su:n adv. 1
after no long
interval of
time (shall soon
know the result). 2 relatively
early (must
you go so soon?). 3 (prec. by how) early (with
relative rather than distinctive sense) (how soon will it be ready?). 4
readily or willingly (in expressing
choice or
preference:
which would you sooner do?; would as soon stay behind). øas (or so) soon as (implying a
causal or
temporal connection) at the
moment that;
not later than; as early as (came as soon as I heard
about it; disappears as soon as it's time to pay). no sooner ... than at the
very moment that (we no sooner arrived than the
rain stopped). sooner or later at
some future time; eventually. øøsoonish adv. [OE sona f. WG]