"or so" meaning in English

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Phrase

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), suunnilleen (Finnish), noin (Finnish), oder so (German), 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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          "code": "cmn",
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          "sense": "roughly, appoximately",
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          "sense": "roughly, appoximately",
          "word": "eller noe"
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          "word": "omlag"
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          "sense": "roughly, appoximately",
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          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "roughly, appoximately",
          "word": "cerca de"
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          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "roughly, appoximately",
          "word": "ao redor de"
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        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "roughly, appoximately",
          "word": "à volta de"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "roughly, appoximately",
          "word": "mais ou menos"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
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          "sense": "roughly, appoximately",
          "word": "aproximadamente"
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          "roman": "ili okolo tovo",
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          "word": "или около того"
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          "sense": "roughly, appoximately",
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      "sense": "roughly, appoximately",
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      "sense": "roughly, appoximately",
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      "sense": "roughly, appoximately",
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      "sense": "roughly, appoximately",
      "word": "z okładem"
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      "sense": "roughly, appoximately",
      "word": "cerca de"
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      "code": "pt",
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      "sense": "roughly, appoximately",
      "word": "ao redor de"
    },
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      "code": "pt",
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      "sense": "roughly, appoximately",
      "word": "à volta de"
    },
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      "code": "pt",
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      "sense": "roughly, appoximately",
      "word": "mais ou menos"
    },
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      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "roughly, appoximately",
      "word": "aproximadamente"
    },
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      "code": "ru",
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      "sense": "roughly, appoximately",
      "word": "или около того"
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      "sense": "roughly, appoximately",
      "word": "no mar sin"
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