and so on
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1.4
- idiom
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etcétera
- The Strength card would determine the beast's strength, the speed card would determine its quickness, and so on.
- and so on and forth
- equipment, and so on
- parent, scientist, and so on
And I was meeting the head of the guerrilla group and the leaders and so on in Geneva.
- And I was meeting the head of the guerrilla group and the leaders and so on in Geneva.
- This is somewhat for fun, for research, for innovation and so on.
- It's also about agricultural yields and IQ test scores and so on.
- Nazareth was a very pious place and so on.
- Do you have ATV, you know, and, and so on and so forth.
- Can I really put these to use and so on?
Examples
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You need to pack your swimming gear, sunscreen, snacks, and so on for the beach trip.
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Juan and Timothy found books about the rainforest, and so on.
Academic text (2013) -
Well, we'll certainly need someone to deal with wages and so on during the busy season.
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Welfare, food stamps, and so on; sorry, get Americans jobs and those will all go down.
Blog text (24) -
Like apples, bananas, cherries, and so on.
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All around me was an ordinary Southern woodland, with bugs fiddling and clicking and so on.
Fiction book (2000) -
One might explore the personal style of a scriptwriter, a cinematographer, a set designer, and so on.
Academic text (1998) -
That's the stage at which you would distinguish reptiles, birds, fish, mammals, and so on from one another.
Blog text (30) -
We have the list of reasons for loyalty: guilt towards others, shared suffering, common struggle, common strength, weakness, need for closeness, common hatred, shared humor, and so on.
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However, a twenty-first-century citizen, parent, worker, professional, and so on, will depend on a radically altered definition of what constitutes an "educated person."
Academic text (1995)
Synonyms
259
2.0
A thing like the one just mentioned
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1.0
Use to refer to other things like those already mentioned
11
3.5
Things or people similar to those just mentioned
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9.9
A short spoken word that shows there are more similar things not said
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5.7
Other things like the ones mentioned
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7.7
Other similar things not mentioned
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3.3
Shows there are other similar items in a list
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7.9
Other similar things you could mention
How Inclusive
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'and other similar things' is directly inferable from the constituents: 'and' signals addition and 'so on' marks continuation/remaining items. This is a common discourse pattern with clear cross-linguistic equivalents (e.g. et cetera, y así sucesivamente, など), so a B1 learner who knows the words would readily understand it.
Etymology
And so on comes from the idea of pointing to more similar things without naming them, for example saying 'books, pens, paper, and so on' to include other items of the same kind. That's why it means 'other similar things'.