as soon as

English

Alternative forms

• soon as(colloquial, ellipsis)

Pronunciation

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Conjunction

assoonas

1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically:seeas,‎soon.

   I cameas soon asI could.

2. At themomentwhen;immediatelyafter;instantly.

   As soon ashe arrived, everyone gasped.

   Synonyms:immediately,once

   • 1850,[Alfred, Lord Tennyson],In Memoriam,London:Edward Moxon,[…],→OCLC,Canto XXVI,page43:

     […]that eye which watches guilt
     ⁠And goodness, and hath power to see
     ⁠Within the green the moulder’d tree,
     And towers fall’nas soon asbuilt—[…]

3. (idiomatic)Used to indicate that the first action mentioned is aslikelyas, or ispreferredto, the second action mentioned.

   I'd jump out the windowas soon asnot.

   • 2003Oct. 12,William Safire(quoting 1913 New York City court records), "The Way We Live Now,"New York Times(retrieved 19 Sep 2015):

     "He was a bad guy. He would hit you with a chunk of pipeas soon aslook at you. "

   • 2013April 5, David Hathaway, “Your 2nd Amendment Cop Buddy Will Take Your Guns”,inLewRockwell.com,retrieved19 September 2015:

     "[T]hey are the worst of the worst and they will shoot you justas soon assay Hello. "

Derived terms

• as soon as look at someone
• as soon as possible(ASAP)

Translations

immediately after

• Arabic:مَا أَن(mā ʔan),حَالَمَا(ḥālamā),بِمُجَرَّد(bimujarrad)

  Egyptian Arabic:أوّل ما('awwal mā),بمجرد(bemugarrad)

  Hijazi Arabic:أوّل ما(ʔawwal mā)

• Armenian:շուտափույթ(hy)(šutapʻuytʻ)
• Breton:kentañ ma(br)
• Bulgarian:щом(bg)(štom)
• Catalan:tan bon punt,tot seguit(ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin:Đương／Đương(zh)(dāng...),...Tựu(zh)(...jiù),Nhất... Tựu(yī...jiù),Nhất kinh／Nhất kinh(zh)(yījīng)

• Czech:jakmile(cs)
• Danish:så snart som
• Dutch:zodra(nl)
• Esperanto:tuj kiam
• Faroese:so skjótt sum,fyrsta
• Finnish:kun(fi),kunhan,heti kun
• French:dès que(fr),sitôt que(fr),aussitôt que(fr)
• Galician:en canto,des que,asemade,amentre,atanto,encabantes
• Georgian:როგორც კი(rogorc ḳi)
• German:sowie(de),sobald(de)
• Gothic:𐍃𐌿𐌽𐍃𐌴𐌹(sunsei)
• Greek:μόλις(el)(mólis),αφότου(el)(afótou)
• Hungarian:mihelyt(hu),mihelyst(hu),amint(hu),ahogy(hu)
• Icelandic:strax og
• Irish:chomh luath agus
• Italian:non appena,una volta che
• Japanese:...とすぐ(...to sugu),や phủ や(やいなや, yainaya)
• Khmer:ជាពេលដែល(cie peil dael)
• Latin:simulac(la)
• Latvian:tiklīdz,līdzko
• Luxembourgish:esoubal
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål:så snart,straks(no),med det samme

• Persian:همین که(hamin ke),به محض(be mahz-e)
• Polish:gdy tylko,kiedy tylko,jak tylko
• Portuguese:tão logo(pt),assim que(pt),logo que(pt)
• Romanian:odată ce,imediat ce
• Russian:как то́лько(ru)(kak tólʹko)
• Serbo-Croatian:čim
• Slovak:akonáhle
• Spanish:apenas(es),en cuanto,tan pronto como,ni bien
• Swedish:så snart
• Turkish:-er -mez
• Ukrainian:як тільки(jak tilʹky),що́йно(ščójno)
• Vietnamese:ngay(vi)
• Walloon:do côp ki(wa),a fwait ki(wa),a muzeure ki(wa)

Preposition

assoonas

1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically:seeas,‎soon.

   He might arriveas soon asthree o'clock.