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so's en · X · etymology 1

Etymology

Contraction of so as.

Meanings

1. (contraction) So that, in order that.
   • Of all the queer collections of humans outside of a crazy asylum, it seemed to me this sanitarium was the cup winner. […] When you're well enough off so's you don't have to fret about anything but your heft or your diseases you begin to get queer, I suppose. 1913, Joseph C[rosby] Lincoln, chapter V, in Mr. Pratt’s Patients, New York, N.Y.; London: D[aniel] Appleton and Company, →OCLC:
2. (contraction) To the extent that.
   • "Has he been working?" / "Not so's you'd notice."

so's en · X · etymology 2

Etymology

Contraction of so + is.

Meanings

1. (contraction) So is.
   • My father's at work right now. So's my mother.

so's en · X · etymology 3

Etymology

Contraction of so + has.

Meanings

1. (contraction) So has.
   • My father's gone away on holiday. So's my mother.