Too Soon

Definition: Too Soon

Too Soon

Adverb

1. Before the usual time or the time expected; "she graduated early"; "the house was completed ahead of time".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Synonyms: Too Soon

Earliness

Beforehand; prematurely; Adjective: precipitately; (hastily); too soon; before its time, before one's time; in anticipation; unexpectedly.

Punctuality

Phrase: touch and go, not a minute too soon, in the nick of time, just under the wire, get on board before the train leaves the station.

Untimeliness

Unpunctual; (late); too late for; premature; (early); too soon for; wise after the event, monday morning quarterbacking, twenty-twenty hindsight.

Crosswords: Too Soon

Too soon, too soon, he died too soon. (Room Service; writing credit: Allen Boretz; John Murray)

I'm tired of men always coming and going, going and coming and always too soon! (Blazing Saddles; writing credit: Andrew Bergman; Mel Brooks)

If that's too soon, you can leave in a minute and a huff. (Duck Soup; writing credit: Bert Kalmar ; Harry Ruby)

Rest enough for the individual man -- too much, and too soon -- and we call it death. (Things to Come; writing credit: H.G. Wells)

I think it's too soon. (Fierce Creatures; writing credit: John Cleese; Iain Johnstone)

You realized it's not my fault not a moment too soon (One Week; performing artist: Barenaked Ladies)

And don't speak too soon, for the wheel's still in spin ("The Times They Are A-Changin'"; performing artist: Bob Dylan)

So, it may be too soon, I know (Amanda; performing artist: Boston)

This happened much too soon (Billie Jean; performing artist: MICHAEL JACKSON)

Don't wake up too soon (Heartlight; performing artist: Neil Diamond)

Too Soon to Love (1960)

The Night Comes Too Soon (1947)

Fathers Too Soon (2000)

Too Much Too Soon (1983)

Captain America II: Death Too Soon (1979)

Too Late, Too Soon (performing artist: Jon Secada)

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Books

• Niels Henrik Abel and His Times: Called Too Soon by Flames Afar (reference)

• Too Close Too Soon Avoiding The Heartache Of Premature Intimacy (reference)

• The Hurried Child: Growing Up Too Fast Too Soon (3rd edition) (reference)

• Before Their Time: Lessons in Living from Those Born Too Soon (reference)

• Too Soon for Flowers (reference)

  (more book examples)

Music

• Never Make Your Move Too Soon (reference)

• Not a Moment Too Soon (reference)

• Too Much Too Soon (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

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Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

What is right to be done cannot be done too soon.

Not too soon.

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Health

Abnormal pathways between the atria and ventricles cause the electrical signal to arrive at the ventricles too soon and to be transmitted back into the atria. (references)

Economic History

Costa Rica

However, the facts of these cases are not public, and it is too soon to evaluate the new law's overall impact. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expressions using "too soon": all too soon ♦ none too soon ♦ not a minute too soon ♦ not a moment too soon. Additional references.

Arabic 

‏وصل اخيرا (none too soon). (various references)

Chinese 

為時過早 (premature). (various references)

French

pas très tôt (none too soon). (various references)

German

keine minute zu früh (not a moment too soon), in letzter minute (at the eleventh hour, last minute, not a moment too soon). (various references)

Greek 

καθόλου νωρίσ (none too soon). (various references)

Hungarian

nagyon is jókor (none too soon), korábban a kelleténél (to be not an instant too soon), egy perccel sem jön korábban (to be not an instant too soon), egy perccel sem jön (to be not an instant too soon), éppen jókor (in the nick of time, just in time, none too soon), éppen időben érkezett (he was none too soon). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

丁度良い時に (none too soon). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

ちょうどよいときに (none too soon). (various references)

Pig Latin

ootay oonsay

Portuguese

muito cedo (very early). (various references)

Russian 

слишком рано (it is too soon to). (various references)

Spanish

muy rápidamente, demasiado temprano. (various references)

Turkish

zamansız (all too soon, ill timed, inopportune, out of season, unseasonable, untimely), pek erken (all too soon), pek de yakında değil (none too soon). (various references)

Ukrainian

передчасно (prematurely, short, untimely), дуже рано. (various references)

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-2 letters: snoot, toons.

-3 letters: onto, oots, snot, soon, soot, tons, toon.

-4 letters: noo, nos, not, ons, oot, son, sot, ton, too.

-5 letters: no, on, os, so, to.

+2 letters: octoroons.

+3 letters: monotonous, protozoons.

+4 letters: cottonwoods, locomotions.

+5 letters: monotonously.