soon
in the near future
How often you will meet it
Rank 227 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 99,794 times across 155,370 chapters — 0.047% of every word in the library.
It belongs to the first 500 words, the band worth learning before any other.
What it means
adverb
- in the near future also: shortly, presently, before long the doctor will soon be herethe book will appear shortly
soon in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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As soon as it was light, Edward advanced to the attack.
A Knight of the White Cross · G. A. (George Alfred) Henty · Chapter 1
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Her conversation, I soon found, was couched in the telegraphic style.
The Mysterious Affair at Styles · Agatha Christie · Chapter 1
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As soon as you have one, you seem to want to throw it away.
The Picture of Dorian Gray · Oscar Wilde · Chapter 1
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She had written him soon after--an invitation for a week-end at her mother's camp in the woods.
The Courage of the Commonplace · Mary Raymond Shipman Andrews · Chapter 1
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Soon I found myself eating and drinking, and the blood once more was mashing through my veins.
The Betrayal · E. Phillips (Edward Phillips) Oppenheim · Chapter 1