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so's

so's contraction: so that, in order that.

Contraction (1)

so's

  1. (contraction) So that, in order that.
    • Of all the queer collections of humans outside of a crazy asylum, it seemed to me this sanitarium was the cup winner. […] When you're well enough off so's you don't have to fret about anything but your heft or your diseases you begin to get queer, I suppose.1913, Joseph C[rosby] Lincoln, chapter V, in Mr. Pratt’s Patients, New York, N.Y.; London: D[aniel] Appleton and Company, →OCLC
  2. (contraction) To the extent that.
    • "Has he been working?" / "Not so's you'd notice."

Contraction (2)

so's

  1. (contraction) So is.
    • My father's at work right now. So's my mother.

Contraction (3)

so's

  1. (contraction) So has.
    • My father's gone away on holiday. So's my mother.

Origin of so's

Contraction of so as.

Contraction of so + is.

Contraction of so + has.

Questions about so's

What does so's mean?
So's means so that, in order that.
What part of speech is so's?
So's is a contraction.

Words near so's in the dictionary

  1. so to say
  2. so to speak
  3. so true, bestie
  4. so way
  5. so what
  6. so's
  7. So'ton
  8. so-and-so
  9. so-and-sos
  10. So-cal
  11. so-called

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