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sho

UK/ʃəʊ/US/ʃoʊ/

sho is the pronunciation spelling of sure.

sho is the pronunciation spelling of so.

Meaning of sure

Adverb

sure (comparative more sure, superlative most sure)

  1. (modal) Without doubt, certainly.
    • Sure he's coming! Why wouldn't he?
  2. (archaic) Without fail, surely.
    • Theſe are the wings ſhall make it flie as ſwift,
      As dooth the lightening: or the breath of heauen,
      And kill as ſure as it ſwiftly flies.c. 1587–1588 (date written), [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], 2nd edition, part 1, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592, →OCLC...

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Meaning of so

Adverb

so (not comparable)

  1. To the (explicitly stated) extent.
    • It was so hot outside that all the plants died.
  2. To the (implied) extent.
    • I need a piece of cloth so long. [= this long]
  3. Very (positive or negative clause).
    • I feel so much better now.
  4. Very much.
    • But I so want to see the Queen when she visits our town!
    1. (informal) at all (negative clause).
      • That is so not true!
  5. In the same manner or to the same extent as aforementioned; likewise, also.
    • As above, so below.
    Synonyms:
    like this, thus

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Noun (1)

sho (plural shos)

  1. A Japanese free reed musical instrument similar to the Chinese sheng.
    • The arrangement of pipes symbolizes the folded wings of the mythical phoenix, whose cry the shō's sound is said to represent.2015, J. Kenneth Moore, Jayson Kerr Dobney, E Bradley Strachen-Scherer, Musical Instruments: Highlights of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, →ISBN, page 120

Noun (2)

sho (plural shos)

  1. A letter of the Greek alphabet used to write the Bactrian language: uppercase Ϸ, lowercase ϸ.

Adjective capitalized: SHO

SHO (not comparable)

  1. (abbreviation, acronym, initialism) Abbreviation of super-high-output.

Proper noun capitalized: Sho

Sho

  1. (alternative) Alternative form of Shö, a Kuki-Chin language/dialect group

Forms of sho

pluralshos

Origin of sho

Borrowed from Japanese 笙 (shō).

Of modern scholarly coinage. From its Bactrian pronunciation /ʃ/, and the final omricon (ο) found at the end of almost all Bactrian words.

Words formed from sho

Words that rhyme with sho

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Questions about sho

What does sho mean?
Sho means a Japanese free reed musical instrument similar to the Chinese sheng.
What is sho the pronunciation spelling of?
Sho is the pronunciation spelling of sure.
What part of speech is sho?
Sho can be a noun, an adjective or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce sho?
Sho is pronounced /ʃəʊ/ (UK).
What is the plural of sho?
The plural of sho is shos.

Words near sho in the dictionary

  1. shnoz
  2. shnozz
  3. shnozzes
  4. shnozzle
  5. shnozzles
  6. sho
  7. sho nuff
  8. sho'
  9. Shoa
  10. shoad
  11. shoaded

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Adapted from Wiktionary: sho (page history and authors); SHO (page history and authors); Sho (page history and authors); sure (page history and authors); so (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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