From Middle English so, swo, zuo, swa, swe, from Old English swā, swǣ, swē (“so, as, the same, such, that”), from Proto-West Germanic *swā, from Proto-Germanic *swa, *swē (“so”), from Proto-Indo-European *swē, *swō (reflexive pronomial stem). Cognate with Scots sae (“so”), Saterland Frisian so (“so”), West Frisian sa (“so”), Dutch zo (“so”), German Low German so (“so”), German so (“so”), Danish så (“so”), Norwegian Nynorsk so (“so”), Swedish så (“so, such that”), Faroese so (“so”), Icelandic svo (“so”), Old Latin suad (“so”), Albanian sa (“how much, so, as”), Ancient Greek ὡς (hōs, “as”), Urdu سو (sō, “hence”).
Meanings
Agreeing with actual facts or reality; true.
“My Continental prominence is improving,” I commented dryly. ¶ Von Lindowe cut at a furze bush with his silver-mounted rattan. ¶ “Quite so,” he said as dryly, his hand at his mustache. “I may say if your intentions were known your life would not be worth a curse.” 1908, W[illiam] B[lair] M[orton] Ferguson, chapter IV, in Zollenstein, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, →OCLC:
The details of her own life crowded out everything else; almost every time I saw Min, she had something new to tell me. It sometimes felt as if the laws of the physical world did not apply to her, that she had only to think of something — a job switch, a breakup — to make it so. If I didn’t see her for a while, she might forget to tell me that she had quit a factory or gotten a raise, because in her mind she had already moved on. 2008, Leslie T. Chang, Factory Girls: From Village to City in a Changing China, New York: Spiegel & Grau, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 73:
That is so.
You are responsible for this, is that not so?
In that state or manner; with that attribute. A proadjective that replaces the aforementioned adjective phrase.
"You're definitely not right about that." "I am so!" (→I am right about that).
But if I had been more fit to be married, I might have made you more so too. 1872, Charles Dickens, “The Personal History of David Copperfield”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name):
If this separation was painful to all parties, it was most so to Martha. 1823, Andrew Reed, Martha:
It must be understood that while the nelumbiums are hardy, they are so only as long as the tubers are out of the reach of frost. 1947, Liberty Hyde Bailey, The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture:
da sådan (true) · cs tak (true) · fr le (in that state) · ru так (true) · pt assim (true) · hu így van (true) · fi niin (true) · grc τοιόσδε (in that state) · grc οἷος (in that state) · grc ὡς (true) · grc οὕτως (true) · ca això (true) · hu igaz (true) · ru тако́й (in that state) · grc τοιοῦτος (in that state) · my ဟုတ် (true) · ja そう (true) · ja そう (in that state) · ca açò (true) · de so (true) · fi sellainen (in that state) · ko 그래 (true) · grc τοῖος (in that state) · fi näin (true)
From Middle English so, swo, zuo, swa, swe, from Old English swā, swǣ, swē (“so, as, the same, such, that”), from Proto-West Germanic *swā, from Proto-Germanic *swa, *swē (“so”), from Proto-Indo-European *swē, *swō (reflexive pronomial stem). Cognate with Scots sae (“so”), Saterland Frisian so (“so”), West Frisian sa (“so”), Dutch zo (“so”), German Low German so (“so”), German so (“so”), Danish så (“so”), Norwegian Nynorsk so (“so”), Swedish så (“so, such that”), Faroese so (“so”), Icelandic svo (“so”), Old Latin suad (“so”), Albanian sa (“how much, so, as”), Ancient Greek ὡς (hōs, “as”), Urdu سو (sō, “hence”).
Meanings
(not-comparable) To the (explicitly stated) extent.
He was so good, they hired him on the spot.
So ridiculously did I do in the exam that mom grounded me for a month.
It was so hot outside that all the plants died.
Whether modern, industrial man is less or more warlike than his hunter-gatherer ancestors is impossible to determine. The machine gun is so much more lethal than the bow and arrow that comparisons are meaningless. 2013 July 20, “Old soldiers?”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8845:
It was so cold a day that I could hardly breathe outside.
Thinks I to myself, “Sol, you're run off your course again. This is a rich man's summer ‘cottage’[…].” So I started to back away again into the bushes. But I hadn't backed more'n a couple of yards when I see something so amazing that I couldn't help scooching down behind the bayberries and looking at it. 1913, Joseph C[rosby] Lincoln, chapter I, in Mr. Pratt’s Patients, New York, N.Y.; London: D[aniel] Appleton and Company, →OCLC:
You behaviour so incensed me that I even thought of firing you.
(not-comparable) To the (implied) extent.
We drove back to the office with some concern on my part at the prospect of so large a case. Sunning himself on the board steps, I saw for the first time Mr. Farquhar Fenelon Cooke. 1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter II, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC:
I need a piece of cloth so long. [= this long]
(not-comparable) Very (positive or negative clause).
It’s not so bad. [i.e. it's acceptable]
I feel so much better now.
I so nearly lost my temper.
Captain Edward Carlisle[…]felt a curious sensation of helplessness seize upon him as he met her steady gaze,[…]; he could not tell what this prisoner might do. He cursed the fate which had assigned such a duty, cursed especially that fate which forced a gallant soldier to meet so superb a woman as this under handicap so hard. 1910, Emerson Hough, chapter I, in The Purchase Price: Or The Cause of Compromise, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC:
(not-comparable) Very much.
Yeah! Not eating is so 90’s! 2003 April 16, Michael Stokes, “I, Dude”, in Totally Spies!, season 2, episode 9, spoken by Clover (Andrea Taylor), Marathon Media, via Teletoon:
But I so want to see the Queen when she visits our town!
I so wanted to be Jess Harley again. 1989, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #5, Archie Comics:
Molly the dairymaid came a little way from the rickyard, and said she would pluck the pigeon that very night after work. She was always ready to do anything for us boys; and we could never quite make out why they scolded her so for an idle hussy indoors. It seemed so unjust. 1879, R[ichard] J[efferies], chapter 1, in The Amateur Poacher, London: Smith, Elder, & Co., […], →OCLC:
(informal, not-comparable) Very much. ▸ at all (negative clause).
That is so not true!
(not-comparable) In the same manner or to the same extent as aforementioned; likewise, also.
As above, so below.
"Good morrow to thee, jolly fellow," quoth Robin, "thou seemest happy this merry morn." ¶ "Ay, that am I," quoth the jolly Butcher, "and why should I not be so? Am I not hale in wind and limb? Have I not the bonniest lass in all Nottinghamshire? And lastly, am I not to be married to her on Thursday next in sweet Locksley Town?" 1883, Howard Pyle, chapter V, in The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood […], New York, N.Y.: […] Charles Scribner’s Sons […], →OCLC:
it's okay to be different
'Cause baby, so am I 2019, Amanda Koci, Henry Walter, Charlie Puth, Maria Smith, Victor Thellm, Gigi Grombacher, Roland Spreckle, “So Am I”, performed by Ava Max:
The work thus done has probably been of the greatest value to the human race; but, just as in other cases it has sometimes happened that the effort to do a certain work has resulted in the end in an unbalanced exaggeration so here. 1920, Edward Carpenter, Pagan and Christian Creeds, New York: Harcourt, Brace and Co., published 1921, page 192:
He wants to eat now. So does she.
It was a goal that meant West Ham won on their first appearance at Wembley in 31 years, in doing so becoming the first team since Leicester in 1996 to bounce straight back to the Premier League through the play-offs. 2012 May 19, Paul Fletcher, “Blackpool 1-2 West Ham”, in BBC Sport:
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."
(not-comparable) Indeed.
‘Look, it’s just stopped raining.’ ‘So it has!’
‘There are two more.’ ‘So there are.’
(not-comparable, with as) To such an extent or degree; as.
really (very) · like this (in the same aformentioned manner) · thus (in the same aformentioned manner) · truly (very) · very much · yea (to a particular extent) · this (to a particular extent) · that (very) · very (very) · that (to a particular extent) · truly · really (slang: very much)
Translations (204)
it veramente (very) · hi ऐसा (in the same aformentioned manner) · pl tak (very) · es tan (very) · eu hain (very) · no slik (in the same aformentioned manner) · yue 咁 (to a particular extent) · es así (in the same aformentioned manner) · ist cussèi (in the same aformentioned manner) · ja このように (in the same aformentioned manner) · grc οἷον (very) · eo tiel (in the same aformentioned manner) · th มาก (to a particular extent) · hi इतना (very) · ja このように (to a particular extent) · da sådan (in the same aformentioned manner) · pt assim (in the same aformentioned manner) · uk так (to a particular extent) · nl zo (very) · izh noin (to a particular extent) · nl zo (in the same aformentioned manner) · fr aussi (to a particular extent) · it così (to a particular extent) · vi rất (very) · es más (very) · wa come çoula (in the same aformentioned manner) · oc tan (very) · tr kadar (to a particular extent) · kmr pir (very) · ro atât (slang: very much) · wa come ça (in the same aformentioned manner) · la tam (to a particular extent) · tr o kadar (very) · yue 噉樣 /噉样 (in the same aformentioned manner) · bg така́ (to a particular extent) · az belə (in the same aformentioned manner) · got 𐍃𐍅𐌰 (in the same aformentioned manner) · csb tak (to a particular extent) · hi यथा (to a particular extent) · tr şöyle (in the same aformentioned manner) · sa एवम् (in the same aformentioned manner) · cmn 这样 (in the same aformentioned manner) · mk та́ка (to a particular extent) · nl zodanig (in the same aformentioned manner) · uk ду́же (very) · cs tak (very) · kmr gelekî (very) · it tanto (very) · hu ilyen (to a particular extent) · no så (to a particular extent) · izh noin (in the same aformentioned manner) · izh niin (in the same aformentioned manner) · wa inla (in the same aformentioned manner) · vi lém (very) · fr ainsi (in the same aformentioned manner) · cs takto (to a particular extent) · he כל כך (slang: very much) · cs tak (in the same aformentioned manner) · cmn 非常 (very) · yue 好 (very) · el έτσι (in the same aformentioned manner) · fi siten (in the same aformentioned manner) · sa यथा (to a particular extent) · sl tako (to a particular extent) · es tan (to a particular extent) · kmr wisa (very) · cs takhle (to a particular extent) · cmn 这么 (to a particular extent) · la sic (in the same aformentioned manner) · fr comme ça (in the same aformentioned manner) · vi vậy (to a particular extent) · th เพื่อให้ (in the same aformentioned manner) · ru так (slang: very much) · pl aż (to a particular extent) · id sangat (very) · ko 매우 (very) · cmn 如此 (in the same aformentioned manner) · hu olyan (to a particular extent) · ja とても (very) · sv så (very) · wa si (to a particular extent) · hy այնքան (to a particular extent) · eo tiom (to a particular extent) · sk takto (to a particular extent) · ko 그렇게 (to a particular extent) · ca així (in the same aformentioned manner) · hu annyira (very) · hu így (in the same aformentioned manner) · pt tão (to a particular extent) · fi niin (very) · pt tão (very) · de so (to a particular extent) · sl tako (very) · no så (very) · cmn 那麼 /那么 (to a particular extent) · az elə (in the same aformentioned manner) · fr tellement (very) · vi lắm (very) · oc tan (to a particular extent) · hu ennyire (to a particular extent) · io tante (in the same aformentioned manner) · ms sangat (very) · izh niin (to a particular extent) · be так (to a particular extent) · la tam (very) · de so (in the same aformentioned manner) · dlm coisa (in the same aformentioned manner) · he כך (in the same aformentioned manner) · is svona (in the same aformentioned manner) · gd cho (very) · fr vraiment (very) · sv så (in the same aformentioned manner) · ru о́чень (slang: very much) · sh та̀ко̄ (to a particular extent) · fr si (very) · hi यथा (in the same aformentioned manner) · pl tak (to a particular extent) · wa si (very) · cy mor (very) · sv så (to a particular extent) · el τόσο (to a particular extent) · fr tellement (slang: very much) · ga chomh (to a particular extent) · ru о́чень (very) · cs tak (to a particular extent) · de sehr (very) · wa insi (in the same aformentioned manner) · ms -nya (very) · grc ὅσον (to a particular extent) · ja それほど (to a particular extent) · vi như vậy (to a particular extent) · az bu qədər (to a particular extent) · cmn 這麼 /这么 (to a particular extent) · vec cusì (in the same aformentioned manner) · cmn 這樣 /这样 (in the same aformentioned manner) · ko 너무 (very) · gd cho (to a particular extent) · sa एवम् (to a particular extent) · hu úgy (in the same aformentioned manner) · da så (slang: very much) · it così (in the same aformentioned manner) · ka იმდენად (to a particular extent) · tr böyle (in the same aformentioned manner) · hu annyira (slang: very much) · fi niin (to a particular extent) · ja そう (to a particular extent) · ro atât (to a particular extent) · vo so (very) · fi täten (in the same aformentioned manner) · grc ὡς (very) · ru так (to a particular extent) · he כל כך (very) · oc aital (in the same aformentioned manner) · izh näin (to a particular extent) · izh näin (in the same aformentioned manner) · fi niin (in the same aformentioned manner) · it tanto (to a particular extent) · uk ду́же (slang: very much) · es así de (very) · wa si télmint (very) · ang swā (in the same aformentioned manner) · da så (very) · ca tan (slang: very much) · sa यथा (in the same aformentioned manner) · pt tão (slang: very much) · sk tak (to a particular extent) · da så (to a particular extent) · ro atât (very) · nl zo (to a particular extent) · sv så (slang: very much) · pt da mesma forma (in the same aformentioned manner) · cmn 很 (very) · ja こんなに (to a particular extent) · uk так (slang: very much) · fur cussì (in the same aformentioned manner) · eo tiel (very) · cs tak (slang: very much) · ur اتنا (to a particular extent) · cmn 太 (very) · ca tan (to a particular extent) · ca tan (very) · yue 噉样 (in the same aformentioned manner) · ru так (in the same aformentioned manner) · nl zodanig (very) · ang swā (to a particular extent) · mi pēnā (in the same aformentioned manner) · hi इतना (to a particular extent) · cmn 那么 (to a particular extent) · eo tre (slang: very much) · ro așa (in the same aformentioned manner) · hu annyira (to a particular extent) · ang swā (very) · az elə (very) · tr öyle (in the same aformentioned manner) · uk так (in the same aformentioned manner) · fi tosi (slang: very much) · hu olyan (very) · ru так (very) · de so (very) · ko 그렇게 (in the same aformentioned manner) · sl tako (in the same aformentioned manner) · pl tak (in the same aformentioned manner) · el τόσο (very) · sh tàkō (to a particular extent)
From Middle English so, swo, zuo, swa, swe, from Old English swā, swǣ, swē (“so, as, the same, such, that”), from Proto-West Germanic *swā, from Proto-Germanic *swa, *swē (“so”), from Proto-Indo-European *swē, *swō (reflexive pronomial stem). Cognate with Scots sae (“so”), Saterland Frisian so (“so”), West Frisian sa (“so”), Dutch zo (“so”), German Low German so (“so”), German so (“so”), Danish så (“so”), Norwegian Nynorsk so (“so”), Swedish så (“so, such that”), Faroese so (“so”), Icelandic svo (“so”), Old Latin suad (“so”), Albanian sa (“how much, so, as”), Ancient Greek ὡς (hōs, “as”), Urdu سو (sō, “hence”).
Meanings
(form-of, reduced) Reduced form of 'so that', used to express purpose; in order that.
I got an earlier train to work so I'd have plenty of time to prepare for the meeting.
As a result; for that reason; therefore; because of this; due to this.
“I need to go to the bathroom.” ― “So go!”
I was hungry, so I asked if there was any more food.
He wanted a book, so he went to the library.
Thinks I to myself, “Sol, you're run off your course again. This is a rich man's summer ‘cottage’[…].” So I started to back away again into the bushes. But I hadn't backed more'n a couple of yards when I see something so amazing that I couldn't help scooching down behind the bayberries and looking at it. 1913, Joseph C[rosby] Lincoln, chapter I, in Mr. Pratt’s Patients, New York, N.Y.; London: D[aniel] Appleton and Company, →OCLC:
He ate too much cake and so he fell ill.
Used to connect previous conversation or events to the following question.
So how does this story end?
Used to introduce a rhetorical question.
“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.”
(archaic) Provided that; on condition that; as long as.
I went away very well satisfy’d, not caring where I was sent, so it was but out of his Sight; for he now became more my Aversion than ever. 1743, Robert Drury, The Pleasant, and Surprizing Adventures of Mr. Robert Drury, during his Fifteen Years Captivity on the Island of Madagascar, London, page 111:
[…] though all the windes of doctrin were let loose play upon the earth, so Truth be in the field, we do injuriously by licencing and prohibiting to misdoubt her strength. 1644, John Milton, Areopagitica; a Speech of Mr. John Milton for the Liberty of Unlicenc’d Printing, to the Parlament of England, London: [s.n.], →OCLC, page 35:
As we cal money not onely that which is true and good, but also the false; so it be currant. 1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 18, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book II, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC:
Speed. ‘Item: She doth talk in her sleep.’
Launce. It’s no matter for that, so she sleep not in her talk. c. 1590–1591 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Two Gentlemen of Verona”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene i]:
tr o yüzden (as a result) · cy fel (in order that) · gl logo (as a result) · hy ուստի (as a result) · es así que (as a result) · no så (in order that) · ja だから (as a result) · ru поэ́тому (as a result) · ru и (as a result) · pt então (as a result) · yi כּדי (in order that) · hi तो (as a result) · uk тому́ (as a result) · ro ca să (in order that) · sh dakle (as a result) · cmn 所以 (as a result) · grc ὡς (in order that) · hu így (as a result) · el για να (in order that) · uk аби (in order that) · ru что́бы (in order that) · vi vậy nên (as a result) · pl więc (as a result) · fr alors (as a result) · cs tak (as a result) · sv så (as a result) · ps نو (as a result) · th ดังนั้น (as a result) · az ona görə (as a result) · clt caacuonakawta (in order that) · vi thành ra (as a result) · es y bien (used to connect previous conversation or events to the following question) · cmn 因此 (as a result) · cs aby (in order that) · fr donc (as a result) · fi jotta (in order that) · pl tak że (as a result) · ar فَـ (as a result) · gl entón (as a result) · pl żeby (in order that) · ca així que (as a result) · hi ताकि (in order that) · de sodass (in order that) · el γι’ αυτό (as a result) · ca perquè (in order that) · de also (as a result) · ms jadi (in order that) · sv så (in order that) · ps چې (in order that) · da så (in order that) · id jadi (as a result) · ml അങ്ങനെ (as a result) · ko 으로 (in order that) · eo por ke (in order that) · pl toteż (as a result) · fa پس (as a result) · pl dlatego (as a result) · az buna görə (as a result) · vi để cho (in order that) · uk так що (as a result) · la ut (in order that) · hu úgyhogy (as a result) · ga dá bhrí sin (as a result) · hu hogy (in order that) · fi joten (as a result) · ko 그래서 (as a result) · sc intzàndus (as a result) · it perché (in order that) · pl zatem (as a result) · ru та́к что (as a result) · ro deci (as a result) · de um ... zu (in order that) · ar لِذَا (as a result) · cmn 以便 (in order that) · sw hivyo (as a result) · sk takže (as a result) · bn তাই (as a result) · sdc tandu (as a result) · sv därför (as a result) · de damit (in order that) · vi nên (as a result) · gd mar sin (in order that) · ja ために (in order that) · la igitur (as a result) · hu ezért (as a result) · ms agar (in order that) · es conque de forma que (as a result) · sc tando (as a result) · hu azért, hogy (in order that) · nl zodat (in order that) · pt para que (in order that) · uk щоб (in order that) · th เพื่อ (in order that) · tr bu yüzden (as a result) · es así es que (as a result) · it affinché (in order that) · sc assora (as a result) · fr afin que (in order that) · ro pentru (in order that) · ko 하기 위해 (in order that) · ro așa că (as a result) · it allora (as a result) · grc ἵνα (in order that) · ms jadi (as a result) · pl aby (in order that) · vi thành thử (as a result) · fr pour que (in order that) · nl dus (as a result) · pl przeto (as a result) · hi कि (in order that) · cy felly (as a result) · lad dunke (as a result) · fi niinpä (as a result) · ca així doncs (as a result) · vi thế nên (as a result) · gd los (as a result) · ms supaya (in order that) · grc ὥστε (as a result) · nl zodoende (in order that)
From Middle English so, swo, zuo, swa, swe, from Old English swā, swǣ, swē (“so, as, the same, such, that”), from Proto-West Germanic *swā, from Proto-Germanic *swa, *swē (“so”), from Proto-Indo-European *swē, *swō (reflexive pronomial stem). Cognate with Scots sae (“so”), Saterland Frisian so (“so”), West Frisian sa (“so”), Dutch zo (“so”), German Low German so (“so”), German so (“so”), Danish så (“so”), Norwegian Nynorsk so (“so”), Swedish så (“so, such that”), Faroese so (“so”), Icelandic svo (“so”), Old Latin suad (“so”), Albanian sa (“how much, so, as”), Ancient Greek ὡς (hōs, “as”), Urdu سو (sō, “hence”).
Meanings
Used after a pause for thought to introduce a new topic, question or story, or a new thought or question in continuation of an existing topic.
So, let's go home.
So, there was this squirrel stuck in the chimney...
So, everyone wants to know – did you win the contest or not?
So, after a spell, he decided to make the best of it and shoved us into the front parlor. 'Twas a dismal sort of place, with hair wreaths, and wax fruit, and tin lambrekins, and land knows what all. 1913, Joseph C[rosby] Lincoln, chapter XI, in Mr. Pratt’s Patients, New York, N.Y.; London: D[aniel] Appleton and Company, →OCLC:
So, what'll you have?
Used as a question to ask for further explanation of something said, often rhetorically or in a dismissive or impolite manner.
"You park your car in front of my house every morning." — "So?"
Used as a meaningless filler word to begin a response to a question.
What time does the train leave? / So it leaves at 10 o'clock.
What are you doing? / So I'm just fixing this shelf.
(archaic) Be as you are; stand still; used especially to cows; also used by sailors.
acm چا (interjection used to introduce a new topic) · eu ba (interjection used to introduce a new topic) · hu és akkor (short for so what) · arz ف (interjection used to introduce a new topic) · fr donc (interjection used to introduce a new topic) · cmn 那么 (interjection used to introduce a new topic) · fr ben (interjection used to introduce a new topic) · ja では (interjection used to introduce a new topic) · cs takže (interjection used to introduce a new topic) · ar فَ (interjection used to introduce a new topic) · ms jadi (interjection used to introduce a new topic) · acm لعد (interjection used to introduce a new topic) · sv så (interjection used to introduce a new topic) · de also (interjection used to introduce a new topic) · hu és aztán (short for so what) · nl maar (interjection used to introduce a new topic) · ur تو (interjection used to introduce a new topic) · pl no i (interjection used to introduce a new topic) · pt então (interjection used to introduce a new topic) · de na und (short for so what) · nl dus (interjection used to introduce a new topic) · hu na és aztán (short for so what) · hu és (interjection used to introduce a new topic) · ja そう (interjection used to introduce a new topic) · uk отже (interjection used to introduce a new topic) · hu no (interjection used to introduce a new topic) · ja じゃ (interjection used to introduce a new topic) · fa باری (interjection used to introduce a new topic) · fr alors (interjection used to introduce a new topic) · it allora (interjection used to introduce a new topic) · hu na (interjection used to introduce a new topic) · hu hát akkor (interjection used to introduce a new topic) · pt daí (interjection used to introduce a new topic) · pl zatem (interjection used to introduce a new topic) · hu nos (interjection used to introduce a new topic) · hi तो (interjection used to introduce a new topic) · el λοιπόν (interjection used to introduce a new topic) · ru ита́к (interjection used to introduce a new topic) · pl cóż, więc (interjection used to introduce a new topic) · pt aí (interjection used to introduce a new topic) · sv och (short for so what) · da så (interjection used to introduce a new topic) · es entonces (interjection used to introduce a new topic) · pl tak więc (interjection used to introduce a new topic) · ca així (interjection used to introduce a new topic) · ar إِذًا (interjection used to introduce a new topic) · ca doncs (interjection used to introduce a new topic) · es pos (interjection used to introduce a new topic) · pl no (interjection used to introduce a new topic) · ru так (interjection used to introduce a new topic) · fr du coup (interjection used to introduce a new topic) · arz طب (interjection used to introduce a new topic) · eo nu (interjection used to introduce a new topic) · es entonce (interjection used to introduce a new topic) · ary إيوا (interjection used to introduce a new topic) · hu akkor (interjection used to introduce a new topic) · da og (short for so what) · fi eli (interjection used to introduce a new topic) · es pues (interjection used to introduce a new topic) · hu na és (short for so what) · cmn 那麼 /那么 (interjection used to introduce a new topic) · fa پس (interjection used to introduce a new topic) · ca i (short for so what) · la ergo (interjection used to introduce a new topic) · he אָז (interjection used to introduce a new topic) · fi ja (short for so what)
From Middle English so, swo, zuo, swa, swe, from Old English swā, swǣ, swē (“so, as, the same, such, that”), from Proto-West Germanic *swā, from Proto-Germanic *swa, *swē (“so”), from Proto-Indo-European *swē, *swō (reflexive pronomial stem). Cognate with Scots sae (“so”), Saterland Frisian so (“so”), West Frisian sa (“so”), Dutch zo (“so”), German Low German so (“so”), German so (“so”), Danish så (“so”), Norwegian Nynorsk so (“so”), Swedish så (“so, such that”), Faroese so (“so”), Icelandic svo (“so”), Old Latin suad (“so”), Albanian sa (“how much, so, as”), Ancient Greek ὡς (hōs, “as”), Urdu سو (sō, “hence”).
Meanings
(demonstrative) That which was previously mentioned; that.
"When I went to Venice, I discovered that my dream had become—incredibly but quite simply—my address." So wrote Marcel Proust, capturing the essence of a city where water, light, art, and memory converge. 2026 May 14, Alessandra Pellegrino, “Palazzo Pant”, in Architectural Digest, volume 83, number 4, page 26:
I'll become a loyal friend and remain so.
If that's what you really mean, then just say so.
You may need to refer to litigation as a procedure, and when you have done so, you can say a matter is "in litigation".
Shortened from sol, to make it an open syllable for uniformity with the rest of the scale, from Glover's solmization, from Middle English sol (“fifth degree or note of Guido of Arezzo's hexachordal scales”), Italian sol in the solmization of Guido of Arezzo, from the first syllable of Latin solve (“wash away”) in the lyrics of the scale-ascending hymn Ut queant laxis by Paulus Deacon.
Meanings
A syllable used in solfège to represent the fifth note of a major scale.
A syllable used in solfège to represent the fifth note of a major scale. ▸ Sometimes syllable for both the second and the fifth.
(qualifier:foods, uncountable) A type of dairy product, made especially in Japan between the seventh and tenth centuries, by reducing milk by boiling it.