soon

[soon]

In the near future

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In a short time; shortly after any time specified or supposed; as, soon after sunrise.

Adverb
in the near future; "the doctor will soon be here"; "the book will appear shortly"; "she will arrive presently"; "we should have news before long"


adv.
In a short time; shortly after any time specified or supposed; as, soon after sunrise.

adv.
Without the usual delay; before any time supposed; early.

adv.
Promptly; quickly; easily.

adv.
Readily; willingly; -- in this sense used with would, or some other word expressing will.

a.
Speedy; quick.


Soon

Soon , adv. [OE. sone, AS. sna; cf. OFries. sn, OS. s'bena, s'beno, OHG. s'ber, Goth. suns.] 1. In a short time; shortly after any time specified or supposed; as, soon after sunrise. "Sooner said than done." Old Proverb. "As soon as it might be." Chaucer.
She finished, and the subtle fiend his lore Soon learned.
2. Without the usual delay; before any time supposed; early.
How is it that ye are come so soon to-day?
3. Promptly; quickly; easily.
Small lights are soon blown out, huge fires abide.
4. Readily; willingly; -- in this sense used with would, or some other word expressing will.
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.
As soon as, ∨ So soon as, imediately at or after another event. "As soon as he came nigh unto the camp . . . he saw the calf, and the dancing." Ex. xxxii. 19. See So . . . as, under So. -- Soon at, as soon as; or, as soon as the time referred to arrives. [Obs.] "I shall be sent for soon at night." Shak. -- Sooner or later, at some uncertain time in the future; as, he will discover his mistake sooner or later. -- With the soonest, as soon as any; among the earliest; too soon. [Obs.] Holland.

Soon

Soon, a. Speedy; quick. [Obs.] Shak.

In a short time; shortly after any time specified or supposed; as, soon after sunrise.

Speedy; quick.

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Usage Examples

Anger will never disappear so long as thoughts of resentment are cherished in the mind. Anger will disappear just as soon as thoughts of resentment are forgotten.

As soon as beauty is sought not from religion and love, but for pleasure, it degrades the seeker.

A government, for protecting business only, is but a carcass, and soon falls by its own corruption and decay.

A lot of journalists like to suck up to celebrities, and then as soon as they're a safe distance away at their computers, they take shots. But that's the way society has become, especially in pop culture.

Any nation that thinks more of its ease and comfort than its freedom will soon lose its freedom and the ironical thing about it is that it will lose its ease and comfort too.

A truly good book teaches me better than to read it. I must soon lay it down, and commence living on its hint. What I began by reading, I must finish by acting.

Alas! if the principles of contentment are not within us, the height of station and worldly grandeur will as soon add a cubit to a man's stature as to his happiness.

All around me insisted that my doubts proved only my own ignorance and sinfulness that they knew by experience they would soon give place to true knowledge, and an advance in religion and I felt something like indecision.

Misspelled Form

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Other Usage Examples

A billion here, a billion there, and pretty soon you're talking about real money.

A fool and his money are soon parted.

A fool and his money are soon elected.

A fool and her money are soon courted.

As kids we didn't complain about being poor we talked about how rich we were going to be and made moves to get the lifestyle we aspired to by any means we could. And as soon as we had a little money, we were eager to show it.

A people that values its privileges above its principles soon loses both.

Any act often repeated soon forms a habit and habit allowed, steady gains in strength, At first it may be but as a spider's web, easily broken through, but if not resisted it soon binds us with chains of steel.

A lot of people quit looking for work as soon as they find a job.

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