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soon

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adverb, -er, -est.

within a short period after this or that time, event, etc.: We shall know soon after he calls.

before long; in the near future; at an early date: Let's leave soon.

promptly or quickly: He came as soon as he could.

readily or willingly: I would as soon walk as ride.

early in a period of time; before the time specified is much advanced: soon at night; soon in the evening.

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Obsolete. immediately; at once; forthwith.

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Idioms

sooner or later, eventually: Sooner or later his luck will run out.

would sooner, to prefer to: I would sooner not go to their party. Compare rather (def. 8).

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Soon is always a great word to know.

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a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison.

a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes.

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Origin:
before 900; Middle English; Old English sōna; cognate with Old High German sān, Gothic suns

Can be confused: currently, immediately, momentarily, now, presently, soon (see synonym note at immediately; see usage note at presently).

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The days of face-to-face faculty meetings might soon come to an end.

It is uncertain how soon or how fast the oil will start gurgling again.

But that doesn't mean bunny cheese will soon be on.

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The days of face-to-face faculty meetings might soon come to an end.

It is uncertain how soon or how fast the oil will start gurgling again.

But that doesn't mean bunny cheese will soon be on.

Earth's fading field could mean a magnetic flip soon.

Soon the brash young soldier would display the courage and savvy that would take him to.

Plant bare-root trees as soon as possible after purchase.

Electric vehicles are getting a lot of attention lately, but internal combustion isn't going away anytime soon.

Texas officials will soon be nipping at the heels of.

But that may soon change, with the deployment in screens of structures called quantum dots.

Global climate change may soon make our planet a much itchier place.

Dams have been designed for river flows that will soon no longer apply, according to new research.

The bulky microphone soon took on a symbolic role, signifying the urgency and excitement of radio itself.

First one person stops, then another, and soon a small crowd grows around the fiddler as he plays foot-stomping music outside.

We further imagine that we'd soon hanker for a proper keyboard to get some work done.

Museums will soon be armed with a new tool to detect your fake paintings: a sharp-eyed computer program.

We traced its source soon enough, after climbing to the roof.

For amputees suffering from phantom pain, a computer-generated cure might soon be at hand.

Tiny devices may soon perform surgery, administer drugs and help diagnose disease.

In particular, the photographs of black persons by a white person may not testify soon again to such intimacy.

Provide support for vining peas as soon as tendrils form.

If the rest of this sci-fi arsenal follows, war may soon be unrecognizable.

College international offices could soon be drowning in data.

Given the attention he's brought to his university, he'll soon be asking for a bigger staff.

Check back soon for more about the conservation of this ecoregion.

Brain-scanning machines may soon be capable of discerning rudimentary thoughts and separating fact from fiction.

As they run from the attack, other juveniles become alarmed, and soon all of them are on the move.

Gather your flower bulbs as soon as they become available in nurseries.

And that shift, the scientists propose, followed soon after people first began wearing clothing.

So to have three articles published, you need to start as soon as possible.

Although this may soon be true for the web, however, it is not true for the internet as a whole.

There will soon be seven billion people on the planet.

Earth¿s fading field could mean a magnetic flip soon.

Stone soon discovers, though, that running a restaurant is a lot harder than it looks.

They grow fast and should be harvested and used as soon as they are big enough to eat.

Pretty soon this beaming, robust woman shows up, followed by a wizened little man with a cane.

Florida community-college students will soon find it easier to complete their bachelor's.

Brazil's bond markets have been rising on rumours that the big credit-rating agencies may soon upgrade the country.

Snakelike robots may soon fight terrorism, save lives, and repair everything from battleship engines to the human body.

Physicists could soon be creating black holes in the laboratory.

He contracted food poisoning and died soon afterwards.

Soon after bloom, the foliage yellows and dies down.

Hardware vendors and cable operators are building compatible products that should arrive in stores soon.

After registering, make sure to make your hotel reservations as soon as possible to ensure you receive the guaranteed room rate.

With that high-tech grace-note, a new sort of airship could soon safely ply the ocean blue.

Tired and scared, you trip over a dead log, and they soon surround you.

In practice, the results mean that you might soon be able to buy roses sporting soft petals all the way up the stem.

As soon as this time machine is built, time travel will commence, and continue to exist until someone turns off the machine.

If it's in your head, it could soon be on your calendar.

As soon as you move it, you'll need it for some reason and will pay penalties because of withdrawal rules.

But it should not need updating again any time soon.

He copped a few himself and was soon frolicking with his flock.

They have consigned smallpox to history and should soon do the same for polio.

Relieved of their duties, the surviving postal worker camels were soon sent to zoos.

Pieces are done as soon as they are no longer pink in the center.

The notion that college professors lead easy lives isn't quite dead, but it may soon be history.

New patrol boats will soon arrive to chase the smugglers.

Soon heavy snow began to fall, and the temperature plunged.

But new research suggests that scientists may soon be able to achieve the next best thing using a.

But it isn't likely to appear anytime soon in a dictionary.

As soon as blossoms fade, shear plants back by half or cut faded flower stems to the ground to encourage rebloom.

Pfund seemed unfazed by the number of projects that will soon be angling for presses' e-book business.

China will soon boast more internet users than any other country.

Soon cowboys herd the ponies through town to the carnival grounds.

Autonomous machines will soon play a big role in our lives.

Drivers began making camping alterations to cars almost as soon as they were introduced.

These are ready to pick as soon as the peas swell the pods.

Unless one is an idiot, but if so, people will find out soon enough anyway.

Vavuniya may soon lose its pavement hawkers, however.

In addition, the corrections appear to have been made soon after the original was completed.

Breathalyzers, long a tool in police officers' quivers, may be coming soon to a doctor's office near.

In cold-winter climates, plant as soon as the soil is workable in spring.

But there is little doubt that the software will soon be a big seller in campus bookshops and in technology superstores.

But soon after losing their children they too died.

The expedition's food supplies soon began to dwindle.

Damaged or diseased brains could soon get a boost from implanted prosthetics.

Smog will damage tender young plants, but they soon toughen up.

The rule, which has drawn strong attacks from for-profit colleges, is expected out soon.

It was soon clear that it was only a matter of time before the internet would exhaust its supply of addresses.

Our majestic national bird is flying high over much of its former range and may soon be off the endangered list.

Researchers will soon be offering a simple test that aims to tell patients how quickly they are aging.

Plant bulbs in fall or spring as soon as possible after you get them.

He said he will send me the start-up letter as soon as the dean signed.

His abilities were soon clear, and within ten years he was in the cabinet.

The courts will soon decide how much of the dunes will remain open to off-roaders.

Decomposing pigs may soon aid in recovering bodies from disasters and uncovering clues at crime scenes.

Radishes should be harvested as soon as they're big enough for salads.

Soon it is time to leave the open ocean for coastal waters.

The days of fast-fading cellular phone batteries may soon be over.

If you're growing onions for the green tops, pull them as soon as they're ready.

Brimberg soon got the hang of the so-called pinhole technique and used it to create this and the following floral portraits.

Most seismologists agree that predicting earthquakes days in advance is not going to be possible anytime soon.

You'll soon learn to judge how long to water each plant to soak its root zone thoroughly.

Five of the thirteen victims had been only partially buried, and soon they were able to join the search.

But new techniques for growing laser diodes could soon make brilliant full-spectrum displays a reality.

It's best to plant bare-root plants as soon as possible after purchase.

But as soon as the officers move off to another public beach, more hurricane pilgrims appear.

One researcher thinks so, and he could soon get a billion euros to build it.

Pruning is not complicated, and these are forgiving plants that will soon recover from any mistakes.

Suppressed, the tribes were returned to the reservation soon thereafter.

Soon after, this roiling slurry bursts across the flatter lowlands, entombing the unsuspecting animals in its path.

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soon (suːn)

—*adv*
1.	in or after a short time; in a little while; before long: the doctor will soon be here
2.	as soon as at the very moment that: she burst into tears as soon as she saw him
3.	as soon…as used to indicate that the second alternative mentioned is not preferable to the first: I'd just as soon go by train as drive

[Old English sōna; related to Old High German sāno, Gothic suns]

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Word Origin & History

soon

O.E. sona "at once, immediately," from W.Gmc. *sæno (cf. O.Fris. son, O.S. sana, O.H.G. san, Goth. suns "soon"). Sense shifted early M.E. to "within a short time" through human nature (cf. anon). Amer.Eng. Sooner for "Oklahoma native" is 1930, from the fact that in 1889 many settlers of the territory

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snuck onto public land and staked their claims "sooner" than the legal date and time.

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Idioms & Phrases

soon

see as soon as; fool and his money are soon parted; had rather (sooner); just as soon; no sooner said than done; speak too soon.