"or so" meaning in English

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Head templates: {{head|en|phrase}} or so
  1. Roughly, approximately. Translations (roughly, appoximately): 大約 (Chinese Mandarin), 大约 (dàyuē) (Chinese Mandarin), 左右 (zuǒyòu) (Chinese Mandarin), of zo (Dutch), suunnilleen (Finnish), noin (Finnish), oder so (German), nó faoin tuairim sin (Irish), eller noe (Norwegian), omtrent (Norwegian Bokmål), omlag (Norwegian Nynorsk), mniej więcej (Polish), z hakiem (Polish), z okładem (Polish), cerca de (Portuguese), ao redor de (Portuguese), à volta de (Portuguese), mais ou menos (Portuguese), aproximadamente (Portuguese), или около того (ili okolo tovo) (Russian), no mar sin (Scottish Gaelic), más o menos (Spanish)
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          "sense": "roughly, appoximately",
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          "sense": "roughly, appoximately",
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          "word": "nó faoin tuairim sin"
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          "sense": "roughly, appoximately",
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          "word": "omlag"
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          "word": "mniej więcej"
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          "word": "cerca de"
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          "sense": "roughly, appoximately",
          "word": "ao redor de"
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      "sense": "roughly, appoximately",
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      "sense": "roughly, appoximately",
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      "word": "omtrent"
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      "word": "omlag"
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      "word": "mniej więcej"
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      "word": "cerca de"
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      "sense": "roughly, appoximately",
      "word": "ao redor de"
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      "word": "mais ou menos"
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      "sense": "roughly, appoximately",
      "word": "aproximadamente"
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      "word": "или около того"
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      "word": "no mar sin"
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