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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The syllable naming the fifth (dominant) note of any musical scale in solmization
Synonyms:
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Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("so" is a kind of...):
solfa syllable (one of the names for notes of a musical scale in solmization)
II. (adverb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
In truth (often tends to intensify)
Example:
he did so do it!
Synonyms:
indeed; so
Classified under:
Sense 2
Meaning:
(used to introduce a logical conclusion) from that fact or reason or as a result
Example:
the witness is biased and so cannot be trusted
Synonyms:
hence; so; thence; therefore; thus
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Sense 3
Meaning:
Subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
Example:
and so home and to bed
Synonyms:
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Adverbs
Sense 4
Meaning:
In a manner that facilitates
Example:
he stooped down so he could pick up his hat
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Adverbs
Sense 5
Meaning:
In the way indicated
Example:
set up the pieces thus
Synonyms:
so; thus; thusly
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Adverbs
Sense 6
Meaning:
To a very great extent or degree
Example:
my head aches so!
Classified under:
Adverbs
Domain usage:
intensifier; intensive (a modifier that has little meaning except to intensify the meaning it modifies)
Sense 7
Meaning:
(usually followed by 'that') to an extent or degree as expressed
Example:
so dirty that it smells
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Adverbs
Sense 8
Meaning:
In such a condition or manner, especially as expressed or implied
Example:
so live your life that old age will bring no regrets
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Adverbs
Sense 9
Meaning:
To a certain unspecified extent or degree
Example:
can do only so much in a day
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Adverbs
Sense 10
Meaning:
In the same way; also
Example:
worked hard and so did she
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Adverbs
Context examples:
I had never seen the squire so near at hand.
(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
But I must tell you another thing of Fanny, so odd and so stupid.
(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)
Anti-HER3 monoclonal antibody U3-1287 binds to and inhibits HER3 activation, which may result in inhibition of HER3-dependent PI3K/Akt signaling and so inhibition of cellular proliferation and differentiation.
(Anti-HER3 Monoclonal Antibody U3-1287, NCI Thesaurus)
I am glad to hear your Majesty say so.
(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
A monoclonal antibody is made so that it binds to only one substance.
(Monoclonal antibody, NCI Dictionary)
The life that was so swiftly expanding within him, urged him continually toward the wall of light.
(White Fang, by Jack London)
The condition of weighing two, three, or more times the ideal weight, so called because it is associated with many serious and life-threatening disorders.
(Morbid Obesity, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)
A question about whether an individual has or has been moving or speaking so slowly that other people could have noticed.
(Moving or Speaking So Slowly that Other People Could Have Noticed, NCI Thesaurus)
Other drugs keep your body from making so many abnormal antibodies.
(Myasthenia Gravis, NIH: National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke)
Michigan Neuropathy Screening Instrument (MNSI) History; is the skin on your feet so dry that it cracks open?
(MNSI - Skin So Dry That Feet Crack Open, NCI Thesaurus)
