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so that

so that conjunction: indicates result; in order that, with the result that.

Conjunction

so that

  1. Indicates result; in order that, with the result that.
    • He must die so that (as a result) others may/might live.
    • You so create your own activities that you find them fulfilling.
  2. Indicates purpose; in such a way that, with the intent that.
    • He tied a complex knot so that others would find it hard to undo.
    • I’ll open a window, so that we’ll get some fresh air in here.

so that meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali

so that in Hindi

in order to
ताकि tāki

so that in Tamil

அதனால், அதன் விளைவாக

so that in Urdu

تاکہ

so that in Bengali

in order to
যাতে jate
More languagesFewer languages
so that in Malayalam
അതിനാൽ atināl
so that in Arabic
حَتَّى ḥattā
so that in Malay
agar, supaya
so that in Indonesian
agar, supaya
so that in Persian
تا tâ, که ke

Examples of so that in a sentence

  • He seized his axe, which he had made very sharp, and as the leader of the wolves came on the Tin Woodman swung his arm and chopped the wolf's head from its body, so that it immediately died.1900 May 17, L[yman] Frank Baum, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, Chicago, Ill.; New York, N.Y.: Geo[rge] M[elvin] Hill Co., →OCLC:
  • He'd never been in stir, the bulls had never mugged him, he didn't run with a mob, he played a lone hand, and fenced his stuff so that even the fence couldn't swear he knew his face.1920, Mary Roberts Rinehart, Avery Hopwood, chapter I, in The Bat: A Novel from the Play (Dell Book; 241), New York, N.Y.: Dell Publishing...

Synonyms of so that

Origin of so that

From Middle English so that, so þat, sa þat, swo þat, swa þat, from Old English swā þæt, equivalent to so + that. Cognate with Saterland Frisian sodät, West Frisian sadat, Dutch zodat, German sodaß, sodass.

Questions about so that

What does so that mean?
So that means indicates result; in order that, with the result that.
What is so that in Hindi?
So that in Hindi is ताकि (tāki). See So that meaning in Hindi.
How do you use so that in a sentence?
He seized his axe, which he had made very sharp, and as the leader of the wolves came on the Tin Woodman swung his arm and chopped the wolf's head from its body, so that it immediately died.
What part of speech is so that?
So that is a conjunction.

Words near so that in the dictionary

  1. so quiet one can hear a pin drop
  2. so quiet one could hear a pin drop
  3. so quiet you can hear a pin drop
  4. so shoot me
  5. so so
  6. so that
  7. so there
  8. so they had said
  9. so they said
  10. so they say
  11. so to say

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: so that (page history and authors); so that (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); so that (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); അതിനാൽ (Malayalam) (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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