Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adverb In the near future; shortly.
- adverb Just prior to something; shortly.
- adverb Without hesitation; promptly or speedily.
- adverb With willingness; readily.
- adverb Archaic Before the usual or appointed time; early.
- adverb Obsolete Immediately.
- idiom (no sooner … than) As soon as.
- idiom (sooner or later) At some time; eventually.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Early; speedy; quick.
- At once; forthwith; immediately.
- In a short time; at an early date or an early moment; before long; shortly; presently: as, winter will soon be here; I hope to see you soon.
- Early; before the time specified is much advanced: when the time, event, or the like has but just arrived: as, soon in the morning; soon at night (that is, early in the evening, or as soon as night sets in); soon at five o′ clock (that is, as soon as the hour of five arrives): an old locution still in use in the southern United States.
- Early; before the usual, proper, set, or expected time.
- Quickly; speedily; easily.
- Readily; willingly; gladly: in this sense generally accompanied by would or some other word expressing will, and often in the comparative sooner, ‘rather.’
- Synonyms and
- Betimes, etc. (see
early ), promptly, quickly. - Lief.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective obsolete Speedy; quick.
- adverb In a short time; shortly after any time specified or supposed.
- adverb Without the usual delay; before any time supposed; early.
- adverb Promptly; quickly; easily.
- adverb Readily; willingly; -- in this sense used with
would , or some other word expressingwill . - adverb immediately at or after another event.
- adverb [Obs.] as soon as; or, as soon as the time referred to arrives.
- adverb at some uncertain time in the future.
- adverb [Obs.] as soon as any; among the earliest; too soon.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Occurring within a short time, or quickly
- adverb obsolete Immediately, instantly
- adverb Within a short time;
quickly - adverb
early
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adverb in the near future
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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That they will soon become a kind of separate and independant people; who will set up for themselves, -- will _soon_ have manufactures of their own, -- will _neither_ take supplies from the mother country, nor the provinces at _the back_ of which they are settled: -- That being at such a distance from the seat of _government_, from _courts_,
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"Come along, as soon as you wish -- but don't come _too soon_."
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Your answer is, in fact, an identical proposition; for, when you say, "_As soon as_ profits are absorbed," I retort, Ay, no doubt "_as soon_" as they are; but when will that be?
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Your answer is, in fact, an identical proposition; for, when you say, "_As soon as_ profits are absorbed," I retort, Ay, no doubt "_as soon_" as they are; but when will that be?
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St. Thomas having maintained, that we are obliged to love God as soon as we attain the use of reason, the Jesuit Sirmond answered him, _that is very soon_.
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He’ll be here soon, I fancy. text reads _soon, I, fancy.
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Never thought of _death_, or even looked upon it, for mother told us there was no need of harrowing up our feelings -- it would come soon enough, she said; and to me, who hoped to live so long, it has come _too soon_ -- all too soon; "and the hot tears rained through the transparent fingers, clasped so convulsively over her face.
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Shostakovich himself never saw the film, so it was presumably under orders from the Stalin regime that his name soon appeared on a copyright infringement suit filed in this country.
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In sixth grade I earned the nickname "Medusa" because of my hair, and the nickname soon caught on -- that and "Daisy Mae" because of my overalls.
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In sixth grade I earned the nickname "Medusa" because of my hair, and the nickname soon caught on -- that and "Daisy Mae" because of my overalls.
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