so that

Conjunction

Meaning

Indicates purpose; in order that, with the result that.
He must die so that others might live.

Indicates purpose; in such a way that, with the intent that.
He tied a complex knot so that others would find it hard to undo.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Synonyms

thus so that lest to thereby whereby in order that

Antonyms

lest shy away from

Related terms

in order in order to in order for

Examples

This is how you pray continually, not by offering prayer in words, but by joining yourself to God through your whole way of life, so that your life becomes one continuous and uninterrupted prayer. Basil of Caesarea

When people are empty of Christ, a thousand and one other things come and fill them up: jealousies, hatreds, boredom, melancholy, resentment, a worldly outlook, worldly pleasures. Try to fill your soul with Christ so that it's not empty. Porphyrios of Kafsokalyvia

Let us live so that when we come to die even the undertaker will be sorry. Mark Twain

Give a horse to the one who likes the truth so that on it he can escape. Armenian Proverb

One man's house burns so that another may warm himself. Hindi Proverb

If you want to give a sick man medicine, let him first be really ill -- so that he can see how well the medicine works. Nigerian Proverb

Close letter words and terms

so shoot me so stiff so stupid so the story goes so there