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Conjunction
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To such a great extent,
  1. And for this reason; therefore
    • - it was still painful, so I went to see a specialist
    • - you know I'm telling the truth, so don't interrupt
  2. With the result that
    • - it was overgrown with brambles, so that I had difficulty making any progress
  3. With the aim that; in order that
    • - they whisper to each other so that no one else can hear
  4. And then; as the next step
    • - and so to the finals
  5. Introducing a question
    • - so, what did you do today?
  6. Introducing a question following on from what was said previously
    • - so what did he do about it?
  7. Why should that be considered significant
    • - “Marv is wearing a suit.” “So?”
    • - so what if he failed?
  8. Introducing a statement that is followed by a defensive comment
    • - so I like anchovies—what's wrong with that?
  9. Introducing a concluding statement
    • - so that's that
  10. In the same way; correspondingly
    • - just as bad money drives out good, so does bad art drive out the good
Adverb
  1. To such a great extent
    • - the words tumbled out so fast that I could barely hear them
    • - don't look so worried
    • - I'm not so foolish as to say that
  2. Extremely; very much (used for emphasis)
    • - she looked so pretty
    • - I do love it so
  3. Used to emphasize a clause or negative statement
    • - that's so not fair
    • - you are so going to regret this
  4. Used with a gesture to indicate size
    • - the bird was about so long
  5. To the same extent (used in comparisons)
    • - he isn't so bad as you'd think
    • - without his parents’ support, he would not have done so well
  6. Referring back to something previously mentioned

  7. That is the case
    • - “Is it going to rain?” “I think so.”
    • - if she notices, she never says so
  8. The truth
    • - I hear that you're a writer—is that so?
  9. Similarly; and also
    • - times have changed and so have I
  10. Expressing agreement
    • - “It's cold in here.” “So it is.”
  11. Used to emphatically contradict a negative statement
    • - it is so!
  12. In the way described or demonstrated; thus
    • - hold your arms so
    • - so it was that he was still a bachelor
  1. sol: the syllable naming the fifth (dominant) note of any musical scale in solmization
  2. to a very great extent or degree; "the idea is so obvious"; "never been so happy"; "I love you so"; "my head aches so!"
  3. in a manner that facilitates; "he observed the snakes so he could describe their behavior"; "he stooped down so he could pick up his hat"
  4. in such a condition or manner, especially as expressed or implied; "They're happy and I hope they will remain so"; "so live your life that old age will bring no regrets"
  5. to a certain unspecified extent or degree; "I can only go so far with this student"; "can do only so much in a day"
  6. in the same way; also; "I was offended and so was he"; "worked hard and so did she"
  7. .so is the Internet country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for Somalia.
  8. So is the fifth studio album (and seventh album overall) by British rock musician Peter Gabriel, released in 1986. Many of its songs reflect a more conventional pop-writing style and became radio hits, others still retain Gabriel's dark, brooding sense of experimentalism.
  9. So are a duo from the late 1980s that featured Marcus Bell and Mark Long, who were previously members of a band called The Opposition. The duo were managed by Steve Weltman of Esta Management, and were contemporaries of acts such as Climie Fisher, Blue and Waterfront. ...
  10. The Sao were an African civilisation that flourished from ca. the 6th century to as late as the 15th century. The Sao lived by the Chari River south of Lake Chad in territory that would later be part of Cameroon and Chad. ...
  11. Second-order logic is an extenstion of first-order with second orders quantifiers, hence the reader should first read FO (complexity) to be able to understand this article. ...
  12. The stellated octahedron, or stella octangula, is the only stellation of the octahedron. It was named by Johannes Kepler in 1609, though it was known to earlier geometers. It was depicted in Pacioli's Divina Proportione, 1509.
  13. A syllable used in solfège to represent the fifth note of a major scale; true; In that state, with that attribute. ...
  14. The ISO 3166-1 two-letter (alpha-2) code for Somalia
  15. (SOS) The conventional Morse code call made by a ship in distress; Secretary of State
  16. (SOS) Silicon-On-Sapphire; special case of SOI where an active Si layer is formed on top of a sapphire substrate (an insulator)by means of epitaxial deposition; due to a slight lattice mismatch between Si and sapphire, Si epitaxial layers larger than the critical thickness have a high defect ...
  17. (SOS) Same Old Stuff or Help!
  18. (SOS) stands for son of sevenless; a guanine nucleotide exchange factor that activates Ras and Rac; Connections Map Component -- Son of sevenless
  19. (22. SOS (share of spending)) the sum of spending for the advertising campaign (share of expenditures), calculated in percents to the total sum of expenditures in the category or subcategory of products. It is used in order to estimate advertising spendings of the competitors in the category.
  20. (SOS (Son of Sevenless)) An exchange factor that stimulates GDP release from GDP bound to Ras. This allows for the activation of Ras that occurs as a consequence of GTP binding. As a first step, SOS must be directed to the membrane where Ras resides. ...
  21. (SOS (with a bar over the letters)) Some times claimed to stand for "Save Our Ship" or "Sink Or Swim" it is in reality an unfortunate misunderstanding of the CW distress signal. Like other CW prosigns the distress call has no printed character equivalent. ...
  22. (SOS) A general call for help used by a ship's radio operator when sending Morse code. The signal could easily be recognised because the code is 3 dots 3 dashes and 3 dots.
  23. (SOS) Active Somali Shilling ISO 4217 currency code.
  24. (SOS) An ancient Earth distress call; Paris discovers this signal on the AM radio in the truck they discover floating in space. (The 37's)