What does sooner mean?
Definitions for sooner
ˈsu nərsoon·er
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Princeton's WordNet
Oklahoman, Sooneradverb
a native or resident of Oklahoma
sooner, earlieradverb
comparatives of `soon' or `early'
"Come a little sooner, if you can"; "came earlier than I expected"
preferably, sooner, ratheradverb
more readily or willingly
"clean it well, preferably with warm water"; "I'd rather be in Philadelphia"; "I'd sooner die than give up"
Wiktionary
sooneradverb
rather.
I would sooner die than marry you!
Soonernoun
A native or resident of the American state of Oklahoma; a sports competitor representing the University of Oklahoma.
Soonernoun
One who crossed into Indian territory before the official opening of settlement, in order to obtain land sooner.
Wikipedia
sooner
Sooners is the name given to settlers who entered the Unassigned Lands in what is now the state of Oklahoma before the official start of the Land Rush of 1889. The Unassigned Lands were a part of Indian Territory that, after a lobbying campaign, were to be opened to American settlement in 1889. President Benjamin Harrison officially proclaimed the Unassigned Lands open to settlement on April 22, 1889. As people lined up around the borders of the Oklahoma District, they waited for the official opening. It was not until noon that it officially was opened to settlement. The name derived from the "sooner clause" of Proclamation 288 — Opening to Settlement Certain Lands in the Indian Territory, which stated that anyone who entered and occupied the land prior to the opening time would be denied the right to claim land.The designation "Sooner" initially had a very negative connotation. While "Boomers" were merely expressing "pioneer spirit" in their desire to take and settle formerly Indian territory, Sooners were essentially stealing from other white settlers by cheating on the claim requirements to get better land. However, these negative connotations rapidly cooled as time passed after 1889 and land claims were settled. By the time of statehood, Sooner had become an affectionate term for Oklahomans as a whole with a whiff of rebellion. In 1908, the University of Oklahoma football team adopted the nickname "Sooners". The U.S. state of Oklahoma has been popularly nicknamed the "Sooner State" since the 1920s.
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"Sooner" is an adverb that is used to indicate that something should happen or is expected to happen earlier or before a specified time. It can also be used to compare two instances and indicate that one event happened before another.
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Written Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'sooner' in Written Corpus Frequency: #3662
Adverbs Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'sooner' in Adverbs Frequency: #304
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Anagrams for sooner »
nooser
sonero
seroon
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of sooner in Chaldean Numerology is: 2
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of sooner in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5
Examples of sooner in a Sentence
Food prices have increased by 650 percent, only four million people of the 31.5 million Venezuelans eat twice a day, and 68 percent of families have resorted to survival strategies such as salvaging, foraging and prostitution to acquire food. ambassador Haley sent a strong message of hope assuring that justice will return sooner than later to Venezuela, and that the (Security) Council should remain vigilant of the Venezuelan situation, due to the clear threat to peace and security in the region that it represents.
I think democracy will prevail sooner or later, but we have to be patient, and we have to be peaceful.
I don't think this is transitory, the Fed is probably going to have to raise rates sooner rather than later.
As I've already told my council of advisers, I read all of the pope's speeches, if the Pope continues to speak like this, sooner or later I will start praying again and I will return to the Catholic Church -- and I'm not saying this jokingly.
Jordanians are suffering from trying to find jobs, the pressure on infrastructure and for the government, it has hurt us when it comes to the educational system, our healthcare. Sooner or later I think the dam is going to burst.
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