Definitions for sooner
ˈsu nərsoon·er

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1. Oklahoman, Sooneradverb

   a native or resident of Oklahoma

2. sooner, earlieradverb

   comparatives of `soon' or `early'

   "Come a little sooner, if you can"; "came earlier than I expected"

3. 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"

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1. sooneradverb

   rather.

   I would sooner die than marry you!

2. Soonernoun

   A native or resident of the American state of Oklahoma; a sports competitor representing the University of Oklahoma.

3. Soonernoun

   One who crossed into Indian territory before the official opening of settlement, in order to obtain land sooner.

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1. 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.

British National Corpus

1. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'sooner' in Written Corpus Frequency: #3662

2. Adverbs Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'sooner' in Adverbs Frequency: #304

Anagrams for sooner »

1. nooser

2. sonero

3. seroon

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of sooner in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of sooner in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of sooner in a Sentence

1. Melissa Goetz:

   What we really like about this bill is it's something that can happen sooner rather than later, and it can be absorbed and included into whatever The FDA is doing to improve, as well, looking ahead to the next near, or next five years, just really continuing the conversation on rare disease.

2. Russia Russian President Vladimir Putin:

   It will happen sooner or later. Relations between Russia and the European Union will be normalized.

3. Ramana Pemmaraju:

   Any form of art can be known only in deep silence, to be in silence is to be receptive - No sooner you become receptive, you become woman, it has nothing to do with gender, its a quality, which is why woman is epitome of Receptivity!”

4. Chief Executive Pedro Heibron:

   We are reacting quickly to the drop in demand and plan to cut capacity out of Brazil in June, but we feel the economy will recover sooner rather than later.

5. Frank Reich:

   ... but it will be very gradual and deliberate. And of course were taking steps to make sure were in compliance with state and local regulations, and NFL and CDC guidelines. That means primarily employees that must be in the office to do their jobs : people who need to access files that are only at the office ; maintenance workers ; trainers ; and technology workers. Those people will have their temperature taken when entering the building and must wear personal protective equipment. The Colts have set up one-way hallways with arrows on the carpet pointing to the proper direction, and there will be limits on how many people can be in rooms at the same time. Coach Frank Reich was realistic about a full return to the training complex. The guys who have been hurt, who have been coming into the building, keep coming in and rehabbing and doing their thing, other than that, as soon as we can get more players in the building we want that to make up for a little bit of lost time. The sooner we can get together and get out there working, the better it will be. Cowboys owner Jerry Jones took part in an owners conference call from the teams practice facility, The Star. About two dozen staffers were present at the complex. The Steelers are doing a soft reopening Tuesday mainly for medical personnel and rehabbing players. They expect to ramp up use of their facility next week under league guidelines. As the Cardinals reopen, only essential staffers will be involved, far fewer than the 75 allowed at the facility. The Super Bowl champion Chiefs also opted for a soft opening, as did the Falcons, with only about 15 people at their complex on Tuesday. Those numbers will increase over the next week.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=sooner
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Sooner
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sooner