Found 2 items, similar to sooner or later.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: sooner or later
sooner or later
adv : within an indefinite time or at an unspecified future time;
“he will understand eventually”;
“he longed for the
flowers that were yet to show themselves”;
“sooner or
later you will have to face the facts”;
“in time they
came to accept the harsh reality” [syn:
eventually,
yet,
in time,
one of these days]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Sooner or later
Soon
\Soon\ (s[=oo]n), adv. [OE. sone, AS. s[=o]na; cf. OFries.
s[=o]n, OS. s[=a]na, s[=a]no, OHG. s[=a]r, Goth. suns.]
1. In a short time; shortly after any time specified or
supposed; as, soon after sunrise.
“Sooner said than
done.” --Old Proverb.
“As soon as it might be.”
--Chaucer.
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She finished, and the subtle fiend his lore
Soon learned. --Milton.
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2. Without the usual delay; before any time supposed; early.
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How is it that ye are come so soon to-day? --Ex. ii.
18.
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3. Promptly; quickly; easily.
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Small lights are soon blown out, huge fires abide.
--Shak.
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4. Readily; willingly; -- in this sense used with would, or
some other word expressing will.
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I would as soon see a river winding through woods or
in meadows, as when it is tossed up in so many
whimsical figures at Versailles. --Addison.
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As soon as, or
So soon as, immediately at or after
another event.
“As soon as he came nigh unto the camp . .
. he saw the calf, and the dancing.” --Ex. xxxii. 19. See
So . . . as, under
So.
Soon at, as soon as; or, as soon as the time referred to
arrives. [Obs.]
“I shall be sent for soon at night.”
--Shak.
Sooner or later, at some uncertain time in the future; as,
he will discover his mistake sooner or later.
With the soonest, as soon as any; among the earliest; too
soon. [Obs.] --Holland.
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