Soon
adverbIn or after a short time; before long.
How to spell soon
4 letters · 1 syllable
How to pronounce soon
What does soon mean?
- adverbIn or after a short time; before long.
Soon in a sentence
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The train should arrive soon if there are no delays.
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She promised to call back soon after the meeting ended.
Where does soon come from?
Language of origin: Germanic
This word comes from the Old English sona, which meant 'at once' or 'immediately', rather than the modern softer sense of 'before long'. It belongs to the West Germanic family and has cousins in old forms of German and Dutch. Over the centuries the meaning weakened from 'right now' to the gentler 'in a short while' that English speakers use today, a common drift where a word for instant action mellows into a word for the near future. The double 'o' spelling reflects the long vowel sound and has been stable for a very long time. Because it is short, common, and phonetically regular, soon almost never causes spelling trouble.
How the word is built
- soon (single root, from Old English sona meaning 'immediately')
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