English-Thai Dictionary

sooner

ADV ในไม่ช้า  nai-mai-cha

 

sooner or later

IDM ไม่ช้าก็เร็ว  mai-cha-kor-reo

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

SOONER

SOONER Soon "er, n.

 

Defn: In the western United States, one who settles on government land before it is legally open to settlement in order to gain the prior claim that the law gives to the first settler when the land is opened to settlement; hence, any one who does a thing prematurely or anticipates another in acting in order to gain an unfair advantage.

 

SOONER STATE

SOONER STATE Sooner State.

 

Defn: Oklahoma; -- a nickname.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

Sooner State

Soon er State |ˈso͞onər ˌsunər ˈsteɪt | a nickname for the state of Oklahoma. ORIGIN Sooner in the sense “one who acts prematurely, ” i.e., a person who tried to get into the frontier territory of Oklahoma before the US government opened it to settlers in 1889.

 

Oxford Dictionary

Sooner State

Sooner State informal name for Oklahoma. ORIGIN Sooner in the sense ‘one who acts prematurely ’, i.e. a person who tried to get into the frontier territory of Oklahoma before the US government opened it to settlers in 1889.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

sooner

sooner adverb 1 he should have done it sooner: earlier, before, beforehand, in advance, ahead of time; already. 2 I would sooner stay: rather, preferably, by preference, by choice, more willingly, more readily. WORD NOTE sooner Sooner or Later Sooner is sooner than later, yet "see you later " implies a reunion sooner than "see you soon. " Go figure. — DL Conversational, opinionated, and idiomatic, these Word Notes are an opportunity to see a working writer's perspective on a particular word or usage.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

sooner

sooner adverb 1 he should have done it sooner: earlier, before, beforehand, in advance, in readiness, ahead of time, already. 2 I would sooner stay: rather, by preference, preferably, from /by choice, more willingly, more readily; N. Amer. if I had my druthers.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

sooner

s ó on er 名詞 C ｟米俗 ｠1 抜けがけする人 ; (特に )抜けがけ移住者 〘1889年に米国が北米先住民から購入した土地 (現在のOklahoma州 )に正式分譲前に移住した人々 〙.2 〖S- 〗Oklahoma州の住民 .