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Soon \Soon\ (s[=oo]n), adv. [OE. sone, AS. s[=o]na; cf. OFries. s[=o]n, OS. s[=a]na, s[=a]no, OHG. s[=a]r, Goth. suns.]

  1. In a short time; shortly after any time specified or supposed; as, soon after sunrise. ``Sooner said than done.''
    --Old Proverb. ``As soon as it might be.''
    --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. ``As soon as he came nigh unto the camp . . . he saw the calf, and the dancing.''
    --Ex. xxxii. 19. See So . . . as, under So.

    Soon at, as soon as; or, as soon as the time referred to arrives. [Obs.] ``I shall be sent for soon at night.''
    --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.