Word Finder - so

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True, accurate.

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

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In that state or manner; with that attribute. A proadjective that replaces the aforementioned adjective phrase.

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Homosexual.

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Is he so?

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To the (explicitly stated) extent that.

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It was so hot outside that all the plants died.  He was so good, they hired him on the spot.

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To the (implied) extent.

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I need a piece of cloth so long. [= this long]

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In a particular manner.

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Place the napkin on the table just so. If that's what you mean, then say so; (or do so).

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In the same manner or to the same extent as aforementioned; also.

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Just as you have the right to your free speech, so I have the right to mine.  Many people say she's the world's greatest athlete, but I don't think so.  "I can count backwards from one hundred." "So can I."

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With as To such an extent or degree; as.

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so far as;  so long as;  so much as

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In order that.

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Eat your broccoli so you can have dessert.

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With the result that; for that reason; therefore.

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He ate too much cake, so he fell ill.

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Provided that; on condition that, as long as.

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Used after a pause for thought to introduce a new topic, question or story.

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So, let's go home.

synonyms

• hey
• look
• see
• well

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Short for so what.

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"You park your car in front of my house every morning." — "So?"

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Used to connect previous conversation or events to the following question.

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So how does this story end?

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Used to introduce a rhetorical question.

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We'd like to visit but I don't know if we can afford a hotel. —So who's staying in a hotel? Stay with us.

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Be as you are; stand still; used especially to cows; also used by sailors.

I know you must be tired, so I will let you rest.

He spoke so well that everybody was pleased.

You are so eloquent.

I know I'm not much account; but I'm the only horse in all the Land of Oz, so they treat me with great respect.

Her eyes were almond shaped, the brown of the iris so dark that it was almost black.

I love you so much.

It wasn't so bad.

Thank you so much for helping, Jonathan.

The apron did not dry quickly enough to suit me, so I drew nearer and threw it right over the hot ashes.

It's so warm down here.

You are so funny.

So would have I. So would have everyone.

I was really tired, so I went back to bed.

Long afterward James Hogg said, "I never felt so grateful to any creature below the sun as I did to Sirrah that morning."

Why is the Internet so sterilely defined?

It will be so much fun to work on it with Jonathan and Destiny.

It was open, so I came in.

How can he remember well his ignorance--which his growth requires--who has so often to use his knowledge?

I'm not so sure he's up to anything.

She was so close to achieving her goal.

She looked so cute that Carmen took a few pictures of her.

I would have so much to look at!

He placed one upon the floor, so that it could run around, and pulled apart the other, making three piglets in all; and then one of these was pulled apart, making four piglets.

But now, good wanderers, your luncheon is on the table, so please sit down and eat as much as you like.

So he still wanted to marry her.

What demon possessed me that I behaved so well?

My father made holes in these so that I could string them, and for a long time they kept me happy and contented.

So why should we listen to what they call normal?

Couldn't sleep, so I decided to get up and fix breakfast.

So stop blaming yourself.

You like this ranch, you said so.

It is a secret the bears do not know, and we people of Voe usually walk upon the water when we travel, and so escape our enemies.

In fact, she had made a different decision about it so many times that his head must be spinning.

I was thinking about buying a new vehicle and wondered if we had the money, so I looked at his financial information on the computer.

They had been married almost five years, so... that meant the baby was conceived long before they met - about the time he and Tessa were going to get married.

I think you look nice, and so does Brandon.

It all happened so fast that she didn't have time to think, only to cling to the one solid thing she could find - Cade.

We can only do so much.

She took out some of his and hers so he wouldn't think she was packing to leave him.

Friday was usually a hectic day, with people being released, so she was unable to leave early.

After all, her plans were going so well.

If you want out, just say so.

His plans hadn't worked out, so now he was bitter because hers did?

Maybe that was why they were so happy.

Ridges of sparkling white sand surrounded the camp like a sleeping dragon, soaking heat from the sun - resting now so it could spit its fiery breath at them later in the day.

I didn't know you were so fond of horses.

He positioned his hat so the glasses were shaded.

So why don't we get married while we're there?

She turned her back on Bordeaux and pulled her shirt from her pants, unbuttoning it so that the water could reach the sweat stained area under her breasts.

So you were trying to buy the ranch.