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Abbreviation
S.O.

1. significant other|Significant other (romantic partner)
2. symphony|Symphony orchestra
3. baseball The statistic reporting the number of strikeouts recorded by a pitcher; K

Pronunciation
a|RP AHD|s�, IPA|/s��/, SAMPA|/s@U/
a|GenAm? IPA|/so�/, SAMPA|/soU/
:audio|en-us-so.ogg|Audio (US)
:rhymes|��
:Homophones: sew, soh, sow

Etymology
From the OE. term|swa|sw�.

Conjunction
en-conj

1. In order that

#: Eat your broccoli so you can have dessert.

Usage notes
When used as the conjunction in a w:Conditional sentence|conditional sentence, instead of the usual English word order in the apodosis, w:wh-movement|wh-movement is used instead. Eg:
:If he can run a marathon, so <u>can you</u>.

Synonyms
in order that, so that

Translations
trans-top|in order that
Czech: aby
Dutch: zodat, zodoende
Esperanto: por ke
French: afin que (followed by the subjunctive), pour que (followed by the subjunctive)
German: damit
trans-mid
Hungarian: hogy (followed by the imperative)
Italian: perché (followed by the subjunctive)
Novial: por
Russian: ��об� (štóby)
Spanish: para que (followed by the subjunctive)
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Adverb
en-adv|-

1. very|Very.

#: He is so good!
#: It�s not so bad.

1. To this or that extent.

#: I need a piece of cloth so long.

1. In this or that manner.

#: Place the napkin on the table just so.

1. context|slang|especially|US Very much.

#: But I so want to see the Queen when she visits our town!
#: That is so not true!

Synonyms
sense|very really, truly, that, very
sense|to this or that extent that, this, yea
sense|in this or that manner like this, thus
sense|slang: very much really, truly, very much

Translations
trans-top|very
Czech: tak
Dutch: zo, zodanig
French: tellement, vraiment
Hungarian: olyan, annyira
Italian: tanto, veramente
Latin: tam
trans-mid
Norwegian: t-|no|så
Novial: tantim, tre
Old English: swa|sw�
Romanian: atât
Russian: о�ен� (ó�en�)
Spanish: tan
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trans-top|to this or that extent
Czech: tak
Dutch: zo
Esperanto: tiom
French: aussi
Hungarian: olyan, annyira
Italian: tanto
trans-mid
Latin: tam
Norwegian: t-|no|så
Novial: tantim
Old English: swa|sw�
Russian: �ак
Spanish: tan
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trans-top|in this or that manner
Czech: tak
Dutch: zo, zodanig
Esperanto: tiel
French: ainsi, comme ça
Hungarian: úgy
Italian: così
trans-mid
Norwegian: t-|no|slik
Novial: talim
Old English: swa|sw�
Russian: �ак
Spanish: así
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trans-top|slang: very much
Czech: tak
French: tellement
Esperanto: tre
Hungarian: annyira
trans-mid
Novial: tre, tre multim
Romanian: atât
Russian: о�ен� (ó�en�)
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Translations to be checked
checktrans
ttbc|Ido: tante

Derived terms
or so
so-so
so there
so what

Adjective
en-adj|-

1. true.

#: That is so.
#: You are responsible for this, is that not so?

1. context|dated|_|British|_|slang|euphemistic homosexual.

#: Is he so?

Synonyms
sense|true correct, right, true
sense|euphemistic: homosexual musical, one of the family, one of them, that way inclined

Translations
true
See true.

Derived terms
make it so

Interjection
en-interjection

1. An interjection used to introduce a question.

#:So, what'll you have?

Noun
en-noun

1. music A syllable used in solfège to represent the fifth note of a major scale.

Category:100 English basic words
Category:English coordinating conjunctions
Category:English intensifiers
Category:English two-letter words

Basque

Noun
so

1. look

Category:Basque language

Bosnian

Noun
so f

1. salt

Category:Bosnian nouns

Catalan

Etymology
From sonus

Noun
so

1. sound

Category:Catalan nouns

Faroese

Adverb
so

1. so, thus, as
2. then

Category:Faroese adverbs

German

Adverb
so

1. so

#: so nett &mdash; so nice
#: nicht so gut &mdash; not so good, not that good

1. as

#: so gut wie &mdash; as good as

Category:German adverbs

Italian

Verb form
so

1. (I) know (first-person singular present tense of sapere)

Usage notes
io non so - I do not know

Category:Italian verb forms

Lojban

Cmavo
so (rafsi: soz)

1. nine

Category:jbo:Cardinal numbers

Romani

Adverb
so

1. what

Category:Romani adverbs

Serbian

Noun
so f

1. salt

Cyrillic spelling
�о#Serbian|�о

Category:Serbian nouns

Spanish

Etymology
From the Latin sub.

Preposition
so

1. under

Usage notes
So is very rare in modern Spanish, surviving only in certain expressions, including so pena de (on pain of, under penalty of), so pretexto de or so color de (under pretext of), a so capa (secretly, with bribery).

Pronoun
so

1. you (emphatic, derogatory)

#:*¡So tonto! &mdash; You blithering idiot!

Category:Spanish pronouns

Swedish

Noun
so

1. rare sow, female pig

Synonyms
sugga

Inflection
sv-noun|gender=Common|so|son|so|sorna|sos|sons|sos|sornas

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