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Very soon; quickly; immediately.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: idiomatic, not-comparable
Examples
- This item is urgent, so please start on it right away.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
The traditional call to the driver of a train or other conveyance intimating that it is safe to move off immediately.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: dated, not-comparable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
without delay or hesitation; with no time intervening
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- he answered immediately
- found an answer straightaway
- an official accused of dishonesty should be suspended forthwith
- Come here now!
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: immediately, instantly, straightaway, straight off, directly, now, at once, forthwith, like a shot
Antonyms: none provided
at once (usually modifies an undesirable occurrence)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- he promptly forgot the address
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: promptly
Antonyms: none provided
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
96 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Arabic:
فَوْرًا
(fawran)
— very soon
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Arabic:
حَالًا
(ḥālan)
— very soon
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Arabic:
مُبَاشَرَةً
(mubāšaratan)
— very soon
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Arabic:
حَالًا
(ḥālan)
— very soon
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Arabic:
على طول
(ʼala ṭūl)
— very soon
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Arabic:
قوام
(ʔawām)
— very soon
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Arabic:
مُبَاشَرَةً
(mubashran)
— very soon
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Arabic:
تـَوّاً َ
(tawwan)
— very soon
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Arabic:
عَلَطُول
(ʕalaṭūl)
— very soon
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Arabic:
على طول
(ʼala ṭūl)
— very soon
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Arabic:
قوام
(ʔawām)
— very soon
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Arabic:
على طول
(ʼala ṭūl)
— very soon
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Arabic:
طوالي
(ṭawwāli)
— very soon
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Arabic:
حالا
(ḥālan)
— very soon
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Belarusian:
адра́зу
(adrázu)
— very soon
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Catalan:
en el moment
— very soon
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Catalan:
tot d'una
— very soon
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Cherokee:
ᎲᎴᏊ
(hvlequu)
— very soon
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Cheyenne:
sé'ea'e
— very soon
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Chinese Mandarin:
馬上 /马上
(mǎshàng)
— very soon
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Chinese Mandarin:
立刻
(lìkè)
— very soon
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Czech:
rovnou
— very soon
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Danish:
straks
— very soon
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Esperanto:
tuj
— very soon
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Finnish:
oikopäätä
— very soon
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Finnish:
heti
— very soon
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Finnish:
saman tien
— very soon
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French:
tout de suite
— very soon
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French:
sur le champ
— very soon
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French:
séance tenante
— very soon
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French:
aussi sec
— very soon
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Galician:
inmediatamente
— very soon
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Galician:
deseguida
— very soon
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Galician:
decontado
— very soon
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Galician:
axiña
— very soon
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German:
sofort
— very soon
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Greek:
αμέσως
(amésos)
— very soon
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Greek:
τάκα-τάκα
(táka-táka)
— very soon
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Hausa:
nan take
— very soon
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Hebrew:
מיד
— very soon
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Hindi:
फ़ौरन
(fauran)
— very soon
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Hindi:
तुरंत
(turant)
— very soon
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Hungarian:
azonnal
— very soon
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Hungarian:
rögtön
— very soon
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Hungarian:
nyomban
— very soon
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Hungarian:
máris
— very soon
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Ido:
quik
— very soon
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Ingrian:
hetin
— very soon
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Ingrian:
järkenää
— very soon
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Ingrian:
järestää
— very soon
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Interlingua:
immediatemente
— very soon
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Interlingua:
jam
— very soon
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Irish:
láithreach bonn
— very soon
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Italian:
subito
— very soon
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Italian:
immediatamente
— very soon
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Italian:
al più presto
— very soon
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Japanese:
すぐ
(sugu)
— very soon
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Korean:
곧
(got)
— very soon
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Korean:
즉시
(jeuksi)
— very soon
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Navajo:
haneetehee
— very soon
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Persian:
فوراً
(foran)
— very soon
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Persian:
بلافاصله
(belâfâsele)
— very soon
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Plautdietsch:
fuaz
— very soon
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Polish:
natychmiast
— very soon
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Polish:
od razu
— very soon
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Portuguese:
na hora
— very soon
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Portuguese:
imediatamente
— very soon
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Portuguese:
direto
— very soon
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Romanian:
imediat
— very soon
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Romanian:
neîntârziat
— very soon
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Romanian:
direct
— very soon
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Russian:
сра́зу
(srázu)
— very soon
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Russian:
сейча́с
(sejčás)
— very soon
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Russian:
сейча́с же
(sejčás že)
— very soon
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Russian:
то́тчас
(tótčas)
— very soon
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Russian:
сию́ мину́ту
(sijú minútu)
— very soon
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Scottish Gaelic:
anns a' bhad
— very soon
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Scottish Gaelic:
sa bhad
— very soon
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Spanish:
inmediatamente
— very soon
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Spanish:
sin demora
— very soon
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Spanish:
enseguida
— very soon
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Spanish:
al tiro
— very soon
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Swedish:
genast
— very soon
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Swedish:
ögonblickligen
— very soon
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Swedish:
på direkten
— very soon
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Swedish:
på en gång
— very soon
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Swedish:
med en gång
— very soon
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Tajik:
фавран
(favran)
— very soon
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Tajik:
якбора
(yakbora)
— very soon
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Thai:
ทันที
(tan-tii)
— very soon
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Thai:
ทันใด
(tan-dai)
— very soon
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Turkish:
derhal (derhâl)
— very soon
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Ukrainian:
за́раз
(záraz)
— very soon
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Ukrainian:
відра́зу
(vidrázu)
— very soon
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Urdu:
فوراً
(fauran)
— very soon
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Yiddish:
תּיכּף
(teykef)
— very soon