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| soon [ soon ] |
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1. after short time: within or after a short time
  She soon realized that she had made a mistake.
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2. quickly: quickly or without much delay
How soon will you be ready?
I'll soon see about that!
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3. early: before a reasonable or the desired length of time has elapsed
Do you really have to go so soon?
It's a bit soon to be thinking of leaving, isn't it?
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4. willingly: used when expressing a preference for one alternative over another or an equal willingness to accept either, and often in the comparative form "sooner"
I'd sooner stay in than go out.
I'd as soon stay in as go out.
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| [ Old English sōna< W Germanic] |
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as soon as immediately after
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no sooner...than immediately after one thing had happened, another took place
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sooner or later inevitably or certainly at some as yet unspecifiable time
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