conj
Meaning 1
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see as, soon.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- I came as soon as I could.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Phrase guide
as soon as
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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conj
Meaning 2
At the moment when; immediately (after); instantly; directly.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- As soon as he arrived, everyone gasped.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: no sooner than, immediately, once
Antonyms: none provided
conj
Meaning 3
Used to indicate that the first action mentioned is as likely as, or is preferred to, the second action mentioned.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: idiomatic
Examples
- I'd jump out the window as soon as not.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
prep
Meaning 4
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see as, soon.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- He might arrive as soon as three o'clock.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
94 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Arabic: مَا أَن (mā ʔan) — immediately after
- Arabic: حَالَمَا (ḥālamā) — immediately after
- Arabic: بِمُجَرَّد (bimujarrad) — immediately after
- Arabic: مَا هُوَ إِلَّا أَنْ (mā huwa ʔillā ʔan) — immediately after
- Arabic: أوّل ما ('awwal mā) — immediately after
- Arabic: بمجرد (bemugarrad) — immediately after
- Arabic: أوّل ما (ʔawwal mā) — immediately after
- Armenian: շուտափույթ (šutapʻuytʻ) — immediately after
- Asturian: desque — immediately after
- Asturian: namás — immediately after
- Asturian: en cuantes — immediately after
- Breton: kentañ ma — immediately after
- Bulgarian: щом (štom) — immediately after
- Catalan: tan bon punt — immediately after
- Catalan: tot seguit — immediately after
- Chinese Mandarin: 當 /当 (dāng...) — immediately after
- Chinese Mandarin: ...就 (...jiù) — immediately after
- Chinese Mandarin: 一...就 (yī...jiù) — immediately after
- Chinese Mandarin: 一經 /一经 (yījīng) — immediately after
- Chinese Mandarin: 一旦 (yīdàn) — immediately after
- Czech: jakmile — immediately after
- Danish: så snart som — immediately after
- Dutch: zodra — immediately after
- Esperanto: tuj kiam — immediately after
- Esperanto: post kiam — immediately after
- Faroese: so skjótt sum — immediately after
- Faroese: fyrsta — immediately after
- Finnish: kun — immediately after
- Finnish: kunhan — immediately after
- Finnish: heti kun — immediately after
- Finnish: niin pian kun — immediately after
- French: dès que — immediately after
- French: sitôt que — immediately after
- French: aussitôt que — immediately after
- Galician: en canto — immediately after
- Galician: des que — immediately after
- Galician: asemade — immediately after
- Galician: amentre — immediately after
- Galician: atanto — immediately after
- Galician: encabantes — immediately after
- Georgian: როგორც კი (rogorc ḳi) — immediately after
- Georgian: მაშინვე (mašinve) — immediately after
- Georgian: იმწამსვე (imc̣amsve) — immediately after
- Georgian: ეგრევე (egreve) — immediately after
- German: sobald — immediately after
- Gothic: 𐍃𐌿𐌽𐍃𐌴𐌹 (sunsei) — immediately after
- Greek: μόλις (mólis) — immediately after
- Greek: αφότου (afótou) — immediately after
- Hungarian: mihelyt — immediately after
- Hungarian: mihelyst — immediately after
- Hungarian: amint — immediately after
- Hungarian: ahogy — immediately after
- Icelandic: um leið og — immediately after
- Irish: chomh luath agus — immediately after
- Italian: non appena — immediately after
- Italian: appena — immediately after
- Italian: una volta che — immediately after
- Japanese: ...とすぐ (...to sugu) — immediately after
- Japanese: や否や (yainaya) — immediately after
- Khmer: ជាពេលដែល (cie peil dael) — immediately after
- Latin: simulac — immediately after
- Latvian: tiklīdz — immediately after
- Latvian: līdzko — immediately after
- Luxembourgish: esoubal — immediately after
- Norwegian Bokmål: så snart — immediately after
- Norwegian Bokmål: straks — immediately after
- Norwegian Bokmål: med det samme — immediately after
- Pannonian Rusyn: лємцо (ljemco) — immediately after
- Pannonian Rusyn: накадзи (nakadzi) — immediately after
- Persian: همین که (hamin ke) — immediately after
- Persian: به محض (be mahz-e) — immediately after
- Polish: gdy tylko — immediately after
- Polish: kiedy tylko — immediately after
- Polish: jak tylko — immediately after
- Portuguese: tão logo — immediately after
- Portuguese: assim que — immediately after
- Portuguese: logo que — immediately after
- Romanian: odată ce — immediately after
- Romanian: imediat ce — immediately after
- Russian: как то́лько (kak tólʹko) — immediately after
- Serbo-Croatian: čim — immediately after
- Slovak: akonáhle — immediately after
- Spanish: apenas — immediately after
- Spanish: en cuanto — immediately after
- Spanish: tan pronto como — immediately after
- Spanish: ni bien — immediately after
- Swedish: så snart — immediately after
- Turkish: -er -mez — immediately after
- Ukrainian: як тільки (jak tilʹky) — immediately after
- Ukrainian: що́йно (ščójno) — immediately after
- Vietnamese: ngay — immediately after
- Walloon: do côp ki — immediately after
- Walloon: a fwait ki — immediately after
- Walloon: a muzeure ki — immediately after