Sooner Time Suːn Home House I Short Adverb

• she sold the house soon after her husband died.
• soon afterwards, he joined a youth theatre group.
• i'd love to meet up again sometime soon.
• i soon realized the mistake.

soon

1. in a short time from now; a short time after something else has happened
• She sold the house soon after her husband died.
• Soon afterwards, he joined a youth theatre group.
• I'd love to meet up again sometime soon.
• I soon realized the mistake.
• See you soon!
• More success soon followed.
• We’ll be home soon./We’ll soon be home.
• I'll be back soon.
• It soon became clear that the programme was a failure.
• He promises to visit again soon.
• Coming soon to a cinema/theater near you: 'War of the Wizards II'.
• He moved in with a friend and soon found work.
• The two men soon discovered they had much in common.
• The trial is expected to start soon.
• Soon thereafter (= soon after that), she returned to Tanzania.
2. early; quickly
• SEE ALSO asap
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/asap
• How soon can you get here?
• We'll deliver the goods as soon as we can.
• Please send it as soon as possible.
• Do you really have to go so soon?
• It's too soon to say what caused this.
• Next Monday is the soonest we can deliver.
• The sooner we set off, the sooner we will arrive.
• All too soon the party was over.
• They arrived home sooner than expected.
• The note said, ‘Call Bill soonest’ (= as soon as possible).
3. used in negative sentences and questions to refer to the near future
• Will she be back anytime soon?
4. used to say that you would equally well like to do something as do something else that has been suggested
• I'd just as soon stay at home as go out tonight.
5. to prefer to do something (than do something else)
• She'd sooner share a house with other students than live at home with her parents.
6. a bad situation will pass or be forgotten most quickly if nothing more is said about it
7. used to say that something was, or will be, done immediately
8. used to say that something happens immediately after something else
• No sooner had she said it than she burst into tears.
9. very soon; as soon as possible
• ‘When shall I tell him?’ ‘The sooner the better.’
10. at some time in the future, even if you are not sure exactly when
• Sooner or later you will have to make a decision.
11. after a short time rather than after a long time
• We urged them to sort out the problem sooner rather than later.

Word Origin

• Old English sōna ‘immediately’, of West Germanic origin.