Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

and so on

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: 6.33 in modern English

Syllables: and -so on
IPA

8

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

phrase

Used to indicate that a list continues in a similar manner.

Example Sentences

"Put things where you will use them: sponges next to the sink, knives next to the cutting board, and so on."
"The dirty secret of the internet is that all this distraction and interruption is immensely profitable. Web companies like to boast about "creating compelling content", or offering services that let you "stay up to date with what your friends are doing", "share the things you love with the world" and so on."
"During Destroy Dick December, "you masturbate until completion in a quantity in relation to the date." This means that you must nut once on Dec. 1, twice on Dec. 2, and so on until you reach 31 times on Dec. 31."
"[…] It could ensure that the labour force is on board with a scheme to make the railways a key area of skills development - not just in engineering, but in other aspects of railway operation, just as it was under BR. And so on. But at the moment, all we are hearing are vague plans to 'renationalise the railways', whereas what is needed is a well-worked-out strategy for a public-owned railway."

Phrases

and a partridge in a pear tree

Frequently Paired Words

and a partridge in a pear tree

Synonyms

and so forth etc. et cetera you name it etcetera

Questions

What does and so on mean?: Used to indicate that a list continues in a similar manner.

How to pronounce and so on

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