soon

soon  (sn)

adv. soon·er, soon·est

1. In the near future; shortly.

2. Without hesitation; promptly: came as soon as possible.

3. Before the usual or appointed time; early.

4. With willingness; readily: I'd as soon leave right now.

5. Obsolete Immediately.

Idioms:

no sooner than

As soon as: No sooner was the frost off the ground than the work began.

sooner or later

At some time; eventually: Sooner or later you will have to face the facts.

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[Middle English sone, from Old English sna, immediately, soon.]

Usage Note: No sooner, as a comparative adverb, should be followed by than, not when, as in these typical examples: No sooner had she come than the maid knocked. I had no sooner left than she called.

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soon [suːn]

adv

1. in or after a short time; in a little while; before long the doctor will soon be here

as soon as at the very moment that she burst into tears as soon as she saw him

as soon…as used to indicate that the second alternative mentioned is not preferable to the first I'd just as soon go by train as drive

[Old English sōna; related to Old High German sāno, Gothic suns]

Thesaurus

Adv.

1.

soon - in the near future; "the doctor will soon be here"; "the book will appear shortly"; "she will arrive presently"; "we should have news before long" before long, presently, shortly

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soon

adverb before long, shortly, in the near future, in a minute, anon (archaic), in a short time, in a little while, any minute now, betimes (archaic), in two shakes of a lamb's tail, erelong (archaic or poetic), in a couple of shakes You'll be hearing from us very soon.

Translations

soon [suːn] ADV

1. (= before long) → pronto, dentro de poco
they'll be here soon → pronto llegarán, llegarán dentro de poco
it will soon be summer → pronto llegará el verano, falta poco para que llegue el verano
soon afterwards → poco después
come back soon → vuelve pronto

2. (= early, quickly) → pronto, temprano
how soon can you be ready? → ¿cuánto tardas en prepararte?
how soon can you come? → ¿cuándo puedes venir?
Friday is too soon → el viernes es muy pronto
we got there too soon → llegamos demasiado pronto or temprano
it's too soon to tell → es demasiado pronto para saber
we were none too soon → no llegamos antes de tiempo, llegamos justo
all too soon it was over → terminó demasiado pronto
not a minute or moment too soon → ya era hora

3.
as soon as → en cuanto, tan pronto como
I'll do it as soon as I can → lo haré en cuanto pueda, lo haré tan pronto como pueda
as soon as you see her → en cuanto la veas, tan pronto como la veas
as soon as it was finished → en cuanto se terminó
as soon as possible → cuanto antes, lo antes posible, lo más pronto posible

4. (expressing preference) I would (just) as soon not go → preferiría no ir
I would (just) as soon he didn't know → preferiría que él no lo supiera
she'd marry him as soon as not → se casaría con él y tan contenta
see also sooner

AS SOON AS

• As with other time conjunctions, en cuanto and tan pronto como are used with the subjunctive if the action which follows hasn't happened yet or hadn't happened at the time of speaking:

As soon as or The moment we finish, I've got to write an editorial En cuanto terminemos or Tan pronto como terminemos, tengo que escribir un editorial As soon as I know the dates, I'll let you know En cuanto sepa or Tan pronto como sepa las fechas, te lo diré

• En cuanto and tan pronto como are used with the indicative when the action in the time clause has already taken place:

He left the podium as soon as or the moment he received his prize Se bajó del podio en cuanto recibió or tan pronto como recibió el premio

• En cuanto and tan pronto como are also used with the indicative when describing habitual actions:

As soon as any faxes arrive, they're put in a special box En cuanto llegan or Tan pronto como llegan los faxes, se guardan en una caja especial

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soon [ˈsuːn] adv

(= in a short time) → bientôt
It will soon be Christmas → C'est bientôt Noël.
I soon forgot about our conversation → J'ai vite oublié notre conversation.
quite soon → sous peu
very soon → très bientôt
see you soon! → à bientôt!

(= early) → tôt
too soon → trop tôt
It's too soon to talk about stopping → Il est trop tôt pour parler de s'arrêter.
It's too soon to say → Il est trop tôt pour le dire.
how soon
How soon can you come back? → Dans combien de temps pouvez-vous revenir?
How soon can you do it? → Combien de temps vous faut-il pour le faire?
as soon as → dès que
as soon as I left my room → dès que j'ai quitté ma chambre
as soon as possible → dès que possible, aussitôt que possible

(= not long) soon after → peu de temps après
soon afterwards → peu après

(expressing preference) I would just as soon ..., I'd just as soon ... → j'aimerais autant ...
I would just as soon leave now → J'aimerais autant partir maintenant.
I'd just as soon not have to make this public → J'aimerais autant ne pas avoir à rendre cela public.
I'd just as soon you put that thing away → J'aimerais autant que tu ranges ce truc.
They'd just as soon stay put → Ils aimeraient autant ne pas bouger.

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soon

adv

(= in a short time from now) → bald; (= early) → früh; (= quickly) → schnell; it will soon be Christmas → bald ist Weihnachten; soon after his death → kurz nach seinem Tode; soon afterwards → kurz or bald danach; how soon can you be ready? → wann kannst du fertig sein?; how soon would you like it back? → wann or bis wann möchtest du es wiederhaben?; we got there too soon → wir kamen zu früh an; Friday is too soon → Freitag ist zu früh; all too soon → viel zu schnell; we were none too soon → wir kamen gerade rechtzeitig; as soon as → sobald; as soon as possible → so schnell wie möglich; when can I have it? — as soon as you like → wann kann ichs kriegen? — wann du willst!; please reply soonest → bitte antworten Sie schnellstmöglich

I would just as soon not go (= prefer not to) → ich würde lieber nicht gehen; (= don’t mind) → es ist mir egal, wenn ich nicht gehe; I would (just) as soon you didn’t tell him → es wäre mir lieber, wenn du es ihm nicht erzählen würdest

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soon [suːn] adv

a. (before long) → presto, fra poco
come back soon! → torna presto!
soon afterwards → poco dopo
it will soon be summer → presto or fra poco sarà estate
you would soon get lost → ti perderesti subito
see you soon! → a presto!
very/quite soon → molto/abbastanza presto
he soon changed his mind → ha cambiato presto idea

b. (early) → presto
how soon can you be ready? → fra quanto tempo sarai pronto?
Friday is too soon → venerdì è troppo presto
it's too soon to tell → è troppo presto per dirlo
all too soon → fin troppo presto
we were none too soon → siamo arrivati appena in tempo
an hour too soon → con un'ora di anticipo

c. (with as) as soon as possible → prima possibile, il più presto possibile
I'll do it as soon as I can → lo farò appena posso
as soon as it was finished → appena finito

d. (expressing preference) I would as soon not go → preferirei non andarci
I would as soon he didn't know → preferirei che non lo sapesse

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soon

adv soon [suːn]

1 in a short time from now or from the time mentioned They'll be here sooner than you think; I hope he arrives soon. binnekort قَريبا، عَمّا قَريب скоро brzo, dřív tidligere end; snart bald σύντομα pronto, en breve, dentro de poco varsti به زودي pian tôt; bientôt בְּקָרוֹב जल्दी, शीघ्र ही, निकट भविष्य में uskoro, ubrzo nemsokára; hamarosan segera fljótlega presto やがて 곧 greitai, netrukus drīz tidak lama lagi spoedig snart niedługo, wkrótce, wcześnie em breve (în) curând скоро, вскоре skoro, onedlho kmalu uskoro snart, strax ในไม่ช้า biraz sonra, birazdan, yakında 不久 незабаром, невдовзі تھوڑی دیر میں chẳng bao lâu nữa, chẳng mấy chốc nữa 不久

2 early It's too soon to tell. vroeg مُبَكِّرا рано brzo tidlig bald νωρίς pronto, temprano vara زود aikaisin tôt מוּקדָם מִדַי जल्दी, शीघ्र prerano korán dini snemmt presto 早く 이른 anksti agri awal; cepat vroeg tidlig wcześnie cedo devreme рано skoro zgodaj rano tidig เร็ว erken 早 рано جلدی sớm , nhanh 早

3 willingly I would sooner stand than sit. liewers, eerder مُسْتَعِد، جاهِز، عن رَغْبَةٍ по-скоро raději hellere gern πρόθυμα antes, (prefiero estar de pie antes de estar sentado) pigem(ini) مشتاقانه mieluummin plutôt בְּרָצוֹן तत्परता radije inkább (mint, hogysem) lebih suka fúslega piuttosto むしろ 기꺼이 noriai, verčiau drīzāk; labprāt[] rela liever heller, like gjerne chętnie antes mai curând охотно radšej rad radije hellre, snarare อย่างเต็มใจ seve seve 寧可 охоче فورا vui lòng, tự nguyện 宁可

as soon as

(not later than the moment) when You may have a biscuit as soon as we get home. so gou as حالَما، عندَما когато jakmile så snart sobald wie μόλις en cuanto, tan pronto como niipea kui به محض اينكه heti kun dès que מִיָד כְּשֶ... čim, tek što mihelyt setelah um leið og appena ～するやいなや (~) 하자마자 kai tik tiklīdz sebaik saja zodra så snart som skoro tylko logo que (de) îndată ce как только len čo kakor hitro čim så snart (fort) ทันทีที่ ...-ar, ...-maz 一...就... як тільки جونہی، جیسے ہی ngay khi 一...就...

no sooner … than

when ... immediately No sooner had we set off than we realized we'd left the dog behind. onmiddellik حالا، ما كادَ أن...حَتّى веднага след sotvaže; teprve když i det øjeblik kaum... als μόλις, πριν καλά καλά apenas vaevalt ... kui بلا فاصله tuskin ... kun à peine... que מִיָד כְּשֶ... वे चले ही गये थे कि čim amint ..., máris ... segera setelah varla .{{TH}}.{{TH}}. þegar (non appena...) ～するやいなや (~) 하자마자 vos tik tiklīdz ... kad; uzreiz pēc sebaik saja nauwelijks... of ikke før... enn, med det samme... så ledwo... jak, natychmiast logo que de-abia... că как только...сразу, не успел... как len čo ... už brž ko odmah knappt ... förrän เกิดขึ้นทันทีหลังจากที่สิ่งหนึ่งได้เกิดขึ้น ...-er, ...-ermez 一...就... тільки..., як... اسی وقت ngay lúc, ngay sau 一...就...

sooner or later

eventually He'll come home sooner or later, I suppose. eindelik عاجِلا أم آجلا рано или късно dříve či později før eller senere früher oder später αργά ή γρήγορα tarde o temprano varem või hiljem زود يا دير ennemmin tai myöhemmin tôt ou tard בְּמוּקדָם אוֹ בִּמאוּחָר कभी न कभी prije ili kasnije előbb-utóbb entah kapan fyrr eða seinna prima o poi 遅かれ早かれ 조만간 anksčiau ar vėliau agrāk vai vēlāk lambat-laun uiteindelijk før eller siden prędzej czy później mais cedo ou mais tarde mai devreme sau mai târziu рано или поздно skôr či neskôr prej ali slej kad-tad förr eller senare ไม่ช้าก็เร็ว eninde sonunda, bir gün 遲早 рано чи пізно; зрештою کبھی نہ کبھی rốt cuộc 迟早

the sooner the better

as quickly as possible When shall I tell him?' `The sooner the better!' hoe gouer hoe beter كُلَّما كان أسْرَع كُلَّما كانَ أفْضَل، خَيْرُ البر عاجِلُه колкото по-рано, толкова по-добре co nejdříve jo hurtigere, jo bedre je früher desto besser το συντομότερο δυνατό, όσο νωρίτερα τόσο το καλύτερο cuanto antes mejor mida varem seda parem هر چه زود تر بهتر mitä pikemmin sitä parempi le plus tôt sera le mieux בַּמְהִירוּת הַאֶפשָׁרִית što prije to bolje minél előbb, annál jobb secepat mungkin því fyrr því betra (quanto prima tanto meglio) 早いほどよい 가능한 한 빨리, 빠르면 빠를수록 좋다 kuo greičiau, tuo geriau jo ātrāk, jo labāk lagi cepat lagi bagus hoe eerder hoe beter jo før jo heller im prędzej tym lepiej quanto mais cedo melhor cu cât mai devreme, cu atât mai bine чем раньше, тем лучше čo najskôr čim prej, tem bolje što pre to bolje ju förr desto bättre ทันทีที่เป็นไปได้ ne kadar erken... o kadar iyi 越快越好 чим раніше, тим краще جتنی جلدی ہو سکے اتنا اچھا càng sớm càng tốt 越快越好

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soon → تواً, قريباً brzy, hned for tiden, snart bald προς το παρόν, σύντομα dentro de poco, en este momento pian actuellement, bientôt sada, uskoro attualmente, presto まもなく, やがて 곧 dadelijk, spoedig for øyeblikket, snart niedługo, obecnie em breve, presentemente в настоящий момент, скоро omedelbart, snart ในไม่ช้า, ไม่นาน kısa zamanda, şu anda ngay đây, sớm 很快, 目前