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as soon as en · ADP

Pronunciation

Meanings

  1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see as, soon.
    • He might arrive as soon as three o'clock.

Forms

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Coordinates

no sooner than · no later than

as soon as en · CCONJ

Pronunciation

Meanings

  1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see as, soon.
    • I came as soon as I could.
  2. At the moment when; immediately (after); instantly; directly.
    • As soon as he arrived, everyone gasped.
    • […] that eye which watches guilt ⁠And goodness, and hath power to see ⁠Within the green the moulder’d tree, And towers fall’n as soon as built— […] 1850, [Alfred, Lord Tennyson], “Canto XXVI”, in In Memoriam, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC, page 43:
  3. (idiomatic) Used to indicate that the first action mentioned is as likely as, or is preferred to, the second action mentioned.
    • "[T]hey are the worst of the worst and they will shoot you just as soon as say Hello." 2013 April 5, David Hathaway, “Your 2nd Amendment Cop Buddy Will Take Your Guns”, in LewRockwell.com, retrieved 19 Sep 2015:
    • He was a bad guy. He would hit you with a chunk of pipe as soon as look at you. 2003 Oct. 12, William Safire (quoting 1913 New York City court records), "The Way We Live Now," New York Times (retrieved 19 Sep 2015)
    • I'd jump out the window as soon as not.

Forms

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soon as alternative lexicographic

Coordinates

no sooner than · no sooner than · before · no later than

Deriveds

as soon as look at someone · as soon as possible

Synonyms

once · immediately · no sooner than

Translations (95)

wa do côp ki (immediately after) · fi heti kun (immediately after) · pt tão logo (immediately after) · ca tot seguit (immediately after) · aeb مِزِّال كِيف (immediately after) · pl gdy tylko (immediately after) · arz أوّل ما (immediately after) · pt logo que (immediately after) · wa a fwait ki (immediately after) · de sobald (immediately after) · sv så snart (immediately after) · ro odată ce (immediately after) · fa به محض (immediately after) · hy շուտափույթ (immediately after) · el μόλις (immediately after) · fr sitôt que (immediately after) · nl zodra (immediately after) · fo fyrsta (immediately after) · rsk лємцо (immediately after) · ru как то́лько (immediately after) · ka როგორც კი (immediately after) · ja ...とすぐ (immediately after) · fi kunhan (immediately after) · pl jak tylko (immediately after) · lb esoubal (immediately after) · bg щом (immediately after) · ar مَا هُوَ إِلَّا أَنْ (immediately after) · pt assim que (immediately after) · eo tuj kiam (immediately after) · pl kiedy tylko (immediately after) · it una volta che (immediately after) · es en cuanto (immediately after) · la simulac (immediately after) · cmn 當 /当 (immediately after) · gl amentre (immediately after) · nb med det samme (immediately after) · km ជាពេលដែល (immediately after) · es ni bien (immediately after) · es tan pronto como (immediately after) · ka იმწამსვე (immediately after) · lv līdzko (immediately after) · eo post kiam (immediately after) · fa همین که (immediately after) · vi ngay (immediately after) · fo so skjótt sum (immediately after) · uk що́йно (immediately after) · ast desque (immediately after) · arz بمجرد (immediately after) · fr dès que (immediately after) · is um leið og (immediately after) · nb straks (immediately after) · el αφότου (immediately after) · gl encabantes (immediately after) · gl des que (immediately after) · ka მაშინვე (immediately after) · hu ahogy (immediately after) · ar بِمُجَرَّد (immediately after) · uk як тільки (immediately after) · ast namás (immediately after) · lv tiklīdz (immediately after) · ro imediat ce (immediately after) · ga chomh luath agus (immediately after) · it non appena (immediately after) · cmn ...就 (immediately after) · da så snart som (immediately after) · ca tan bon punt (immediately after) · ar مَا أَن (immediately after) · hu amint (immediately after) · cs jakmile (immediately after) · cmn 一經 /一经 (immediately after) · nb så snart (immediately after) · cmn 一...就 (immediately after) · ka ეგრევე (immediately after) · sh čim (immediately after) · ar حَالَمَا (immediately after) · fi niin pian kun (immediately after) · cmn 一旦 (immediately after) · ja や否や (immediately after) · got 𐍃𐌿𐌽𐍃𐌴𐌹 (immediately after) · gl asemade (immediately after) · gl atanto (immediately after) · br kentañ ma (immediately after) · wa a muzeure ki (immediately after) · it appena (immediately after) · ast en cuantes (immediately after) · hu mihelyt (immediately after) · tr -er -mez (immediately after) · es apenas (immediately after) · sk akonáhle (immediately after) · fi kun (immediately after) · gl en canto (immediately after) · acw أوّل ما (immediately after) · hu mihelyst (immediately after) · rsk накадзи (immediately after) · fr aussitôt que (immediately after)