Meaning

3 senses
  1. Short in length of time from the present.

    I need the soonest date you have available.

  2. (US, dialectal)Early.

  3. Used as an alternative to express 'to be going to' in the form 'to be soon to'.

    Hurry up, the wedding is soon to start!

    A new shop is soon to be opened in this street.

Examples

7799 sentences
  1. I hope to see you soon.

    Я сподіваюся скоро вас побачити. — aandrusiak

    ruЯ надеюсь скоро тебя увидеть. — odexed

    deIch hoffe, wir sehen uns bald! — Esperantostern

  2. The holidays ended all too soon.

    Свята закінчилися аж занадто швидко. — deniko

    deDie Ferien waren allzu schnell vorbei. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  3. It is going to rain soon.

    Незабаром піде дощ. — aandrusiak

    ruСкоро пойдёт дождь. — sismic

    deEs wird bald regnen. — MUIRIEL

  4. Come as soon as you can.

    Приходь якомога скоріше. — uaspeaker

    ruПриходи как можно скорее. — Hellerick

    deKomm, sobald du kannst. — virgil

  5. I hope you'll soon get well.

    Сподіваюсь, ти скоро одужаєш. — ascolto

    ruНадеюсь, ты скоро поправишься. — Hellerick

    deIch hoffe, es wird Ihnen bald besser gehen. — cburgmer

Origin

From Middle English sone, from Old English sōna (“immediately, at once”), from Proto-West

From Middle English sone, from Old English sōna (“immediately, at once”), from Proto-West Germanic *sān(ō), from Proto-Germanic *sēna, *sēnô (“immediately, soon, then”), from *sa (demonstrative pronoun), from Proto-Indo-European *só (demonstrative pronoun).

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Forms

sooner, soonest
Comparativesooner Lesson
Superlativesoonest Lesson

regular

Collocations

12 patterns
  • as soon as
  • soon as possible
  • sooner sooner
  • sooner sooner or
  • anytime soon
  • that as soon
  • be back soon
  • that anytime soon
  • do that soon
  • back soon
  • that sooner sooner
  • happen anytime soon

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
soon — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto