
no sooner than
[Middle English sone, from Old English sōna, immediately, soon.]
USAGE NOTE No sooner, as a comparative adverb, should be followed by than, not when, as in these typical examples: No sooner had she come than the maid knocked. I had no sooner left than she called.
No sooner had a vaccine for Marek's Disease been found than Fowl Pest swept through our poultry flocks—Country Life, 1972.
| son-in-law, somewhen, sometimes, some times | |
| soprano, soufflé, sound |
Definition: in the near future
Antonyms: distant, far, later, never
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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Dansk (Danish)
adv. - snart, tidligt
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Nederlands (Dutch)
spoedig, gauw, binnenkort
Français (French)
adv. - bientôt, vite, tôt, peu après, à peine, autant, plutôt
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Deutsch (German)
adv. - bald, schnell, früh, gern
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Ελληνική (Greek)
adv. - σύντομα, χωρίς χρονοτριβή, νωρίς, προσεχώς, σε λίγο
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Português (Portuguese)
adv. - logo, breve, sem demora, dentro em pouco, prontamente
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Русский (Russian)
скоро, рано, с готовностью, охотно
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Español (Spanish)
adv. - pronto, dentro de poco, en breve, próximamente
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Svenska (Swedish)
adv. - snart, tidigt
中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
很快, 马上, 立刻
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中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
adv. - 很快, 馬上, 立刻
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한국어 (Korean)
adv. - 이제 곧, 빨리, 자진하여
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日本語 (Japanese)
adv. - もうすぐ, 早く, 速やかに, 間も無く
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العربيه (Arabic)
(ظرف) قريبا
עברית (Hebrew)
adv. - מיד, בקרוב, בתוך זמן קצר, מהר, במהרה, בהקדם, מוקדם, תוך (כמה) זמן?
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