English

Abbreviation

S.O.

1. Significant other (romantic partner).

Pronunciation

• sō, /səʊ/, /s@U/

Homophones: sew, soh, sow

Rhymes: -əʊ

Adverb

so

1. Very.

   He is so good!

   It's not so bad.

2. To this or that extent.

   I need a piece of cloth so long.

3. In this or that manner.

   Place the napkin on the table just so.

4. (slang, especially US) Very much.

   But I so want to see the Queen when she visits our town!

   That is so not true!

Synonyms

• (very): really, truly, that, very
• (to this or that extent): that, this, yea
• (in this or that manner): like this , thus
• (slang: very much): really, truly, very much

Translations

very

to this or that extent

in this or that manner

slang: very much

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• Esperanto: tiel
• Ido: tante

Adjective

so (no comparative or superlative)

1. True.

   That is so.

   You are responsible for this, is that not so?

2. (dated British euphemistic slang) Homosexual.

   Is he so?

Synonyms

• (true): correct, right, true
• (euphemistic: homosexual): musical, one of the family , one of them , that way inclined

Translations

true See true

dated British euphemistic slang: homosexual

Conjunction

so

1. In order that ("Eat your broccoli so you can have dessert.")

Synonyms

• in order that , so that

Translations

• Esperanto: por ke
• French: afin que (followed by the subjunctive), pour que (followed by the subjunctive)
• Italian: perché (followed by the subjunctive)

Noun

so

1. (music) A syllable used in sol-fa to represent the fifth note of any major scale.

Translations

Derived terms

• make it so
• or so
• so-so

German

Adverb

so

1. very

   nicht so gut - not very good

2. as

   so gut wie - as good as

Italian

Verb

so

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

Spanish

Abbreviation

SO

1. Sonora (Mexican state)