Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

so far

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.46 in modern English

Syllables: so -far
IPA

8

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

Until now; previously; yet.

adv

A limited distance, literal or metaphorical.

Example Sentences

"So far, nothing unusual has happened."
"―How are your driving lessons? ―So far, pretty good."
"Don’t expect a long walk. You can only go so far in that direction."
"As a political system democracy seems to me extraordinarily foolish, but I would not go out of my way to protest against it. My servant is, so far as I am concerned, welcome to as many votes as he can get. I would very gladly make mine over to him if I could."
"British journalists shun complete respectability, feeling a duty to be ready to savage the mighty, or rummage through their bins. Elsewhere in Europe, government contracts and subsidies ensure that press barons will only defy the mighty so far."

Etymology

Compound of so + far. Compare Dutch zo ver.

Phrases

so close, and yet so far so far so bad so far so good

Frequently Paired Words

not yet already at the moment

Synonyms

thus far to date hitherto as yet as of yet erenow herebefore hereto heretofore heretoforetime hereunto hereuntofore

Questions

What does so far mean?: Until now; previously; yet.
Where does so far come from?: Compound of so + far. Compare Dutch zo ver.

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