So

Definition: So

So

Adjective

1. Conforming to truth; "I wouldn't have told you this if it weren't so"; "a truthful statement".

2. Marked by system; in good order; "everything is in order"; "his books are always just so"; "things must be exactly so".

Adverb

1. (intensifier) to a very great extent or degree; "the idea is so obvious"; "never been so happy"; "I love you so"; "my head aches so!".

2. In order that; "he stooped down so he could pick up his hat".

3. In such a condition or manner, especially as expressed or implied; "They're happy and I hope they will remain so"; "so live your life that old age will bring no regrets".

4. To a certain unspecified extent or degree; "I can only go so far with this student"; "can do only so much in a day".

5. In they same way; also; "I was offended and so was he"; "worked hard and so did she".

6. In the way indicated; "hold the brush so"; "set up the pieces thus"; (`thusly' is a nonstandard variant).

7. (usually followed by `that') to an extent or degree as expressed; "he was so tired he could hardly stand"; "so dirty that it smells".

8. 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".

9. In truth (often tends to intensify); "they said the car would break down and indeed it did"; "it is very cold indeed"; "was indeed grateful"; "indeed, the rain may still come"; "he did so do it!".

Noun

1. The syllable naming the fifth (dominant) note of any musical scale in solmization.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

"So" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "a measure for grain", "vail".

Date "so" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references)

Computing

Bible

Slang

Tips from 1870

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Synonyms: So

Greatness

Greatly; Adjective: much, muckle, well, indeed, very, very much, a deal, no end of, most, not a little; pretty, pretty well; enough, in a great measure, richly; to a large extent, to a great extent, to a gigantic extent; on a large scale; so; never so, ever so; ever so dole; scrap, shred, tag, splinter, rag, much; by wholesale; mighty, powerfully; with a witness, ultra, in the extreme, extremely, exceedingly, intensely, exquisitely, acutely, indefinitely, immeasurably; beyond compare, beyond comparison, beyond measure, beyond all bounds; incalculably, infinitely.

Method

AdVerb: how; in what way, in what manner; by what mode; so, in this way, after this fashion.

Similarity

Analogous, analogical; parallel, of a piece; such as, so; homoiousian.

Truth

Exact, accurate, definite, precise, well-defined, just, just so, so; strict, severe; close; (similar); literal; rigid, rigorous; scrupulous; (conscientious); religiously exact, punctual, mathematical, scientific; faithful, constant, unerring; curious, particular, nice, delicate, fine; clean-cut, clear-cut.

Crosswords: So

Afrikaan (about, approximately, like this, look, so, such, that, that way, thus), Catalan (sound), Faeroese (so, such, then, thus), German (about, also, as, for nothing, like this, most, oh, or so, really, right, se, so, so much, such, that way, then, this way, thus, well), Italian (I know), Lombard (his), Manx (soh ), Papiamen (alone, only, sole, solitary), Pidgin English (so), Portuguese (Somali Democratic Republic, Somalia), Scottish (from this place, hence, here, here : as an so, these : an so), Sepedi (black), Serbo-Croatian (sal, salt), Slovene (are, they), Spanish (among, below, beneath, lower, under, who), Swedish (sow).

I eat breakfast 300 yards from 4000 Cubans who are trained to kill me, so don't think you can come down here, flash a badge, and make me nervous (A Few Good Men; writing credit: Aaron Sorkin)

So do you wanna go (American Pie; writing credit: Adam Herz)

Hell, I am Mother Nature, and the time has come for plants to take back the world so rightfully ours (Batman & Robin; writing credit: Akiva Goldsman)

But it helps me remember and I need to remember Sometimes there's so much beauty in the world I feel like I can't take it, like my heart's going to cave in. (American Beauty; writing credit: Alan Ball)

Have you ever had a dream, Neo, that you were so sure was real (The Matrix; writing credit: Andy Wachowski and Larry Wachowski.)

So in love are we two (So Much In Love; performing artist: All-4-One)

You're so vain, you probably think this song is about you (YOU'RE SO VAIN; performing artist: Carly Simon)

Roots that spread so deep (Something So Strong; performing artist: Crowded House)

Have you ever needed someone so bad, so bad (Have You Ever Needed Someone So Bad; performing artist: Def Leppard)

Gotta make my plans so in case (Feel So High; performing artist: Des'ree)

Faith is believing what you know ain't so. (references; author: Mark Twain)

The trees in Siberia are miles apart, that is why the dogs are so fast. [About Russia] (references; author: Bob Hope)

For as he thinketh in his heart, so is he... (references; author: Proverbs 23:7)

So Many Pedestrians - So Little Time. (references; author: unknown)

If the enemy is in range, so are you. (references; author: unknown)

Surely Sylvia swims!" shrieked Sammy, surprised. "Someone should show Sylvia some strokes so she shall not sink. (references; author: unknown)

Peter poked a poker at the piper, so the piper poked pepper at Peter. (references; author: unknown)

She sells seashells by the seashore. The shells she sells are surely seashells. So if she sells shells on the seashore, I'm sure she sells seashore shells. (references; author: unknown)

Nebo so mnoi (1974)

I Could Never Have Sex with a Man Who Has So Little Respect for My Husband (1973)

And So Ends (1972)

Koya no so ronin (1972)

Been Down So Long It Looks Like Up to Me (1971)

You’ve Made Me So Very Happy (performing artist: Sweat and Tears Blood)

So You Win Again (performing artist: Hot Chocolate)

Feelin' So Good (performing artist: Jennifer Lopez)

Down So Long (performing artist: Jewel)

So Rare (performing artist: Jimmy Dorsey)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Books

• Je K'a So Yoruba (Yale Language) (reference)

• Tuition Rising: Why College Costs So Much (reference)

• So Others Might Live: A History of New York's Bravest--The FDNY from 1700 to the Present (reference)

• So Dearly Loved, So Much Admired: Letters to Hester Pitt, Lady Chatham, from Her Relations and Friends, 1744-1801 (reference)

• The Wealth and Poverty of Nations: Why Some Are So Rich and Some So Poor (reference)

  (more book examples)

Periodicals

• Kuang Ming Jih Pao So Yin (reference)

• So Young (reference)

  (more periodical examples)

Theater & Movies

• So Little Time - School's Cool (Vol. 1) (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music

• So Tight (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

High Tech

• So You Want To Be A Genius? (reference)

• Pajama Sam 2: Thunder and Lightening Aren't So Frightening (reference)

  (more camera examples; more video game examples; more computer examples; more electronic examples; more software examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

A white female patient receives a lateral mammogram treatment. She is lying on her left side with the left breast compressed and she is holding her right breast out of the way so as to not block the x-ray. Note the older methods of the diagnostic procedure. Credit: Unknown photographer/artist.

This act signed December 23, 1971, amended the Public Health Service Act. It strengthened the National Cancer Institute and the National Institutes of Health so that they could more effectively carry out the national effort against cancer. Credit: Unknown photographer/artist.

Greenland Not So Green. Credit: NASA.

In the year 1054 A.D., Chinese astronomers were startled by the appearance of a new star, so ... Credit: NASA.

Computer generated surface view of Gula Mons.For this image, we also have a special treat. Because the vertical scale on theseimages is so exaggerated (a factor of 22.5, remember), we thought you might wantto see what one of them would look like with a more realistic vertical scale.This image ofGula Mons( 8k) has beenaltered to more closely resemble the actual vertical scale. Credit: NASA.

Heliotrope used for directing sun's rays to distant observer Used to illuminate station site so far distant observer could measure angles. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.

Duplex measures, making the final contact "Contact" meant bringing the two aligned bars together so the ends were touching Fig. No. 7, Appendix No. 3, Report of Superintendent ... 1901, p. 244. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.

Flooding of low-lying areas at Holland Cliffs Shores by extreme high tides. Land is being lost at a rate of 1" per year in the Chesapeake Bay region due to combination of sea level rise and subsidence caused by lowering water tables. As population grows, so does demand for fresh water causing further subsidence, making events such as this increasingly common. Credit: America's Coastlines.

A muskrat hut in a middle Patuxent river marsh. Observed at a very low tide. Early in the year so marsh grasses aren't too tall yet. Credit: America's Coastlines.

Trawl net being towed. Small diameter wire attached to net mensuration sensors and holds sensors at constant tension so as not to foul net. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth.

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Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

No village or individual shall be compelled to make bridges at river banks, except those who from of old were legally bound to do so. (reference)

To which I answer, Not so. (Second Treatise of Government)

He has forbidden his Governors to pass Laws of immediate and pressing importance, unless suspended in their operation till his Assent should be obtained; and when so suspended, he has utterly neglected to attend to them. (reference)

Under the circumstances of so partial a representation, the commissioners present agreed upon a report, (drawn by Mr. (reference)

This amendment shall not be so construed as to affect the election or term of any Senator chosen before it becomes valid as part of the Constitution. (reference)

The principles, therefore, so established, are deemed fundamental. (reference)

Precisely so; that is just what we intend. (reference)

And I hereby enjoin upon the people so declared to be free to abstain from all violence, unless in necessary self-defence; and I recommend to them that, in all case when allowed, they labor faithfully for reasonable wages. (Abraham Lincoln)

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)

Germany declares in advance that she will adhere to the decisions so taken. (reference)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

It is so much beyond any thing I deserve

No one ever told me that grief felt so like fear

She came to admire him so much that his love for her affected her own self-esteem: She liked herself better because of him.

You see, a minute goes by so fearfully quick

So did Topper when (r)he came

So much for my figurative self

And as there are elsewhere rich coronets so there are in the church rich mitres

So over violent, or over civil, That every man with him was God or Devil

Thanks be to God we lived so long and did so much good

And so doth mine

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Health

So this is menopause. (references)

So accurate diagnosis is important. (references)

So it is important to prevent decay. (references)

Business

So far 130, have been privatized. (references)

Doing so, however, is not an obvious task. (references)

Or, Japanese importers will do so in Japan. (references)

Children

Angola

Living conditions in government youth hostels are so poor that the majority of homeless children preferred to sleep on city streets. (references)

Ethiopia

Only 67.3 percent of male primary age children and 47 percent of female primary age children attend school, and many do so in shifts. (references)

Cuba

The police began to enforce this law more actively in late 1998 and continued to do so during the year as part of a general crackdown on prostitution. (references)

Civil Liberties

Suriname

Few of them have chosen to do so, generally for economic reasons. (references)

Greece

They have not registered the property, so they cannot pay assessed taxes. (references)

Chile

The courts may prohibit media coverage of legal cases in progress but do so rarely. (references)

Discrimination

Cape Verde

However, despite the Government's increasing efforts to enforce all relevant constitutional provisions, it still does not do so effectively, and not all elements of society, particularly women and children, enjoy full protection against discrimination. (references)

Economic History

Zimbabwe

They are less so between labor and management. (references)

Zambia

So far, Zambia has drawn about U.S.$70 million. (references)

Human Rights

Uzbekistan

His brother Rasul was beaten so severely that he became an invalid. (references)

Swaziland

Most citizens who encounter the legal system do so through the traditional courts. (references)

Guinea

Some prisoners have reported sleeping on their knees because their cells were so small. (references)

Indigenous People

El Salvador

There are a few very small communities whose members still wear traditional dress and maintain traditional customs to a recognizable degree; they do so without repression or interference. (references)

Guyana

Local Amerindian NGO's regarded government consultations as mere public relations exercises and demarcation as a means of confining Amerindian communities so that the remaining areas that Amerindians considered to be their land could be offered as concessions to miners and loggers. (references)

Guyana

In 1998 the Ministry of Amerindian Affairs admitted that the Amerindian Act was antiquated and expressed a commitment to update it, although it has taken no action to do so. The Government has long maintained that it is committed to demarcating lands that traditionally have been the home of Amerindians. (references)

Minorities

Tanzania

The plaintiffs indicated that they would file another appeal, but had not done so by year's end. (references)

Egypt

Conversion is regarded as a disgrace to the convert's family, so most Christian families would object strongly to a daughter's wish to marry a Muslim. (references)

Laos

The Law on Nationality provides a means for the Vietnamese and Chinese minorities to normalize their citizenship; a small number did so during the year. (references)

Political Economy

TURKEY

In recent years, it has done so annually. (references)

AUSTRIA

So far, progress in all these areas is limited. (references)

Sri Lanka

So far, foreigners have not been targeted in any LTTE attacks, but several have been seriously injured. (references)

Political Rights

Bhutan

Each village is permitted to nominate one candidate but must do so by consensus. (references)

Egypt

At a few locations, the security presence was so heavy as to inhibit voters' access to the polls. (references)

Pakistan

Ahmadi leaders encourage their followers not to register as "non-Muslims," so most Ahmadis are unrepresented completely. (references)

Trade

Kenya

So far 18 NBFIS have become banks and six merged with parent commercial banks. (references)

Bahrain

Strikes are prohibited in Bahrain, so work stoppages are not a significant problem. (references)

Saudi Arabia

The U.S. Export-Import Bank has not, so far, engaged in any project finance activities in Saudi Arabia. (references)

Travel

Argentina

So, be sure to bring an ATM card. (references)

Cote D'ivoire

A Security Bond is required for each alien so employed. (references)

Nigeria

Most U.S. citizens who travel to Nigeria do so without incident. (references)

Women

Syria

If the brother fails to do so, she has the right to sue. (references)

Sweden

The law provides complainants with protection from contact with their abusers, if so desired. (references)

Niger

Women's groups so far have been silent on the ratification, allegedly due to fear of reprisals. (references)

Worker Rights

Fiji

Unions can affiliate internationally, and the FTUC does so. (references)

Zimbabwe

Many employees are afraid to do so, for fear of management reprisals. (references)

Macedonia

Unions may affiliate freely with international labor unions and many do so. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expressions using "so": a year or so ago ♦ advisable to say so ♦ all the more so ♦ and so ♦ And so forth ♦ and so on ♦ and so what? ♦ as ... so ♦ as one makes one's bed so one must lie on it ♦ as so long ♦ at so many years' purchase ♦ be a sheet or so ♦ Be it so ♦ do not cram your writing so much! ♦ do so ♦ don't be so nosy! ♦ don't be so rude! ♦ don't be so silly! ♦ don't be so unkind! ♦ even so ♦ Ever so ♦ every so often ♦ exactly so ♦ go so far as ♦ go so far as to ♦ happen to do so ♦ he has never had it so good ♦ he is so unaware ♦ how much more so ♦ i believe so ♦ i did not say so ♦ i don't think so ♦ i fear so ♦ i guess so ♦ i haven't seen you for ages age so long ♦ i hope so ♦ i made no bones about telling him so ♦ i suppose so ♦ i think so ♦ if he is so minded ♦ if one may be so bold ♦ if so ♦ If so be ♦ in so far ♦ in so far as ♦ Interjection: hear hear! bully for you! well done! bravo! bravissimo! euge! macte virtute! so far so good ♦ Interjection: hurrah! Huzza! aha! hail! tolderolloll! Heaven be praised! io triumphe! tant mieux! so much the better ♦ involute closely coiled so that the axis is obscured ♦ is that so ♦ it is his right to do so ♦ it is nonsense to say so ♦ it is ungentlemanly to do so ♦ it may be so ♦ it may seem so ♦ it pains me to say so ♦ it so happened that ♦ it's so nice of you! ♦ just so ♦ let it be so ♦ more so ♦ never so ♦ never so much as ♦ not so ♦ not so ... as ♦ not so as ♦ not so bad ♦ not so bad! ♦ not so dusty ♦ not so dusty! ♦ not so fast ♦ not so fast! ♦ not so much as ♦ not so neither ♦ nothing as so ♦ nothing like so ♦ nothing near so ♦ nothing serious so far ♦ only so ♦ opus so ♦ or so ♦ pardon my being so late! ♦ perhaps so ♦ quite so ♦ redet Geld so schweigt die Welt ♦ say so ♦ so 2 ♦ so am i ♦ so and so ♦ so as ♦ so as to ♦ so as to be on the safe side ♦ so bad ♦ so be it ♦ so be it! ♦ so called ♦ so could i ♦ so do i ♦ so excessively ♦ so far ♦ so far as ♦ so far forth. Additional references.

Beginning with "so": so-accused, so-andso, so-and-so, so-and-sos, so-an'-so, so-called, so-called-interrogators, so-calledrevolt, so-centimetre, so-clean, so-conceived, SO-DIMM, so-familiar, so-far, so-far-lucky, so-far-unnamed, so-fit, so-forth, so-funny, so-important, so-i've-heard, so-lo-head-beg, so-lonely, so-many, so-na, so-named, so-o, so-often, so-on, so-o-o, so-pale, so-respectable, so-said, so-seldom-found, so-serious, so-so, so-that, so-to-speak, so-typical, so-vital, so-what, so-when, so-young.

Ending with "so": and-so, ever-so, not-so.

Containing "so": ever-so-slightly, never-had-it-so-good, not-so-bright, not-so-distant, not-so-famous, not-so-good, not-so-young, oh-so-ordinary.