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- Conjunction. (non-gloss definition, Connecting noun clause (as involving reported speech etc.); introducing a subordinate noun clause.) (defdate, from 9th c.) .
- Conjunction. (archaic) Introducing a hypothetical fact or supposition: ‘given that’, ‘as would appear from the fact that’. (defdate, from 11th c.) .
- Conjunction. With antecedent (term, so) or (term, such) : introducing the result of the main clause. (defdate, from 11th c.) .
- Conjunction. (archaic) Without any antecedent: so that. (defdate, from 12th c.) .
- Determiner. The (thing) being indicated (at a distance from the speaker, or previously mentioned, or at another time).
- Pronoun. (context, demonstrative) That thing.
- Pronoun. (context, relative) Which, who.
- Adverb. (context, degree) To a given extent or degree; particularly.
- Adverb. (dialect, _) So, so much; very.
- Adverb. (dialect) indeed.
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