SOON

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does soon mean? 

• SOON (adverb)
  The adverb SOON has 1 sense:

1. in the near future

  Familiarity information: SOON used as an adverb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SOON (adverb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

In the near future

Synonyms:

before long; presently; shortly; soon

Context example:

we should have news before long

 Context examples 

The people who had turned out were the girl’s own family; and pretty soon, the doctor, for whom she had been sent put in his appearance.

(The Strange Case Of Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde, by Robert Louis Stevenson)

Sultan and the cat soon came up, and looked about and wondered that no one was there.

(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)

“That we shall soon know,” replied the doctor.

(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)

The storm cleared up below, for Mrs. March came home, and, having heard the story, soon brought Amy to a sense of the wrong she had done her sister.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

And yet as he watched, uncertain whether to advance from the cover or to choose some other path to the house, he soon came to doubt the truth of this first conjecture.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

In either case, my dear Mr. McArdle, I hope very soon to shake you by the hand.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

White Fang soon learned that very few of these gods—not more than a dozen—lived at this place.

(White Fang, by Jack London)

“You will soon. Hey?” repeated the man with the wooden leg.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

"Thank you," replied Dorothy, and then the kind Stork flew into the air and was soon out of sight.

(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum)

And a tray was soon brought.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)