soon

Εννοια (Αγγλικός)

Adj

1. Short in length of time from the present.
2. Early.
3. Used as an alternative to express 'to be going to' in the form 'to be soon to'.

Adv

1. (obsolete) Immediately, instantly.
2. Within a short time; quickly.
3. Early.
4. Readily; willingly; used with would, or some other word expressing will.

Προφέρεται ως (IPA)

/suːn/

Ετυμολογία (Αγγλικός)

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”).

Προτάσεις

The pleasant hours fly by much too soon .

Οι ευχάριστες ώρες πετούν πολύ σύντομα.

Mann soon found work as an engineering apprentice .

Ο Mann σύντομα βρήκε την εργασία ως μαθητευόμενος μηχανικός.

He died soon after his resignation from the Bussey professorship .

Πέθανε σύντομα μετά την παραίτησή του από την καθηγήτρια Bussey.

Fireside Poets were soon regarded as old-fashioned .

Οι ποιητές πυρκαγιάς θεωρήθηκαν σύντομα ντεμοντέ.

Settlers soon began arriving , building homesteads , barns , businesses , and ranches .

Οι εποίκοι σύντομα άρχισαν να φτάνουν, οικοδομώντας αγροκτήματα, αχυρώνες, επιχειρήσεις και αγροκτήματα.