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• adverb 1 to such a great extent. 2 extremely; very much. 3 to the same extent: he isn’t so bad as you’d think 4 referring back to something previously mentioned. 5 similarly. 6 in the way described or demonstrated; thus. • conjunction 1 and for this reason; therefore. 2 (so that) with the result or aim that. 3 and then. 4 introducing a question or concluding statement. 5 in the same way; correspondingly. — PHRASES and so on (or forth) and similar things; et cetera. or so approximately. so be it an expression of acceptance or resignation. so long! informal goodbye. so much as even: without so much as a word. so to speak (or say) indicating that one is talking in an exaggerated or metaphorical way. — ORIGIN Old English.
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