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# anon

adverb (old use)

«anon» in the English dictionary: everyday and Early Modern English — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Anon means soon or shortly. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/anon/#m1)
2. «Ever and anon» means now and then, from time to time. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/anon/#m2)

### In the lessons

in old tales, when a character says he will come or act soon

### Examples

- I will come anon. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/anon/#x1)
- Ever and anon the bell rang from the tower. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/anon/#x2)
- Anon he heard the word Peter. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/anon/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths

## Early Modern English

### Meaning

Soon, shortly, or straight away. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/A/anon/#m1)

### Then and now

Old-fashioned today; we say soon or at once. The sentences use the same meaning.

### Examples

- Anon he caught the word Peter. (Peter Pan) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/A/anon/#x1)
- Ever and anon the light from his cigar gave a touch of colour to his face. (Peter Pan) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/A/anon/#x2)
- Anon I thought of the mourning mother beneath the cross at Golgotha, so deep was the expression of pain. (Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/A/anon/#x3)

### Note

Today: at once; soon.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «anon» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/anon/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«anon» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/anon.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «anon» in the Early Modern English dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/A/anon/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«anon» in the Early Modern English dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/emode/w/anon.html) on Mova free.