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No sooner had a vaccine for Marek's Disease been found than Fowl Pest swept through our poultry flocks—Country Life, 1972.

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adv

Definition: in the near future
Antonyms: distant, far, later, never

IN BRIEF: In a short time.

You cannot do a kindness too soon, for you never know how soon it will be too late. — Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882), American transcendentalist philosopher.

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as in: happening soon
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For a list of words related to soon, see:

• Limitations and Conditions
• Approximations and Generalizations
• Relative Time - soon: (adv) promptly, immediately; earlier than usual

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See words rhyming with "soon."

  See crossword solutions for the clue Soon.

Dansk (Danish)
adv. - snart, tidligt

idioms:

• as soon as    så snart
• would just as soon    ville lige så gerne

Nederlands (Dutch)
spoedig, gauw, binnenkort

Français (French)
adv. - bientôt, vite, tôt, peu après, à peine, autant, plutôt

idioms:

• as soon as    aussitôt que
• would just as soon    ferais, ferait, etc tout autant

Deutsch (German)
adv. - bald, schnell, früh, gern

idioms:

• as soon as    sobald
• would just as soon    würde genauso gern

Ελληνική (Greek)
adv. - σύντομα, χωρίς χρονοτριβή, νωρίς, προσεχώς, σε λίγο

idioms:

• as soon as    ευθύς ως, μόλις
• would just as soon    θα προτιμούσα

Italiano (Italian)
presto

idioms:

• as soon as    non appena
• would just as soon    volentieri, anche subito

Português (Portuguese)
adv. - logo, breve, sem demora, dentro em pouco, prontamente

idioms:

• as soon as    assim que, logo que
• would just as soon    preferia no seu lugar...

Русский (Russian)
скоро, рано, с готовностью, охотно

idioms:

• as soon as    как только, не позже чем
• would just as soon    охотно, с готовностью

Español (Spanish)
adv. - pronto, dentro de poco, en breve, próximamente

idioms:

• as soon as    en cuanto, tan pronto como
• would just as soon    preferiría, de preferencia

Svenska (Swedish)
adv. - snart, tidigt

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
很快, 马上, 立刻

idioms:

• as soon as    一经..., 一...就..., 立即...
• would just as soon    宁愿, 宁可

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adv. - 很快, 馬上, 立刻

idioms:

• as soon as    一經..., 一...就..., 立即...
• would just as soon    寧願, 寧可

한국어 (Korean)
adv. - 이제 곧, 빨리, 자진하여

idioms:

• as soon as    ~하자마자, ~하자 곧

日本語 (Japanese)
adv. - もうすぐ, 早く, 速やかに, 間も無く

idioms:

• as soon as    …するとすぐに
• as soon as maybe    できるだけ早く

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(ظرف) قريبا‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adv. - ‮מיד, בקרוב, בתוך זמן קצר, מהר, במהרה, בהקדם, מוקדם, תוך (כמה) זמן?‬

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