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so

[soh] / soʊ /
ADVERB
to a degree
Synonyms
STRONGEST
extremely remarkably unusually very
WEAK
indefinitely indeterminately infinitely so large so much such this much uncertainly vaguely
ADVERB
thus
Synonyms
STRONGEST
thus
WEAK
and so forth and so on even so in such manner in such wise in this degree in this way on this wise to this extent
ADVERB
accordingly
Synonyms
STRONGEST
then therefore
STRONG
hence
WEAK
and so consequently
ADVERB
exactly right
Synonyms
STRONGEST
just so
STRONG
fit
WEAK
accurate correct exact
CONJUNCTION
in order that
Synonyms
STRONGEST
therefore
WEAK
as long as if only provided that with the purpose that with the result that
CONJUNCTION
in such a manner
Synonyms
STRONGEST
apparently indeed quite then therefore thus too very well
STRONG
hence true
WEAK
accordingly afterward because consequently ergo exact likewise sic similarly

Example Sentences

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In October, my wife and I moved to France so she could attend the graduate program of her dreams.

From Salon • Apr. 4, 2026

Such a shift is vital at this moment in history, when so much of modern life is designed to ask almost nothing of us.

From Slate • Apr. 4, 2026

Memory stocks have been so hot in recent months that there’s now a new exchange-traded fund devoted to trading the theme.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 4, 2026

With match play, players compete to win individual holes, so if you land in an unraked bunker, and need three strokes to get out of it, you simply lose that hole.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 4, 2026

She had been so caught up in her work she had totally forgotten the first rule of frybread.

From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.