so

ISO 639-1 language code for Somali.

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.
• Eat your broccoli so you can have dessert.

As a result; for that reason; therefore; because of this; due to this.

• I was hungry, so I asked if there was any more food.
• He ate too much cake and so he fell ill.
• He wanted a book, so he went to the library.

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.”

Provided that; on condition that; as long as.

To the (explicitly stated) extent.

• It was so hot outside that all the plants died.
• He was so good, they hired him on the spot.
• You behaviour so incensed me that I even thought of firing you.

To the (implied) extent.

• I need a piece of cloth so long. [= this long]

Very (positive or negative clause).

• I feel so much better now.
• I so nearly lost my temper.
• It’s not so bad. [i.e. it's acceptable]

Very much.

• But I so want to see the Queen when she visits our town!
• That is so not true!

at all (negative clause).

• That is so not true!

In the same manner or to the same extent as aforementioned; likewise, also.

• As above, so below.
• 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.

Indeed.

• ‘Look, it’s just stopped raining.’ ‘So it has!’
• ‘There are two more.’ ‘So there are.’

To such an extent or degree; as.

• so far as;  so long as;  so much as

↑ Mark Liberman, "Ask Language Log: So feminine?", 2012 March 26

Agreeing with actual facts or reality; true.

• 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).

Homosexual.

• Is he so?

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, what'll you have?
• So, there was this squirrel stuck in the chimney...

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 are you doing? / So I'm just fixing this shelf.
• What time does the train leave? / So it leaves at 10 o'clock.

Be as you are; stand still; used especially to cows; also used by sailors.

That which was previously mentioned; that.

• 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".

Abbreviation of someone.

A syllable used in solfège to represent the fifth note of a major scale. Sometimes syllable for both the second and the fifth.

Sometimes syllable for both the second and the fifth.

A type of dairy product, made especially in Japan between the seventh and tenth centuries, by reducing milk by boiling it.