so's

contraction

So that, in order that.

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

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Meanings

so's1

contraction
  1. contractionSo 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. contractionTo the extent that.

    "Has he been working?" / "Not so's you'd notice."

so's2

contraction
  1. contractionSo is.

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

so's3

contraction
  1. contractionSo has.

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

Origin

so's · contraction

Contraction of so as.

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so's · contraction

Contraction of so + is.

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so's · contraction

Contraction of so + has.

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Cite this entry
APA

so's. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/so's

MLA

“so's.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/so's. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “so's,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/so's.

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