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As an adjective, soon means short in length of time from the present. As an adverb, it means within a short time.

Meanings of soon

8 meanings

adjective

  1. Short in length of time from the present.

    “I need the soonest date you have available.”

  2. USdialectEarly

  3. Used as an alternative to express 'to be going to' in the form 'to be soon to'

    “Hurry up, the wedding is soon to start!”

    “A new shop is soon to be opened in this street.”

adverb

  1. Within a short time; quickly.

  2. now dialectalEarly.

  3. Readily; willingly; used with would, or some other word expressing will.

  4. In the near future

    “the doctor will soon be here”

    “the book will appear shortly”

    “she will arrive presently”

    Similar: shortly, presently, before long
Older and rare meanings (1)

  1. obsoleteImmediately, instantly.

Meanings from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).

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Synonyms by meaning

adverb: in the near future
shortlypresentlybefore long

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