so's

contraction — 4 senses

so's

contraction

Etymology Contraction of so as.

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."

so's

contraction

Etymology Contraction of so + is.

1

Contraction So is.

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

so's

contraction

Etymology Contraction of so + has.

1

Contraction So has.

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

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