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SOA

SOA is the initialism of Sarbanes-Oxley Act.

SOA is the initialism of School of the Americas.

SOA is the initialism of Society of Actuaries.

SOA is the initialism of Society of Ancients.

SOA is the initialism of state of the art.

SOA is the initialism of semiconductor optical amplifier.

Meaning of state of the art

Noun

state of the art (uncountable)

  1. The condition of scientific or technical knowledge, particularly the peak or highest level thereof, at a particular time.
    • The foregoing may be considered to present perhaps a very gloomy outlook both for the would-be inventor, the actual patentee, or for those having capital invested in a patent, since it is easy to see that it is quite impossible in the ordinary run of cases fully to ascertain beyond peradventure...1903 August 15, “Supplement, No. 1441”, in Scientific American, page xlii
    Synonyms:
    SOTA

See all 2 meanings of state of the art

Noun capitalized: SoA

SoA

  1. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of structure of arrays.

Proper noun (1) capitalized: SoA

SoA

  1. (UK, abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of Society of Authors, a United Kingdom trade union.
    • The SoA wants Amazon to clearly label products as AI-generated and allow readers to filter out AI titles.2023 September 30, James Tapper, “Authors shocked to find AI ripoffs of their books being sold on Amazon”, in The Observer, →ISSN

Proper noun (2) capitalized: Soa

Soa

  1. An island of Argyll and Bute, Scotland, United Kingdom, any of three islands so named.

Forms of SOA

pluralSOAs

Words formed from SOA

  • Island of Soa
  • Soa Island

Questions about SOA

What does SOA mean?
SOA means an island of Argyll and Bute, Scotland, United Kingdom, any of three islands so named.
What is SOA the initialism of?
SOA is the initialism of Sarbanes-Oxley Act.
What part of speech is SOA?
SOA can be a noun or a proper noun.
What is the plural of SOA?
The plural of SOA is SOAs.

Words near SOA in the dictionary

  1. so.
  2. So. Be.
  3. So.Be.
  4. SO15
  5. SO2
  6. SOA
  7. SOAB
  8. Soacha
  9. SOAD
  10. Soady
  11. soak

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Adapted from Wiktionary: SOA (page history and authors); SoA (page history and authors); Soa (page history and authors); state of the art (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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