soadverb
uk/səʊ/us/soʊ/so adverb (VERY)
A2 very, extremely, or to such a degree:
not standard used before a noun or before "not" to emphasize what is being said:
used at the end of a sentence to mean to a very great degree:
More examples
- He's so unreliable.
- It was so kind of you.
- I'm so tired.
- He's so gorgeous.
- She's so tall.
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Linguistics: very & extreme
- abject
- awful
- badly
- beyond
- classic
- classical
- devastating
- drop dead! idiom
- eminently
- esp
- especially
- heartily
- impossibly
- rather
- sheer
- specially
- supremely
- thoroughly
- whole
- wide
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so adverb (SAME WAY)
B1 used usually before the verbs "have", "be", or "do", and other auxiliary verbs to express the meaning "in the same way" or "in a similar way":
More examples
- "We went on Saturday." "So did we."
- "I'm fed up with him." "So am I."
- "I've really put on weight." "So have I."
- "I'd like to go skiing." "So would I."
- "We're going to France this summer." "So are we."
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Similar and the same
- a level playing field idiom
- affinity
- akin
- alike
- allied
- approach
- clock
- constant
- equal
- every inch idiom
- firm
- homogeneous
- homogenous
- identical
- inch
- resemblance
- Rome
- same
- same difference idiom
- same old same old idiom
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so adverb (MENTIONED EARLIER)
A2 used to avoid repeating a phrase mentioned earlier:
B2 used to say that a situation mentioned earlier is correct or true:
used to say that a fact that has just been stated is certainly true:
used instead of repeating an adjective that has already been mentioned:
US child's word used, especially by children, to argue against a negative statement:
C1 to act in the way mentioned:
More examples
- "Will Charles be there?" "I think so."
- "Is Lucy coming?" "I hope so."
- "Are they leaving Manchester?" "I believe so."
- Alice works there - or so I was told.
- Oliver was furious - or so Tilly told me.
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Expressions used to describe situations
- (just) one of those things idiom
- a bird in the hand (is worth two in the bush) idiom
- all things being equal idiom
- asynchronous
- be in sb's shoes idiom
- be in the same boat idiom
- it's just one of those things idiom
- join the club! idiom
- loaf
- same
- skin
- small
- thing
- way
- what's cooking? idiom
- what's done is done idiom
- what's on idiom
- win
- you can't win 'em all idiom
- zero-sum
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so adverb (IN THIS WAY)
in this way, or like this:
used when you are showing how something is done:
used when you are representing the size of something:
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Acting and acts
- (your) every move idiom
- -ation
- act/do sth on your own responsibility idiom
- action
- activity
- agency
- ant
- be up to sth idiom
- feel
- gambit
- get around to sth
- give yourself over/up to sth
- go about sth
- go about your business idiom
- go through with sth
- hand
- manoeuvring
- talk
- talk the talk idiom
- up to
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Idiom(s)
soconjunction
uk/səʊ/us/soʊ/so conjunction (SENTENCE BEGINNING)
A2 used at the beginning of a sentence to connect it with something that has been said or has happened previously:
A2 used as a way of making certain that you or someone else understand something correctly, often when you are repeating the important points of a plan:
A2 used to refer to a discovery that you have just made:
A2 used as a short pause, sometimes to emphasize what you are saying:
A2 used before you introduce a subject of conversation that is of present interest, especially when you are asking a question:
informal used to show that you agree with something that someone has just said, but you do not think that it is important:
More examples
- So, what are we having for dinner?"
- So, what were you saying about Nadia?"
- So, you'll be moving house I hear.
- So, what was I saying just now?
- So that's why you wanted me there tonight - to help with the cooking!
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- and/or 2
- anyways
- concatenate
- conjunctive
- connective
- consequently
- ergo
- hereby
- I mean idiom
- less
- mean
- moreover
- never
- now
- sure enough idiom
- the thing is idiom
- there
- thing
- what
- with that idiom
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so conjunction (THEREFORE)
A2 and for that reason; therefore:
More examples
- She was ill so I sent her some flowers to cheer her up.
- I felt a bit chilly so I put on a jacket.
- She looked at me so I smiled at her.
- He hit me so I hit him back.
- I was hungry so I bought a sandwich.
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Linguistics: connecting words joining words or phrases with similar or related meanings
- and/or 2
- anyways
- concatenate
- conjunctive
- connective
- consequently
- ergo
- hereby
- I mean idiom
- less
- mean
- moreover
- never
- now
- sure enough idiom
- the thing is idiom
- there
- thing
- what
- with that idiom
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Idiom(s)
soconjunction, adverb
uk/səʊ/us/soʊ/B1 used before you give an explanation for the action that you have just mentioned:
B2 in order to:
C1 in order not to:
More examples
- I didn't tell him so he wouldn't worry.
- I took the umbrella so we wouldn't get soaked.
- I told my mother so she'd know why we were late.
- I got my hair cut so I'd be smart for the party.
- I gave it to Isobel so she could enjoy it too.
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Linguistics: connecting words which introduce a cause or reason
- at
- because
- because of
- behalf
- cos
- courtesy
- fear
- for
- from
- herein
- necessarily
- on sb's account idiom
- order
- owing to
- right
- sake 1
- thanks
- through
- with
- with a view to doing sth idiom
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soadjective
uk/səʊ/us/soʊ/perfectly tidy and well arranged:
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Clean & tidy
- (as) clean as a (new) pin idiom
- a place for everything and everything in its place idiom
- apple pie
- aseptic
- be in apple-pie order idiom
- manicured
- neat
- neatly
- neatness
- ordered
- orderly
- shipshape
- span
- spick
- spotless
- squeaky-clean
- stainless
- sterile
- tidy
- trim
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sonoun [ S ]
uk/səʊ/us/soʊ/the musical note soh
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Notes of the musical scale
- A, a
- B, b
- C, c
- D, d
- doh
- E, e
- flat
- la
- lah
- lah 1
- major
- mi
- middle C
- minor
- scale
- semitone
- soh
- sol
- sol-fa
- te
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