SOON

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

In the near future

Example:

we should have news before long

Synonyms:

before long; presently; shortly; soon

Classified under:

Adverbs

The finding that the colder region would transition sooner than the warmer one came as a surprise.

(Far Northern Permafrost May Unleash Carbon Within Decades, NASA)

It is too soon to consider vitamin C as a potential supplement for mothers.

(Heart disease risk begins in the womb, University of Cambridge)

If your brother had not got such a d—beast to drive, said he soon afterwards, we might have done it very well.

(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)

Stopping the medicine too soon can allow the infection to come back and cause bacteria to become resistant to antibiotics.

(Developing novel ear infection treatments, NIH)

Currently, the only way to minimize stroke-induced cell death is to remove the clot as soon as possible.

(Hibernating ground squirrels provide clues to new stroke treatments, National Institutes of Health)

The fellow thought he had to do with a fighting man, and soon cleared the way for us.

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

I shall forget my own name soon, I suppose.

(Persuasion, by Jane Austen)

Thanks to new research, that could soon change — good news for a world in which rains are increasing in both frequency and intensity.

(Grains in the rain, National Science Foundation)

In the current study, the blood samples were tested for the presence of 76 POPs soon after the women began the study.

(Persistent organic pollutants in maternal blood linked to smaller fetal size, National Institutes of Health)

“We found that it can occur much sooner than expected…in as little as three years.”

(First-time pregnancy complications linked to increased risk of hypertension later in life, National Institutes of Health)