Soon

  • 21soon — [[t]su͟ːn[/t]] ♦ sooner, soonest 1) ADV GRADED: ADV with v, ADV after n/cl, ADV afterwards If something is going to happen soon, it will happen after a short time. If something happened soon after a particular time or event, it happened a short… …

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  • 22soon */*/*/ — UK [suːn] / US [sun] adverb Word forms soon : comparative sooner superlative soonest 1) a) within a short time from now If we don t leave soon, we re going to miss our bus. Mum phoned to say she d be home soon. pretty soon: If he doesn t show up… …

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  • 23soon — bas·soon; bas·soon·ist; cas·soon; gor·soon; gos·soon; mon·soon; soon·er; soon; eft·soon; mon·soon·al; …

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  • 24soon*/*/*/ — [suːn] adv 1) within a short time If we don t leave soon, we re going to miss our bus.[/ex] Mum phoned to say she d be home soon.[/ex] If he doesn t show up pretty soon, I m leaving.[/ex] Danny showed up soon after you left.[/ex] 2) quickly How… …

    Dictionary for writing and speaking English

  • 25soon — adv. 1 after no long interval of time (shall soon know the result). 2 relatively early (must you go so soon?). 3 (prec. by how) early (with relative rather than distinctive sense) (how soon will it be ready?). 4 readily or willingly (in… …

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  • 26soon — /soohn/, adv., sooner, soonest. 1. within a short period after this or that time, event, etc.: We shall know soon after he calls. 2. before long; in the near future; at an early date: Let s leave soon. 3. promptly or quickly: He came as soon as… …

    Universalium

  • 27soon — Within a reasonable time; as soon as practicable; as soon as; as soon as may be. Phrase soon as practicable means within a reasonable time. Miller v. Zurich General Ace. & Liability Ins. Co., 36 N.J.Super. 288, 115 A.2d 597, 600 …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 28soon — adverb Etymology: Middle English soone, from Old English sōna; akin to Old High German sān immediately Date: before 12th century 1. a. obsolete at once ; immediately b. without undue time lapse ; before long < soon …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 29soon — [[t]sun[/t]] adv. er, est 1) within a short period; before long: soon after dark[/ex] 2) promptly; quickly: Finish as soon as you can[/ex] 3) readily or willingly: I would as soon walk as ride[/ex] 4) Obs. immediately; at once; forthwith • sooner …

    From formal English to slang

  • 30soon —   Koke, auane i, koe, aku, eia aku.    ♦ As soon as, i, iā, hākālia nō ā, lawa; loa (rare).    ♦ As soon as I, ia u.    ♦ No sooner than, i.    ♦ No sooner than I, ia u.    ♦ As soon as the sun shines, let s go, aia ā pā ka lā, hele kāua …

    English-Hawaiian dictionary