1. a) [+adj/adverb] used to emphasize how great a feeling or quality is, or how large an amount is It was so embarrassing! Why didn't you call? We were so ... So-so · And so · So far · So-called

a very unpleasant or unreasonable person – used when you want to avoid using a swear word. Peter can be a real so-and-so at times.

used when you cannot be exact about a number, amount, or period of time and you think it may be a little more than the figure you are mentioning.

so long meaning, definition, what is so long: goodbye: Learn more.

2 used to show that something or someone is usually called a particular name the health threats posed by so-called 'mad cow disease'Examples from the Corpusso- ...

adjective, adverb spoken neither very good nor very bad SYN average 'How was the party?' 'Oh, so-so.'

and so meaning, definition, what is and so: and therefore: Learn more.

used when you are saying something in words that do not have their usual meaning. We have to pull down the barriers, so to speak, of poverty.

The meaning of SO LONG is —used to express farewell.

a) used to say that one thing can happen or be true only if another thing happens or is true You can go out to play as long as you stay in the back yard.