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real soon now

real soon now adverb: designating a time when something will become available, supposedly (but perhaps only optimistically) in the near future.

Adverb

real soon now (not comparable)

  1. (informal) Designating a time when something will become available, supposedly (but perhaps only optimistically) in the near future.
    Synonyms:
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Synonyms of real soon now

Origin of real soon now

From the information technology community, popularized by Jerry Pournelle's Chaos Manor column in BYTE magazine.

Questions about real soon now

What does real soon now mean?
Real soon now means designating a time when something will become available, supposedly (but perhaps only optimistically) in the near future.
What part of speech is real soon now?
Real soon now is an adverb.

Words near real soon now in the dictionary

  1. real right
  2. real rights
  3. real school
  4. real schools
  5. real socialism
  6. real soon now
  7. real storage
  8. real superhero
  9. real superheroes
  10. real talk
  11. real tennis

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