What is "so"

So \So\, adv. [OE. so, sa, swa, AS. sw[=a]; akin to OFries, s[=a], s?, D. zoo, OS. & OHG. s?, G. so, Icel. sv[=a], sv?, svo, so, Sw. s?, Dan. saa, Goth. swa so, sw? as; cf. L. suus one's own, Skr. sva one's own, one's self. [root]192. Cf. As, Custom, Ethic, Idiom, Such.]

1. In that manner or degree; as, indicated (in any way), or as implied, or as supposed to be known.

   Why is his chariot so long in coming?
   --Judges v. 28.

2. In like manner or degree; in the same way; thus; for like reason; whith equal reason; -- used correlatively, following as, to denote comparison or resemblance; sometimes, also, following inasmuch as.

   As a war should be undertaken upon a just motive, so a prince ought to consider the condition he is in.
   --Swift.

3. In such manner; to such degree; -- used correlatively with as or that following; as, he was so fortunate as to escape.

   I viewed in may mind, so far as I was able, the beginning and progress of a rising world.
   --T. Burnet.

   He is very much in Sir Roger's esteem, so that he lives in the family rather as a relation than dependent.
   --Addison.

4. Very; in a high degree; that is, in such a degree as can not well be expressed; as, he is so good; he planned so wisely.

5. In the same manner; as has been stated or suggested; in this or that condition or state; under these circumstances; in this way; -- with reflex reference to something just asserted or implied; used also with the verb to be, as a predicate.

   Use him [your tutor] with great respect yourself, and cause all your family to do so too.
   --Locke.

   It concerns every man, with the greatest seriousness, to inquire into those matters, whether they be so or not.
   --Tillotson.

   He is Sir Robert's son, and so art thou.
   --Shak.

6. The case being such; therefore; on this account; for this reason; on these terms; -- used both as an adverb and a conjuction.

   God makes him in his own image an intellectual creature, and so capable of dominion.
   --Locke.

   Here, then, exchange we mutually forgiveness; So may the guilt of all my broken vows, My perjuries to thee, be all forgotten.
   --Rowe.

7. It is well; let it be as it is, or let it come to pass; -- used to express assent.

   And when 't is writ, for my sake read it over, And if it please you, so; if not, why, so.
   --Shak.

   There is Percy; if your father will do me any honor, so; if not, let him kill the next Percy himself.
   --Shak.

8. Well; the fact being as stated; -- used as an expletive; as, so the work is done, is it?

9. Is it thus? do you mean what you say? -- with an upward tone; as, do you say he refuses? So? [Colloq.]

10. About the number, time, or quantity specified; thereabouts; more or less; as, I will spend a week or so in the country; I have read only a page or so.

    A week or so will probably reconcile us.
    --Gay.

    Note: See the Note under Ill, adv.

    So . . . as. So is now commonly used as a demonstrative correlative of as when it is the puprpose to emphasize the equality or comparison suggested, esp. in negative assertions, and questions implying a negative answer. By Shakespeare and others so . . . as was much used where as . . . as is now common. See the Note under As, 1.

    So do, as thou hast said.
    --Gen. xviii. 5.

    As a flower of the field, so he flourisheth.
    --Ps. ciii. 15.

    Had woman been so strong as men.
    --Shak.

    No country suffered so much as England.
    --Macaulay.

    So far, to that point or extent; in that particular. ``The song was moral, and so far was right.''
    --Cowper.

    So far forth, as far; to such a degree.
    --Shak.
    --Bacon.

    So forth, further in the same or similar manner; more of the same or a similar kind. See And so forth, under And.

    So, so, well, well. ``So, so, it works; now, mistress, sit you fast.''
    --Dryden. Also, moderately or tolerably well; passably; as, he succeeded but so so. ``His leg is but so so.''
    --Shak.

    So that, to the end that; in order that; with the effect or result that.

    So then, thus then it is; therefore; the consequence is.

So \So\, interj. Be as you are; stand still; stop; that will do; right as you are; -- a word used esp. to cows; also used by sailors.

So \So\, conj. Provided that; on condition that; in case that; if.

Though all the winds of doctrine were let loose play upon the earth, so truth be in the field, we do injuriously, by licensing and prohibiting, to misdoubt her strength.
--Milton.

Old English swa, swæ (adv., conj., pron.) "in this way," also "to that extent; so as, consequently, therefore," and purely intensive; from Proto-Germanic *swa (cognates: Old Saxon, Middle Dutch, Old High German so, Old Norse sva, Danish saa, Swedish så, Old Frisian sa, Dutch zo, German so "so," Gothic swa "as"), from PIE reflexive pronomial stem *swo- "so" (cognates: Greek hos "as," Old Latin suad "so," Latin se "himself"), derivative of *s(w)e-, pronoun of the third person and reflexive (see idiom).\n

\nOld English swa frequently was strengthened by eall, and so also is contained in compounds as, also, such. The -w- was eliminated by contraction from 12c.; compare two, which underwent the same process but retained its spelling. As an "introductory particle" [OED] from 1590s. Used to add emphasis or contradict a negative from 1913. So in mid-20c. British slang could mean "homosexual" (adj.). So? as a term of dismissal is attested from 1886 (short for is that so?, etc.). So what as an exclamation of indifference dates from 1934. So-and-so is from 1596 meaning "something unspecified;" first recorded 1897 as a euphemistic term of abuse. Abbreviating phrase and so on is attested from 1724. So far so good is from 1721.

abbr. someone a. 1 true, accurate. 2 In that state or manner; with that attribute. ((non-gloss definition: replaces the aforementioned adjective phrase)) 3 (lb en dated UK slang) homosexual. adv. To the (explicitly stated) extent that. conj. 1 In order that. 2 With the result that; for that reason; therefore. interj. Used after a pause for thought to introduce a new topic, question or story. n. (label en music) A syllable used in solfège to represent the fifth note of a major scale.

1. adj. conforming to truth; "I wouldn't have told you this if it weren't so"; "a truthful statement" [syn: so(p), truthful]

2. marked by system; in good order; "everything is in order"; "his books are always just so"; "things must be exactly so" [syn: in order(p), so(p)]

n. the syllable naming the fifth (dominant) note of any musical scale in solmization [syn: sol, soh]

1. adv. to a very great extent or degree; "the idea is so obvious"; "never been so happy"; "I love you so"; "my head aches so!"

2. in order that; "he stooped down so he could pick up his hat"

3. in such a condition or manner, especially as expressed or implied; "They're happy and I hope they will remain so"; "so live your life that old age will bring no regrets"

4. to a certain unspecified extent or degree; "I can only go so far with this student"; "can do only so much in a day"

5. in the same way; also; "I was offended and so was he"; "worked hard and so did she"

6. in the way indicated; "hold the brush so"; "set up the pieces thus"; (`thusly' is a nonstandard variant) [syn: thus, thusly]

7. (usually followed by `that') to an extent or degree as expressed; "he was so tired he could hardly stand"; "so dirty that it smells"

8. subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors); "then he left"; "go left first, then right"; "first came lightning, then thunder"; "we watched the late movie and then went to bed"; "and so home and to bed" [syn: then, and so, and then]

9. in truth (often tends to intensify); "they said the car would break down and indeed it did"; "it is very cold indeed"; "was indeed grateful"; "indeed, the rain may still come"; "he did so do it!" [syn: indeed]

In mathematics, SO(8) is the special orthogonal group acting on eight-dimensional Euclidean space. It could be either a real or complex simple Lie group of rank 4 and dimension 28.

Sō, So or Sou (written: or ) is a Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include:

• (1715–1786), Japanese painter

• (1568–1615), Japanese daimyō

• (1818-1890), Japanese daimyō

So is the fifth studio album by English rock musician Peter Gabriel, released on 19 May 1986 by Charisma Records. After working on the soundtrack to the film Birdy (1984), producer Daniel Lanois was invited to remain at Gabriel's home during 1985 to work on his next singing project. Initial sessions for So consisted of Gabriel, Lanois and guitarist David Rhodes, although these grew to include a number of percussionists.

Although Gabriel continued to use the pioneering Fairlight CMI synthesizer, songs from these sessions were notably less experimental than his previous material, and fused pop and art rock with elements of traditional world music, particularly African and Brazilian styles. It is Gabriel's first non-eponymous album, So representing an "anti-title" that resulted from label pressure to properly market his music. Widely regarded as his best album, as well as his most accessible, it transformed Gabriel from a cult artist into a mainstream star. It received positive reviews from critics, who praised its melodicism and fusion of genres, and was nominated for the Grammy Award for Album of the Year. Gabriel toured So on the This Way Up tour (1986–1987), with some songs performed at human rights and charity concerts during this period.

So is Gabriel's best-selling solo release, and has been certified fivefold platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America and triple platinum by the British Phonographic Industry. It spawned five singles, " Sledgehammer", " Don't Give Up", " Big Time", " In Your Eyes" and " Red Rain". "Sledgehammer" achieved particular success, reaching number one on the Billboard Hot 100 and winning a record of ten MTV Video Music Awards. So was remastered in 2002, partially re-recorded for Gabriel's 2012 orchestral project New Blood and issued as a box set the same year. It has been deemed one of the best albums of the 1980s and is listed at number 187 in Rolling Stones 500 Greatest Albums of All Time.

In mathematics, SO(5), also denoted SO(R) or SO(5,R), is the special orthogonal group of degree 5 over the field R of real numbers, i.e. ( isomorphic to) the group of orthogonal 5×5 matrices of determinant 1.

Só ("Alone"), published in Paris in 1892, is a collection of poems by the Portuguese poet António Nobre. It is the only work of his that appeared in his lifetime, and a classic of Portuguese literature.

Category:Portuguese literature Category:1892 books

"So" is a song by industrial metal band Static-X. It is the eleventh track and second single from their album Shadow Zone. It is also the last release with then guitarist Tripp Eisen. The music video features the band performing in Studio 202 and various cut scenes to Wayne Static playing individually. It also features cut scenes of Wayne Static driving his truck. The video was directed by Darren Lynn Bousman.

In particle physics, one of the grand unified theories (GUT) is based on the SO(10) Lie group. (The Lie group involved is not really the special orthogonal group SO(10), but rather its double cover Spin(10); but calling it SO(10) is the standard convention.)

Before the SU(5) theory behind the Georgi–Glashow model, Harald Fritzsch and Peter Minkowski and independently Howard Georgi found that all the matter contents are incorporated into a single representation, spinorial 16 of SO(10). (Historical note: the before in the previous sentence is misleading: Georgi found the SO(10) theory a few hours before finding SU(5) at the end of 1973.)

そ, in hiragana, or ソ, in katakana, is one of the Japanese kana, each of which represents one mora. Both represent . The version of this character used by computer fonts does not match the way most native Japanese people write it with their hands. The native way is shown here as the alternative form.

Form

Rōmaji

Hiragana

Katakana

Normal s-
(さ行 sa-gyō)

so

そ

ソ

sou
soo
sō, soh

そう, そぅ
そお, そぉ
そー

ソウ, ソゥ
ソオ, ソォ
ソー

Addition dakuten z-
(ざ行 za-gyō)

zo

ぞ

ゾ

zou
zoo
zō, zoh

ぞう, ぞぅ
ぞお, ぞぉ
ぞー

ゾウ, ゾゥ
ゾオ, ゾォ
ゾー

So are an English duo from London active in the late 1980s, that featured Marcus Bell and Mark Long, who were previously members of a band called The Opposition. The duo were managed by Steve Weltman of Esta Management, and were contemporaries of acts such as Climie Fisher and Waterfront. Signing to Parlophone, they released singles such as "Are You Sure?" ( UK #62, US #41) and "Would You Die For Me", as well as the accompanying album Horseshoe in the Glove, produced by Walter Turbitt.

They are not to be confused with the similarly named electronic act, featuring Markus Popp (also of Oval and Microstoria) and the Japanese vocalist Eriko Toyoda.

Marcus Bell died in December 2014.

is the twenty-third single by Japanese artist Masaharu Fukuyama. It was released on 22 October 2008.

Second-order logic is an extension of first-order with second order quantifiers, hence the reader should first read FO (complexity) to be able to understand this article. In descriptive complexity we can see that the languages recognised by SO formulae are exactly equal to the languages decided by Turing machines in the polynomial hierarchy. Extensions of SO with some operators also give us the same expressivity given by some well known complexity class, so it is a way to do proofs about the complexity of some problems without having to go to the algorithmic level.

So was a type of dairy product made in Japan between the seventh and 10th centuries. The method of creation is noted in Engishiki as so acted as a gift in kind to the emperors. Daigo was produced by further processing so.

The first record of so was made during the era of Emperor Mommu (697-707 AD). Tennyakuryo, then a part of the Ministry of Imperial Household, was responsible for the production of so. It was used as a medicine and as an offering to gods.

The production sites known to date include Ajifu in Settsu (current Higashiyodogawa-ku in Osaka). So is made by solidifying layers of milk skin. The flavor is light, similar to that of cottage cheese.

So, also spelled Soh, is a Korean family name and an element in Korean given names. Its meaning depends on the hanja used to write it.

So is a word that, apart from its other uses, has become increasing popular in recent years as a coordinating conjunctive opening word in a sentence. This device is particularly used when answering questions although the questioner may also use the device.

So is a word that may be used to end sentences. When ending a sentence, it may be:

• a coordinating conjunctive to refer backwards to something previously mentioned
• a coordinating conjunctive dangling "so" (sometimes called trailing "so") to refer forwards to something that may be said
• an intensifying adverb.