Far vs Soon - What's the difference?
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Remote in space.
Remote in time.
Long.
More remote or longer of two.
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Widely different in nature or quality; opposite in character.
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(computing, not comparable) Outside the currently selected segment in a segmented memory architecture.
Distant in space, time or degree.
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*:It was not far from the house; but the ground sank into a depression there, and the ridge of it behind shut out everything except just the roof of the tallest hayrick. As one sat on the sward behind the elm, with the back turned on the rick and nothing in front but the tall elms and the oaks in the other hedge, it was quite easy to fancy it the verge of the prairie with the backwoods close by.
To or from a great distance, time, or degree.
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(lb) Very much.
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Within a short time; quickly.
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Readily; willingly; used with would , or some other word expressing will.
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As a noun far
is accident, anger, calamity or far can be sheep.As an adjective soon is
occurring within a short time, or quickly.As an adverb soon is
(label) immediately, instantly.far
English
(wikipedia far)Adjective
(en-adj)The Mirror and the Lamp, passage=At the far end of the houses the head gardener stood waiting for his mistress, and he gave her strips of bass to tie up her nosegay. This she did slowly and laboriously, with knuckly old fingers that shook.}}
- He was far from ill looking, though he thought himself still farther.
Antonyms
* (remote in space) close, nearDerived terms
* afar * as far as * by far * faraway * far from * far off * how far * so far * thus farAdverb
(en-adv)Chelsea 2-1 Liverpool, passage=The Reds were on the back foot early on when a catalogue of defensive errors led to Ramires giving Chelsea the lead. Jay Spearing conceded possession in midfield and Ramires escaped Jose Enrique far too easily before scoring at the near post with a shot Reina should have saved.}}
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English
(wikipedia soon)Adjective
(er)F. E. Penny
Pulling the Strings, passage=Soon after the arrival of Mrs. Campbell, dinner was announced by Abboye. He came into the drawing room resplendent in his gold-and-white turban. […] His cummerbund matched the turban in gold lines.}}
Adverb
(er)Mr. Pratt's Patients, chapter=1 , passage=I stumbled along through the young pines and huckleberry bushes. Pretty soon I struck into a sort of path that, I cal'lated, might lead to the road I was hunting for. It twisted and turned, and, the first thing I knew, made a sudden bend around a bunch of bayberry scrub and opened out into a big clear space like a lawn.}}
The Mirror and the Lamp, passage=Then everybody once more knelt, and soon the blessing was pronounced. The choir and the clergy trooped out slowly,
Subtle effects, passage=Manganism has been known about since the 19th century, when miners exposed to ores containing manganese
- How is it that ye are come so soon to-day?
- 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.