soon
//suːn//
Forms
- Comparative
- sooner
- Superlative
- soonest
- Comparative
- sooner
- Superlative
- soonest
Definitions
1.Short in length of time from the present.
- I need the soonest date you have available.
2.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.
1.Within a short time; quickly.
- His wife is likely to come too after him, but we just do not know how soon after.
2.Readily; willingly; 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.
Frequency
Overall
Common· #614
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Uncommon
- General reading & writing
- Common
- Academic
- Rare
- Literature
- Uncommon
Etymology
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).