sooner rather than later

English

Alternative forms

• sooner than later

Adverb

sooner rather than later (not comparable)

1. In the fairly near future; fairly soon.
   • 1994, Harold S. Bernard, K. Roy MacKenzie, Basics of Group Psychotherapy, page 156:

     I believe that therapists need to be proactive rather than laissez faire in addressing problems— if not immediately, then sooner rather than later.

   • 2006, B. Brown, What Drives Global Capital Flows?, page 174:

     Their present policy of sterilizing monetary inflows is creating imbalances which suggests, sooner rather than later, they're going to have to, for stability purposes, move their currency.

   • 2017, Robert Wynn, Rukhmi Bhat, Paul Monagle, Pediatric Hematology: A Practical Guide, page 66:

     The response rate is probably higher when treatment is applied sooner rather than later after diagnosis and to children with VSAA rather than AA.

See also

• sooner or later