so

Meanings

1. 1
   adv

   To a very great degree or extent.

   The film was so good that I watched it twice.

2. 2
   conj

   For that reason; as a result.

   I was hungry, so I made myself a sandwich.

3. 3
   conj

   In order that; with the purpose that.

   I left early so I would not miss the train.

4. 4
   adv

   In the way shown or described.

   Hold the brush so, and the paint will flow evenly.

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…

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