so's

See also: Appendix:Variations of "sos"

English

Etymology 1

Contraction of so as.

Contraction

so's

  1. So that, in order that.
    • 1913, Joseph C[rosby] Lincoln, chapter V, in Mr. Pratt’s Patients, New York, N.Y.; London: D[aniel] Appleton and Company, →OCLC:
      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.
  2. To the extent that.
    "Has he been working?" / "Not so's you'd notice."

Etymology 2

Contraction of so is.

Contraction

so's

  1. So is.
    My father's at work right now. So's my mother.

Etymology 3

Contraction of so has.

Contraction

so's

  1. So has.
    My father's gone away on holiday. So's my mother.

Anagrams

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