and so on

phrase

ən-ˈsō-ˌȯn 

-ˌän

: and so forth

Examples of and so on in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Wages, signing-on bonuses, agent fees and so on all inflate a total costing far beyond the club-to-club number. — Kaya Kaynak, New York Times, 14 Aug. 2026

From there, Sooper extended its reach to collaborators of label artists, then collaborators of those collaborators, and so on. — Hannah Edgar, Chicago Tribune, 14 Aug. 2026

Eventually that carbon will begin to fuse into neon, then the neon will fuse into magnesium, and so on up the periodic table until iron builds up in the core. — Phil Plait, Scientific American, 14 Aug. 2026

Ten was of course too many, what with the addition of camp helpers, assistants, aides and so on. — Paul Schullery, Outdoor Life, 13 Aug. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1587, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for and so on

• aileron
• antiphon
• autobahn
• carillon
• castellan
• celadon
• cephalon
• cynodon
• denouement
• deuteron
• echelon
• epsilon