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.
Used to connect previous conversation or events to the following question.
So how does this story end?
To the (explicitly stated) extent.
It was so hot outside that all the plants died.
To the (implied) extent.
I need a piece of cloth so long. [= this long]
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.
That which was previously mentioned; that.
I'll become a loyal friend and remain so.
Initialism of someone.
A syllable used in solfège to represent the fifth note of a major scale.
A type of dairy product, made especially in Japan between the seventh and tenth centuries, by reducing milk by boiling it.
Initialism of significant other.
Initialism of Stack Overflow.
Imagine that you were creating an application similar to SO but were writing it using web forms.
A Chinese surname from Cantonese.
From Middle English so, swo, zuo, swa, swe, from Old English swā, swǣ, swē (“so, as, the same, such, that”), from Proto-West Germanic *swā, from Proto-Germanic *swa, *swē (“so”), from Proto-Indo-Europ...
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Very (positive or negative clause).
I feel so much better now.
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).
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.