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| From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
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| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Soon \Soon\, adv. [OE. sone, AS. s[?]na; cf. OFries. s[?]n, OS. s[be]na, s[be]no, OHG. s[be]r, Goth. suns.] 1. In a short time; shortly after any time specified or supposed; as, soon after sunrise. [bd]Sooner said than done.[b8] --Old Proverb. [bd]As soon as it might be.[b8] --Chaucer. She finished, and the subtle fiend his lore Soon learned. --Milton. 2. Without the usual delay; before any time supposed; early. How is it that ye are come so soon to-day? --Ex. ii. 18. 3. Promptly; quickly; easily. Small lights are soon blown out, huge fires abide. --Shak. 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. --Addison. {As soon as}, or {So soon as}, immediately at or after another event. [bd]As soon as he came nigh unto the camp . . . he saw the calf, and the dancing.[b8] --Ex. xxxii. 19. See {So . . . as}, under {So}. {Soon at}, as soon as; or, as soon as the time referred to arrives. [Obs.] [bd]I shall be sent for soon at night.[b8] --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. | |
| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Soon \Soon\, a. Speedy; quick. [Obs.] --Shak. | |
