So Meaning and Definition

Word: So

How to pronounce: səʊ

Adverb

Definitions:

1. To such a great extent.

Example sentences: "The words tumbled out so fast that I could barely hear them"

2. To the same extent (used in comparisons)

Example sentences: "He isn't so bad as you'd think"

3. Referring back to something previously mentioned.

4. In the way described or demonstrated; thus.

Example sentences: "Hold your arms so"

Conjunction

Definitions:

1. And for this reason; therefore.

Example sentences: "It was still painful so I went to see a specialist"

2. With the aim that; in order that.

Example sentences: "They whisper to each other so that no one else can hear"

3. And then; as the next step.

Example sentences: "And so to the finals"

4. Introducing a question.

Example sentences: "So, what did you do today?"

5. Introducing a statement which is followed by a defensive comment.

Example sentences: "So I like anchovies—what's wrong with that?"

6. Introducing a concluding statement.

Example sentences: "So that's that"

7. In the same way; correspondingly.

Example sentences: "Just as bad money drives out good, so does bad art drive out the good"

Synonyms:

thus

in that way

therefore

consequently

for this reason

and so

so then

hence

then

thereupon

now

thusly

accordingly

correspondingly

yes

yea

wherefore

this way

way

so that

very

likewise

similarly

just so

also

too

to

and

well

alright

insomuch

so much

desperately

greatly

sorely

vastly

true

sure

accurate

much

that

yeah

particularly

extremely

highly

eminently

hugely

mightily

immensely

exceedingly

this

right

real

awfully

wildly

jolly

good

far

surely

certainly

one of them

indeed

enormously

incredibly

alike

ergo

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So in Other Languages...

Spanish: Tan

German: So

French: Si

Italian: Cosi

Turkish: Böylesine