hope is good, and so are strength and vigilance. |
Bill Clinton | 1993-2001 | When companies and workers work as a team they do better, and so does America. |
George W. Bush | 2001-2005 | I am honored and humbled to stand here, where so many of America's leaders have come before me, and so many will follow. |
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Expressions using "and so": And so forth ♦ and so on ♦ and so what? ♦ so and so. Additional references. | |
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| Expression | Frequency per Day |
and so it goes | 25 |
billy joel and so it goes | 13 |
sew and so | 11 |
and so it goes sheet music | 3 |
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| Language | Translations for "and so"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Afrikaans | ensovoorts (et cetera). (various references) | |
Albanian | kështu (so, so and so, thus), i dreqit (cotton-picking, damned, devilish, so and so), i ashtuquajtur (so and so, so called), e më tej (and so on, et cetera, etc., etcetera). (various references) | |
Arabic | فلان (so and so), كذا وكذا (so and so, such and such), وكان وكان (so and so), ومع ذلك (and so on, nevertheless, none the less, notwithstanding), وما شابه (and so on), وهكذا (and so on, so that, thus), وهلم جرا (and so on, et cetera, etc., forth), علان (so and so), إلى آخره (and so on, et cetera). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | еди-кой си (so and so), еди-какво си (so and so), еди-как си (so and so), и така нататък (and so on, and the rest of it, et cetera, etc., etcetera). (various references) | |
Chinese | 諸如此類 (so on and so on; etc), 等等 (and so on, et cetera, etc, etcetera), 等 (and so on, await, class, equal to, et cetera, grade, rank, same as, wait for), 某 (certain, so and so, some), 之類 (and so on, and such), 什麼的 (and so on, and what not). (various references) | |
Czech | a tak dále (and so on), ten a ten (so and so, such and such), tak tak (not too well, so and so, so so). (various references) | |
Danish | osv. (and so forth, and so on), og saa videre (and so forth, and so on). (various references) | |
Dutch | enzovoort (and so on). (various references) | |
Esperanto | kaj tiel plu (and so on, et cetera). (various references) | |
Faeroese | og so framvegis (and so on, et cetera). (various references) | |
Finnish | ja samoin olin minäkin (and so was I), ja niin poispäin (and so forth), ja niin edespäin (and so forth, and so on, etc). (various references) | |
French | quelqu'un (anybody, any), etcétera (and so forth, and so on), etc. (and so forth, and so on), et voici que (and so on), et comme ça (and so on), et cetera (and so on), et ainsi de suite (and so forth, and so on, whatnot and), dîner-causerie (address by so and so), ci et ça (so and so). (various references) | |
Frisian | ensafuorthinne (and so on, et cetera). (various references) | |
German | und so weiter (and so on, etc). (various references) | |
Greek | και έτσι έγινε (and so it was done), και ούτω καθ' εξήσ (and so forth, and so on), έτσι κ' έτσι (so and so). (various references) | |
Hebrew | ובכן (if so, so, then, therefore, thus, well). (various references) | |
Hungarian | és így tovább (and so on, and so forth, and the like). (various references) | |
Indonesian | seberapa (as much as, so and so many). (various references) | |
Italian | eccetera (and so on). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 等等 (after all, and so on, at last, finally), 等々 (after all, and so on, at last, finally), 云云 (and so forth, and so on, comment), 云々 (and so forth, and so on, comment), それ故に (And so ...), エッフェル塔 (and so forth, Eden, Edinburgh, edit, editing, edition, editor, editorial, editorial design, education, Eiffel Tower, enamel, enamel paint, energy, et cetera, ethos, Oedipus complex, somewhat, star, stranger, tufted puffin), だからと言って (also, and, and so forth, and the like, and what not, as might be expected, baggy, because, because ~, but, even, however, if it's the case, just because, loose, nevertheless, not just ...., not necessarily, or, out of fashion, primitive, too, unsophisticated, while it may be true that). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | それゆえに (And so ...), うんぬん (and so forth, and so on, comment), エトセトラ (and so forth, et cetera), とうとう (after all, and so on, at last, calm, clashing of swords, felling of trees, finally, flowing, reaching a head, ringing of an ax, swift, vast, voluminous), だの (and, and so forth, and the like, and what not, or). (various references) | |
Manx | as myr shen (and so on, well then). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | anday osay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | etcetera (et cetera), eassimpordiante (and so on, et cetera). (various references) | |
Romanian | etc. (and so on), ei? (and so what?, Well?), cutare (so and so, such, such and such), şi? (and so what?), şi aşa mai departe (and all that, and so forth, and so on, and the like). (various references) | |
Russian | и так далее (and so on). (various references) | |
Scottish | agus (and, and so Irish). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | tako i tako (so and so), taj i taj (so and so, such a, such and such), i tako dalje (and so on, et cetera, etc, etc., etcetera), i ovakav i onakav (so and so). (various references) | |
Spanish | y entonces. (various references) | |
Swedish | och så vidare (and so on). (various references) | |
Turkish | adı lâzım değil (so and so), ve saire (and so forth, and so on, et al, et cetera, etc), ve diğerleri (and so forth, and so on, et al), ve benzeri gibi (and so forth, et cetera, etc), ve benzeri (and so forth, and so on, and such), filanca (re, so and so, such and such), filan (and so on, or so), falanca (certain, so and so), falan (and so on, like, or so, re, so and so), buna benzer (and so on). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | сякий-такий (so and so, something), як-небудь (anyhow, anyway, pell mell, pellmell, so and so, some time, somehow), ім'ярек (so and so), тощо (and so on, etcetera), такою мірою (insomuch, so and so), такий-то (so and so, somebody, such and such), такий собі (so and so), так і так (so and so), негодящий (outcast, so and so). (various references) | |
Welsh | ac yn y blaen (and so forth). (various references) | |
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| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | itaque. (various references) |
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| Language | Date | Source | Matthew Chapter 9, Verse 19 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Kai egerqeiV o ihsouV hkolouqhsen autw kai oi maqhtai autou |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Et surgens Iesus sequebatur eum et discipuli eius |
| Old English | 990 | West Saxon | & se hælend aras. & felgede hym. & his leorning-cnihtes. |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | And Jhesus roos, and `hise disciplis, and sueden hym. |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | And Iesus arose and folowed hym with hys disciples. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | And Jesus arose, and followed him, and so did his disciples. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | And Jesus arose, and followed him, and so did his disciples. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | And Jesus got up and went after him, and so did his disciples. |
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| Language | Matthew Chapter 9, Verse 19 |
| Cebuano | Ug si Jesus mitindog ug mikuyog kaniya uban ang iyang mga tinun-an. |
| Croatian | Isus usta te s uèenicima poðe za njim. |
| Danish | Og Jesus stod op og fulgte ham med sine Disciple. |
| Dutch | En Jezus opgestaan zijnde, volgde hem, en Zijn discipelen. |
| Finnish | Niin Jeesus nousi ja seurasi häntä opetuslapsinensa. |
| French | Jésus se leva, et le suivit avec ses disciples. |
| German | Und Jesus stand auf und folgte ihm nach und seine Jünger. |
| Haitian Creole | Jezi leve, li swiv nonm lan. Disip li yo te ale avè l' tou. |
| Hungarian | És felkelvén Jézus követé õt tanítványaival együtt. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Yesus bangkit dan bersama pengikut-pengikut-Nya pergi dengan orang itu. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Maka bangkitlah Yesus serta mengikut dia, diiringkan oleh segala murid-Nya. |
| Korean | 예 수 께 서 일 어 나 따 라 가 시 매 제 자 들 도 가 더 니 |
| Manx Gaelic | As hrog Yeesey, as deiyr eh er, as myr shen ren e ynseydee. |
| Maori | Na ka whakatika a Ihu ratou ko ana akonga, a aru ana i a ia. |
| Norwegian | Og Jesus stod op og fulgte ham, og hans disipler gikk med. |
| Portuguese | Levantou-se, pois, Jesus, e o foi seguindo, ele e os seus discípulos. |
| Rumanian | Isus S`a sculat, wi a plecat dupq el kmpreunq cu ucenicii Lui. |
| Shuar | Tutai Jesus ni unuiniamurijiai wajakiar niijiai wearmiayi. |
| Swahili | Yesu akaondoka pamoja na wanafunzi wake, akamfuata. |
| Swedish | Då stod Jesus upp och följde honom med sina lärjungar. |
| Uma | Kamokore-nami Yesus mpotuku' tauna toei, pai' ana'guru-na hilou wo'o-ra mpotuku' -i. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: donas. | |
| Words within the letters "a-d-n-o-s" | |
-1 letter: ados, ands, dona, dons, naos, nods, sand, soda. | |
-2 letters: ado, ads, and, don, dos, nod, nos, ods, ons, sad, sod, son. | |
-3 letters: ad, an, as, do, na, no, od, on, os, so. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-d-n-o-s" | |
+1 letter: adonis, adorns, anodes, damson, danios, dongas, donnas, gonads, hondas, monads, nomads, radons, soland, soldan, soudan. | |
+2 letters: abounds, abscond, acnodes, adjoins, adnouns, almonds, astound, bandogs, bausond, candors, daemons, dahoons, daikons, daimons, daltons, damsons, dapsone, deacons, dioxans, dognaps, dolmans, domains, donates, dopants, dragons, dynamos, fandoms, fantods, ganoids, hadrons, hagdons, inroads, jordans, ladinos, ladrons, lardons, masoned, monades, noyades, onwards, ordains, osmunda, pardons, randoms, robands, rodsman, sadiron, sandbox, sandhog, sandlot, solands, soldans, soudans, synodal, unloads. | |
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