or so

adverb

(of quantities) imprecise but fairly close to correct (Freq. 8)

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lasted approximately an hour

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in just about a minute

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he's about 30 years old

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I've had about all I can stand

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we meet about once a month

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some forty people came

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weighs around a hundred pounds

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roughly $3,000

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holds 3 gallons, more or less

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20 or so people were at the party

• Syn:

↑approximately, ↑about, ↑close to, ↑just about, ↑some, ↑roughly, ↑more or less, ↑around

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I

(after a quantity) approximately

a dozen or so people

II

see or I

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or so — see ↑so, 2

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Main Entry: ↑or

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or so

— used to say that a number, amount, etc., is not exact

We plan to stay a week or so. [=we plan to stay about a week]

Tickets cost $20 or so.

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Main Entry: ↑so

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or so idiom

about

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It'll cost €100 or so.

Main entry: ↑or_idiom