What does so mean?

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[n] the syllable naming the fifth (dominant) note of any musical scale in solmization[r] to a very great extent or degree(the idea is so obvious never been so happy I love you so my head aches so!)[r] in a manner that facilitates(he observed the snakes so he could describe their behavior h

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[n] the syllable naming the fifth (dominant) note of any musical scale in solmization

[r] to a very great extent or degree
(the idea is so obvious never been so happy I love you so my head aches so!)

[r] in a manner that facilitates
(he observed the snakes so he could describe their behavior he stooped down so he could pick up his hat)

[r] in such a condition or manner, especially as expressed or implied
(They're happy and I hope they will remain so so live your life that old age will bring no regrets)

[r] to a certain unspecified extent or degree
(I can only go so far with this student can do only so much in a day)

[r] in the same way; also
(I was offended and so was he worked hard and so did she)

[r] in the way indicated
(hold the brush so set up the pieces thus)

[r] (usually followed by `that') to an extent or degree as expressed
(he was so tired he could hardly stand so dirty that it smells)

[r] subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
(then he left go left first, then right first came lightning, then thunder we watched the late movie and then went to bed and so home and to bed)

[r] (used to introduce a logical conclusion) from that fact or reason or as a result
(therefore X must be true the eggs were fresh and hence satisfactory we were young and thence optimistic it is late and thus we must go the witness is biased and so cannot be trusted)

[r] in truth (often tends to intensify)
(they said the car would break down and indeed it did it is very cold indeed was indeed grateful indeed, the rain may still come he did so do it!)

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The first recorded dictionaries date back to Sumerian times around 2300 BCE, in the form of bilingual dictionaries, and the oldest surviving monolingual dictionaries are Chinese dictionaries c. 3rd century BCE. The first purely English alphabetical dictionary was A Table Alphabeticall, written in 1604, and monolingual dictionaries in other languages also began appearing in Europe at around this time. The systematic study of dictionaries as objects of scientific interest arose as a 20th-century enterprise, called lexicography, and largely initiated by Ladislav Zgusta. The birth of the new discipline was not without controversy, with the practical dictionary-makers being sometimes accused by others of having an "astonishing" lack of method and critical-self reflection.