soon
/sun/
Word Rarity
Common
Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.32 in modern English
4
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
1
Syllables
3
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Used as an alternative to express 'to be going to' in the form 'to be soon to'.
adv
Within a short time; quickly.
adv
adv
Readily; willingly; used with would, or some other word expressing will.
name
A surname.
Example Sentences
- "I need the soonest date you have available."
- "Late in the evening we arrived at Quincy where we bivouacked for the night and taken a soon start the next morning to march to the arsenal."
- "Got up pretty early, ate a soon breakfast, had the sulky and was about to start to Newtown when it commenced raining.."
- "They were different from colored folks who had to be out to get a soon start."
- "Hurry up, the wedding is soon to start!"
- "A new shop is soon to be opened in this street."
Etymology
From Middle English sone, from Old English sōna (“immediately, at once”), from Proto-West Germanic *sān(ō), from Proto-Germanic *sēna, *sēnô (“immediately, soon, then”), from *sa (demonstrative pronoun), from Proto-Indo-European *só (demonstrative pronoun). Cognate with Scots sone, sune, schone (“soon, quickly, at once”), North Frisian san (“immediately, at once”), dialectal Dutch zaan (“soon, before long”), Middle Low German sân (“right afterwards, soon”), Middle High German sān, son (“soon, then”), Old High German sār (“immediately, soon”). Compare also Gothic 𐍃𐌿𐌽𐍃 (suns, “immediately, soon”), from Proto-Germanic *suniz (“soon”).
Origin
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /sun/
- British English: /suːn/