"SO" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: SOs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} SO (plural SOs)
  1. Initialism of significant other. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: significant other Related terms (significant other): GF, BF
    Sense id: en-SO-en-noun-nbWflJqR Disambiguation of 'significant other': 78 2 1 4 3 5 4 3
  2. (sports) Initialism of shut out. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: shut out Categories (topical): Sports
    Sense id: en-SO-en-noun-1SbzQ~e3 Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, sports
  3. (sports) Initialism of shootout. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: shootout Categories (topical): Sports
    Sense id: en-SO-en-noun-9-Easq70 Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, sports
  4. (baseball) Initialism of strike out. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: strike out Categories (topical): Baseball
    Sense id: en-SO-en-noun-T6qf0jUX Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English pronouns Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 1 7 6 11 24 22 24 4 0 Disambiguation of English pronouns: 1 9 5 14 20 21 21 5 4 Topics: ball-games, baseball, games, hobbies, lifestyle, sports
  5. (logic, computer science) Initialism of second-order logic. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: second-order logic Categories (topical): Computer science, Logic
    Sense id: en-SO-en-noun-l9OaUbu3 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English pronouns Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 1 7 6 11 24 22 24 4 0 Disambiguation of English pronouns: 1 9 5 14 20 21 21 5 4 Topics: computer, computing, engineering, human-sciences, logic, mathematics, natural-sciences, philosophy, physical-sciences, science, sciences
  6. (music) Initialism of symphony orchestra. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: symphony orchestra Categories (topical): Music
    Sense id: en-SO-en-noun-LOaAYb93 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English pronouns Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 1 7 6 11 24 22 24 4 0 Disambiguation of English pronouns: 1 9 5 14 20 21 21 5 4 Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
  7. (chemistry) Abbreviation of singlet oxygen. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of Alternative form of: singlet oxygen Categories (topical): Chemistry
    Sense id: en-SO-en-noun-Q83wPDFW Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English pronouns Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 1 7 6 11 24 22 24 4 0 Disambiguation of English pronouns: 1 9 5 14 20 21 21 5 4 Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
  8. (politics, parliamentary) Abbreviation of standing order. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of Alternative form of: standing order Categories (topical): Politics
    Sense id: en-SO-en-noun-OG~rMU7G Topics: government, politics

Pronoun

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  1. Initialism of someone. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: someone
    Sense id: en-SO-en-pron-T7WH6uDl

Inflected forms

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If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.