so that

1. In order that, as in I stopped so that you could catch up .

2. With the result or consequence that, as in Mail the package now so that it will arrive on time .

3. so ... that . In such a way or to such an extent that, as in The line was so long that I could scarcely find the end of it . All three usages date from a.d. 1000 or earlier, and the first two are sometimes put simply as so , as in I stopped so you could catch up , or Mail it now so it will arrive on time .

Example Sentences

When Nixon told America that Vietnamization would strengthen the South Vietnamese “so that they could defend themselves when we left,” he was lying.

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"And we want to honour it so that it doesn't go into extinction."

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At 14 or 15 I got invited to train on Thursday morning at Sunderland and train with the youth team, so I used to have a day and a half off school so that was when I thought that I was sticking it properly then.

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“And not one guy took the option. So that was pretty exciting for me. It just speaks to where these guys are at. ... We’re gonna keep going, and keep fighting.”

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Smith claims he faced retaliation for reporting a fellow captain who said police were justified in using force against a protester who held a placard turned sideways “so that the pole can be used as a weapon against officers.”

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