English Dictionary: SO | by the DICT Development Group |
11 results for SO | |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
A week or so will probably reconcile us. --Gay. Note: See the Note under {Ill}, adv. {So} . . . {as}. So is now commonly used as a demonstrative correlative of as when it is the puprpose to emphasize the equality or comparison suggested, esp. in negative assertions, and questions implying a negative answer. By Shakespeare and others so . . . as was much used where as . . . as is now common. See the Note under {As}, 1. So do, as thou hast said. --Gen. xviii. 5. As a flower of the field, so he flourisheth. --Ps. ciii. 15. Had woman been so strong as men. --Shak. No country suffered so much as England. --Macaulay. {So far}, to that point or extent; in that particular. [bd]The song was moral, and so far was right.[b8] --Cowper. {So far forth}, as far; to such a degree. --Shak. --Bacon. {So forth}, further in the same or similar manner; more of the same or a similar kind. See {And so forth}, under {And}. {So, so}, well, well. [bd]So, so, it works; now, mistress, sit you fast.[b8] --Dryden. Also, moderately or tolerably well; passably; as, he succeeded but so so. [bd]His leg is but so so.[b8] --Shak. {So that}, to the end that; in order that; with the effect or result that. {So then}, thus then it is; therefore; the consequence is. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
So \So\, adv. [OE. so, sa, swa, AS. sw[be]; akin to OFries, s[be], s[?], D. zoo, OS. & OHG. s[?], G. so, Icel. sv[be], sv[?], svo, so, Sw. s[?], Dan. saa, Goth. swa so, sw[?] as; cf. L. suus one's own, Skr. sva one's own, one's self. [root]192. Cf. As, {Custom}, {Ethic}, {Idiom}, {Such}.] 1. In that manner or degree; as, indicated (in any way), or as implied, or as supposed to be known. Why is his chariot so long in coming? --Judges v. 28. 2. In like manner or degree; in the same way; thus; for like reason; whith equal reason; -- used correlatively, following as, to denote comparison or resemblance; sometimes, also, following inasmuch as. As a war should be undertaken upon a just motive, so a prince ought to consider the condition he is in. --Swift. 3. In such manner; to such degree; -- used correlatively with as or that following; as, he was so fortunate as to escape. I viewed in may mind, so far as I was able, the beginning and progress of a rising world. --T. Burnet. He is very much in Sir Roger's esteem, so that he lives in the family rather as a relation than dependent. --Addison. 4. Very; in a high degree; that is, in such a degree as can not well be expressed; as, he is so good; he planned so wisely. 5. In the same manner; as has been stated or suggested; in this or that condition or state; under these circumstances; in this way; -- with reflex reference to something just asserted or implied; used also with the verb to be, as a predicate. Use him [your tutor] with great respect yourself, and cause all your family to do so too. --Locke. It concerns every man, with the greatest seriousness, to inquire into those matters, whether they be so or not. --Tillotson. He is Sir Robert's son, and so art thou. --Shak. 6. The case being such; therefore; on this account; for this reason; on these terms; -- used both as an adverb and a conjuction. God makes him in his own image an intellectual creature, and so capable of dominion. --Locke. Here, then, exchange we mutually forgiveness; So may the guilt of all my broken vows, My perjuries to thee, be all forgotten. --Rowe. 7. It is well; let it be as it is, or let it come to pass; -- used to express assent. And when 't is writ, for my sake read it over, And if it please you, so; if not, why, so. --Shak. There is Percy; if your father will do me any honor, so; if not, let him kill the next Percy himself. --Shak. 8. Well; the fact being as stated; -- used as an expletive; as, so the work is done, is it? 9. Is it thus? do you mean what you say? -- with an upward tone; as, do you say he refuses? So? [Colloq.] 10. About the number, time, or quantity specified; thereabouts; more or less; as, I will spend a week or so in the country; I have read only a page or so. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
So \So\, conj. Provided that; on condition that; in case that; if. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
So \So\, interj. Be as you are; stand still; stop; that will do; right as you are; -- a word used esp. to cows; also used by sailors. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Thionyl \Thi"on*yl\, n. [Thionic + -yl.] (Chem.) The hypothetical radical {SO}, regarded as an essential constituent of certain sulphurous compounds; as, thionyl chloride. | |
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
SO /S-O/ n. 1. (also `S.O.') Abbrev. for Significant Other, almost invariably written abbreviated and pronounced /S-O/ by hackers. Used to refer to one's primary relationship, esp. a live-in to whom one is not married. See {MOTAS}, {MOTOS}, {MOTSS}. 2. [techspeak] The Shift Out control character in ASCII (Control-N, 0001110). | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
SO 1. 2. Significant Other, almost invariably written abbreviated and pronounced /S-O/ by hackers. Used to refer to one's primary relationship, especially a live-in to whom one is not married. [{Jargon File}] | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
so (1999-01-27) | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
So (Nubian, Sabako), an Ethiopian king who brought Egypt under his sway. He was bribed by Hoshea to help him against the Assyrian monarch Shalmaneser (2 Kings 17:4). This was a return to the policy that had been successful in the reign of Jeroboam I. | |
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]: | |
So, a measure for grain; vail |