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soon
/suːn/ adverbTranslation
› after a short period of time
birazdan, biraz sonra, yakında, çok geçmeden
I've got to leave quite soon. It's too soon to make a decision. He joined the company soon after leaving college.1580 as soon as › at the same time or a very short time after
...ar/er...maz/mez; olur olmaz, yapar yapmaz vs.
As soon as I saw her, I knew there was something wrong. They want it as soon as possible.1586 sooner or later › used to say that you do not know exactly when something will happen, but you are sure that it will happen
er geç, er ya da geç
Sooner or later they'll realize that it's not going to work.1580 would sooner › would prefer
tercih etmek, yeğlemek
I'd sooner spend a bit more money than take chances with safety.946 no sooner ... than › used to show that something happens immediately after something else
...ar/er ... maz/mez
No sooner had we got home than the phone rang.1580(Definition of soon adverb from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish
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