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
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I(after a quantity) approximately
a dozen or so people
see or I
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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.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.