📒 to such a great degree
- Don't look so angry.
- There's no need to worry so.
- Why has it taken so long?
📒 very; extremely
- I'm so glad to see you.
- The girls looked so pretty in their summer dresses.
- I was pleased that so many people turned up.
📒 not to the same degree
- I haven't enjoyed myself so much for a long time.
- I have never felt so humiliated in my entire life.
- It wasn't so good as last time.
📒 used to show the size, amount or number of something
- The fish was about so big (= said when using your hands to show the size).
- There are only so many (= only a limited number of) hours in a day.
📒 used to refer back to something that has already been mentioned
- ‘Is he coming?’ ‘I hope so.’
- ‘Did they mind?’ ‘I don't think so.’
- If she notices, she never says so.
📒 also
- Times have changed and so have I.
- ‘I prefer the first version.’ ‘So do we.’
- Temperatures are rising in Canada, and so too are the annual blueberry harvests.
📒 used to agree that something is true, especially when you are surprised
- ‘You were there, too.’ ‘So I was—I'd forgotten.’
- ‘There's another one.’ ‘So there is.’
📒 used, often with a negative, before adjectives and noun phrases to emphasize something that you are saying
- He is so not the right person for you.
- That is so not cool.
📒 used, especially by children, to say that what somebody says is not the case and the opposite is true
- ‘You're not telling the truth, are you?’ ‘I am, so!’
📒 used when you are showing somebody how to do something or telling them how something happened
- Stand with your arms out, so.
- (literary) So it was that he finally returned home.
📒 used at the end of a list to show that it continues in the same way
- We discussed everything—when to go, what to see and so on.
📒 used to give an important extra reason why something is true
- His achievement is remarkable; all the more so because he had no help at all.
📒 used after a number, an amount, etc. to show that it is not exact
- There were twenty or so (= about twenty) people there.
- We stayed for an hour or so.
📒 with the intention of doing something
- We went early so as to get good seats.
📒 used to show that you accept something and will not try to change it or cannot change it
- If he doesn't want to be involved, then so be it.
📒 used to show that you have finished talking about something
- So much for the situation in Germany. Now we turn our attention to France.
📒 used to suggest that something has not been successful or useful
📒 in such a way that
- The programme has been so organized that none of the talks overlap.