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{ "term": "so", "partOfSpeech": "adverb", "ox3000": true, "cefr": "a1", "definitions": [ { "senseNumber": 1, "definition": "to such a great degree", "sensetop": "so… (that)…so… as to do something", "labels": "(formal, especially British English)", "cefr": "a1", "ox3000": true, "examples": [ { "text": "Don't look so angry." }, { "text": "There's no need to worry so." }, { "text": "Why has it taken **so long**?" }, { "text": "That wasn't **so bad**, was it?" }, { "text": "She spoke so quietly (that) I could hardly hear her.", "contextForm": "so… (that)…" }, { "text": "What is it that's **so important** it can't wait five minutes?" }, { "text": "He was so impressed that he jumped up and down with excitement." }, { "text": "She gets so caught up in her fame that she neglects her true friends." }, { "text": "It was so incredibly cheap it was unbelievable." }, { "text": "I'm not so stupid as to believe that.", "contextForm": "so… as to do something" }, { "text": "**Would you be so kind as to** lock the door when you leave?" } ] }, { "senseNumber": 2, "definition": "very; extremely", "labels": "(British English)(British English)", "cefr": "a1", "ox3000": true, "examples": [ { "text": "I'm so glad to see you." }, { "text": "The girls looked so pretty in their summer dresses." }, { "text": "I was pleased that **so many** people turned up." }, { "text": "We have **so much** to do." }, { "text": "It's **so good** to have you back." }, { "text": "We've worked **so hard** to get to this point." }, { "text": "They came **so close** to winning." }, { "text": "You're going to Harvard! That's **so great**!" }, { "text": "Their attitude is **so very** English." }, { "text": "The article was **just so much** *(= nothing but)* nonsense." }, { "text": "I am so pleased with this new book." }, { "text": "He sat there **ever so** quietly." }, { "text": "I do love it so." } ] }, { "senseNumber": 3, "definition": "not to the same degree", "sensetop": "not so… (as…)", "labels": "(disapproving)", "cefr": "a2", "ox3000": true, "examples": [ { "text": "I haven't enjoyed myself so much for a long time." }, { "text": "I have never felt so humiliated in my entire life." }, { "text": "It wasn't so good as last time." }, { "text": "It's not so easy as you'd think." }, { "text": "He was not so quick a learner as his brother." }, { "text": "It's **not so much** a hobby **as** a career *(= more like a career than a hobby)*." }, { "text": "Off she went **without so much as** *(= without even)* a ‘goodbye’." } ] }, { "senseNumber": 4, "definition": "used to show the size, amount or number of something", "examples": [ { "text": "The fish was about so big *(= said when using your hands to show the size)*." }, { "text": "There are **only so many** *(= only a limited number of)* hours in a day." } ] }, { "senseNumber": 5, "definition": "used to refer back to something that has already been mentioned", "cefr": "a2", "ox3000": true, "examples": [ { "text": "‘Is he coming?’ ‘**I hope so**.’" }, { "text": "‘Did they mind?’ ‘I **don't think so**.’" }, { "text": "If she notices, she never **says so**." }, { "text": "I might be away next week. **If so**, I won't be able to see you." }, { "text": "We are very busy—**so much so that** we won't be able to take time off this year." }, { "text": "Programs are expensive, and **even more so** if you have to keep altering them." }, { "text": "I hear that you're a writer—**is that so** *(= is that true)*?" }, { "text": "George is going to help me, or **so he says** *(= that is what he says but I am not sure if I believe him)*." }, { "text": "They asked me to call them and I **did so** *(= I called)*." }, { "text": "She leaked the story to the media and, **in so doing**, helped bring down the president." }, { "text": "He thinks I dislike him but that just isn't so." } ] }, { "senseNumber": 6, "definition": "also", "cefr": "b1", "ox3000": true, "examples": [ { "text": "Times have changed and **so have I**." }, { "text": "‘I prefer the first version.’ ‘**So do we**.’" }, { "text": "Temperatures are rising in Canada, and **so too** are the annual blueberry harvests." } ] }, { "senseNumber": 7, "definition": "used to agree that something is true, especially when you are surprised", "cefr": "b2", "examples": [ { "text": "‘You were there, too.’ ‘**So I was**—I'd forgotten.’" }, { "text": "‘There's another one.’ ‘**So there is**.’" } ], "topics": ["Opinion and argument"] }, { "senseNumber": 8, "definition": "used, often with a negative, before adjectives and noun phrases to emphasize something that you are saying", "labels": "(informal)", "examples": [ { "text": "He is **so not** the right person for you." }, { "text": "That is **so not** cool." } ] }, { "senseNumber": 9, "definition": "used, especially by children, to say that what somebody says is not the case and the opposite is true", "labels": "(informal)", "examples": [ { "text": "‘You're not telling the truth, are you?’ ‘I am, so!’" } ] }, { "senseNumber": 10, "definition": "used when you are showing somebody how to do something or telling them how something happened", "labels": "(literary)", "examples": [ { "text": "Stand with your arms out, so." }, { "text": "**So it was that** he finally returned home." } ] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "used at the end of a list to show that it continues in the same way", "ox3000": true, "examples": [ { "text": "We discussed everything—when to go, what to see and so on." } ] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "used to give an important extra reason why something is true", "examples": [ { "text": "His achievement is remarkable; all the more so because he had no help at all." } ] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "used after a number, an amount, etc. to show that it is not exact", "examples": [ { "text": "There were twenty or so *(= about twenty)* people there." }, { "text": "We stayed for an hour or so." } ] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "with the intention of doing something", "ox3000": true, "examples": [ { "text": "We went early so as to get good seats." } ] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "used to show that you accept something and will not try to change it or cannot change it", "labels": "(formal)", "examples": [ { "text": "If he doesn't want to be involved, then so be it." } ] }, { "senseNumber": 1, "definition": "used to show that you have finished talking about something", "examples": [ { "text": "So much for the situation in Germany. Now we turn our attention to France." } ] }, { "senseNumber": 2, "definition": "used to suggest that something has not been successful or useful", "labels": "(informal)", "cefr": "c2", "examples": [ { "text": "So much for that idea!" } ], "topics": ["Difficulty and failure"] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "in such a way that", "labels": "(formal)", "examples": [ { "text": "The programme has been so organized that none of the talks overlap." } ] } ], "pronunciations": { "uk": [ { "pronunciation": "/səʊ/", "audio": "so/so/so__gb_1.mp3" } ], "us": [ { "pronunciation": "/səʊ/", "audio": "so/so/so__us_1.mp3" } ] }, "wordOrigin": "adverb Old English swā, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch zo and German so." }