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Definition of 'soon'

English

(wikipedia)

Adjective

(er)
  • Occurring within a short time, or quickly.
  • *{{quote-book|year=1927|author= F. E. Penny
  • |chapter=4|title= Pulling the Strings |passage=Soon after the arrival of Mrs. Campbell, dinner was announced by Abboye. He came into the drawing room resplendent in his gold-and-white turban. […] His cummerbund matched the turban in gold lines.}}

    Adverb

    (er)
  • (label) Immediately, instantly.
  • Within a short time; quickly.
  • * |chapter=1
  • |title= Mr. Pratt's Patients|chapter=1 |passage=I stumbled along through the young pines and huckleberry bushes. Pretty soon I struck into a sort of path that, I cal'lated, might lead to the road I was hunting for. It twisted and turned, and, the first thing I knew, made a sudden bend around a bunch of bayberry scrub and opened out into a big clear space like a lawn.}}
  • * |chapter=5
  • |title= The Mirror and the Lamp |passage=Then everybody once more knelt, and soon the blessing was pronounced. The choir and the clergy trooped out slowly,
  • *{{quote-magazine|date=2014-04-21|volume=411|issue=8884|magazine=(The Economist)
  • |title= Subtle effects |passage=Manganism has been known about since the 19th century, when miners exposed to ores containing manganese
  • Early.
  • * Bible, (w) ii. 18
  • How is it that ye are come so soon to-day?
  • Readily; willingly; used with would , or some other word expressing will.
  • * (Joseph Addison) (1672-1719)
  • I would as soon see a river winding through woods or in meadows, as when it is tossed up in so many whimsical figures at Versailles.

    Derived terms

    * get well soon * sooner or later * soon enough * soonish * too soon

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