so's
See also: sos, SOS, S.O.S., sós, sôs, søs, Søs, and šos
English
Etymology 1
Contraction of so as.
Contraction
so's
- So that, in order that.
- 1913, Joseph C. Lincoln, chapter 5, in Mr. Pratt's Patients:
- 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.
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- To the extent that.
- "Has he been working?" / "Not so's you'd notice."
Etymology 2
Contraction of so is.
Contraction
so's
- So is.
- My father's at work right now. So's my mother.
Etymology 3
Contraction of so has.
Contraction
so's
- So has.
- My father's gone away on holiday. So's my mother.
Anagrams
- 'oss, OSS, OSs, SSO, oss