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  1. adverb In the near future; shortly.
  2. adverb Without hesitation; promptly: came as soon as possible.
  3. adverb Before the usual or appointed time; early.
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  1. Middle English sone, from Old English sōna, immediately, soon.

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  1. from Middle English soone, sone, soune, sune (comparative sonere, sonnere, sunnere), from AS, sōna (with adverbial suffix -a, as in twiwa, twice, etc., not present in most of the other forms) = Old Saxon sāna, sāno, sāne, sān = OFries. sān, sōn = MD, saen = MLG-. sān = Middle High German sān (cf. OHG, Middle High German sā); cf. Icel, senn, soon; Gothic (Moesogothic) suns, immediately; prob. akin to Anglo-Saxon swā, etc., so: see so.
  2. from soon, adv.
 

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