"as soon as" meaning in English

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Conjunction

Audio: en-au-as soon as.ogg [Australia]
Head templates: {{en-con}} as soon as
  1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see as, soon. Derived forms: as soon as look at someone, as soon as possible (alt: ASAP)
    Sense id: en-as_soon_as-en-conj-97Ju-3-P Categories (other): English prepositions Disambiguation of English prepositions: 31 19 20 31
  2. At the moment when; immediately after. Synonyms: immediately, once Translations (immediately after): مَا أَن (mā ʔan) (Arabic), حَالَمَا (ḥālamā) (Arabic), بِمُجَرَّد (bimujarrad) (Arabic), أوّل ما ('awwal mā) [Egyptian-Arabic] (Arabic), بمجرد (bemugarrad) [Egyptian-Arabic] (Arabic), շուտափույթ (šutapʿuytʿ) (Armenian), kentañ ma (Breton), щом (štom) (Bulgarian), tan bon punt (Catalan), tot seguit (Catalan), (Chinese Mandarin), (dāng...) (Chinese Mandarin), ...就 (...jiù) (Chinese Mandarin), 一...就 (yī...jiù) (Chinese Mandarin), 一經 (Chinese Mandarin), 一经 (yījīng) (Chinese Mandarin), jakmile (Czech), så snart som (Danish), zodra (Dutch), tuj kiam (Esperanto), so skjótt sum (Faroese), fyrsta (Faroese), kun (Finnish), kunhan (Finnish), heti kun (Finnish), dès que (French), sitôt que (French), aussitôt que (French), en canto (Galician), des que (Galician), asemade (Galician), amentre (Galician), atanto (Galician), encabantes (Galician), როგორც კი (rogorc ḳi) (Georgian), sowie (German), sobald (German), 𐍃𐌿𐌽𐍃𐌴𐌹 (sunsei) (Gothic), μόλις (mólis) (Greek), αφότου (afótou) (Greek), mihelyt (Hungarian), mihelyst (Hungarian), amint (Hungarian), ahogy (Hungarian), strax og (Icelandic), chomh luath agus (Irish), non appena (Italian), una volta che (Italian), ...とすぐ (...to sugu) (Japanese), や否や (yainaya) (alt: やいなや) (Japanese), ជាពេលដែល (cie peil dael) (Khmer), simulac (Latin), tiklīdz (Latvian), līdzko (Latvian), esoubal (Luxembourgish), så snart (Norwegian Bokmål), straks (Norwegian Bokmål), med det samme (Norwegian Bokmål), همین که (hamin ke) (Persian), به محض (be mahz-e) (Persian), gdy tylko (Polish), kiedy tylko (Polish), jak tylko (Polish), tão logo (Portuguese), assim que (Portuguese), logo que (Portuguese), odată ce (Romanian), imediat ce (Romanian), как то́лько (kak tólʹko) (Russian), čim (Serbo-Croatian), akonáhle (Slovak), apenas (Spanish), en cuanto (Spanish), tan pronto como (Spanish), ni bien (Spanish), så snart (Swedish), -er -mez (Turkish), як тільки (jak tilʹky) (Ukrainian), що́йно (ščójno) (Ukrainian), ngay (Vietnamese), do côp ki (Walloon), a fwait ki (Walloon), a muzeure ki (Walloon)
    Sense id: en-as_soon_as-en-conj-gU3Yye29 Categories (other): English prepositions Disambiguation of English prepositions: 31 19 20 31 Disambiguation of 'immediately after': 7 90 2
  3. (idiomatic) Used to indicate that the first action mentioned is as likely as, or is preferred to, the second action mentioned. Tags: idiomatic
    Sense id: en-as_soon_as-en-conj-oZf1zEOE Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English prepositions, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 26 9 57 9 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 29 10 51 10 Disambiguation of English prepositions: 31 19 20 31 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 20 14 55 11
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: soon as [colloquial, ellipsis]

Preposition

Audio: en-au-as soon as.ogg [Australia]
Head templates: {{head|en|prepositions|head=}} as soon as, {{en-prep}} as soon as
  1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see as, soon.
    Sense id: en-as_soon_as-en-prep-97Ju-3-P Categories (other): English prepositions Disambiguation of English prepositions: 31 19 20 31
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: soon as [colloquial, ellipsis]

Alternative forms

Download JSON data for as soon as meaning in English (13.5kB)

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          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "rogorc ḳi",
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          "sense": "immediately after",
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          "word": "amint"
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          "sense": "immediately after",
          "word": "ahogy"
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          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "immediately after",
          "word": "strax og"
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          "_dis1": "7 90 2",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "immediately after",
          "word": "chomh luath agus"
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        {
          "_dis1": "7 90 2",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "immediately after",
          "word": "non appena"
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          "_dis1": "7 90 2",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "immediately after",
          "word": "una volta che"
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          "_dis1": "7 90 2",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "...to sugu",
          "sense": "immediately after",
          "word": "...とすぐ"
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          "_dis1": "7 90 2",
          "alt": "やいなや",
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          "lang": "Japanese",
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          "sense": "immediately after",
          "word": "や否や"
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          "_dis1": "7 90 2",
          "code": "km",
          "lang": "Khmer",
          "roman": "cie peil dael",
          "sense": "immediately after",
          "word": "ជាពេលដែល"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "7 90 2",
          "code": "la",
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          "sense": "immediately after",
          "word": "simulac"
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          "sense": "immediately after",
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          "sense": "immediately after",
          "word": "esoubal"
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          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "immediately after",
          "word": "så snart"
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          "sense": "immediately after",
          "word": "straks"
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          "_dis1": "7 90 2",
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          "sense": "immediately after",
          "word": "med det samme"
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          "_dis1": "7 90 2",
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "hamin ke",
          "sense": "immediately after",
          "word": "همین که"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "7 90 2",
          "code": "fa",
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          "roman": "be mahz-e",
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          "word": "به محض"
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          "_dis1": "7 90 2",
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          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "immediately after",
          "word": "gdy tylko"
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        {
          "_dis1": "7 90 2",
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          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "immediately after",
          "word": "kiedy tylko"
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        {
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          "sense": "immediately after",
          "word": "jak tylko"
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          "sense": "immediately after",
          "word": "tão logo"
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          "_dis1": "7 90 2",
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          "sense": "immediately after",
          "word": "assim que"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "7 90 2",
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          "sense": "immediately after",
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          "sense": "immediately after",
          "word": "odată ce"
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          "sense": "immediately after",
          "word": "imediat ce"
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          "roman": "kak tólʹko",
          "sense": "immediately after",
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          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "immediately after",
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          "sense": "immediately after",
          "word": "akonáhle"
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          "sense": "immediately after",
          "word": "apenas"
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        {
          "_dis1": "7 90 2",
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          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "immediately after",
          "word": "en cuanto"
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        {
          "_dis1": "7 90 2",
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          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "immediately after",
          "word": "tan pronto como"
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        {
          "_dis1": "7 90 2",
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          "sense": "immediately after",
          "word": "ni bien"
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          "sense": "immediately after",
          "word": "så snart"
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          "sense": "immediately after",
          "word": "-er -mez"
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          "sense": "immediately after",
          "word": "ngay"
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          "lang": "Walloon",
          "sense": "immediately after",
          "word": "do côp ki"
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          "sense": "immediately after",
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          "sense": "immediately after",
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      "word": "როგორც კი"
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      "sense": "immediately after",
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      "sense": "immediately after",
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      "sense": "immediately after",
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      "code": "ga",
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      "sense": "immediately after",
      "word": "chomh luath agus"
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      "code": "it",
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      "sense": "immediately after",
      "word": "non appena"
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    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "immediately after",
      "word": "una volta che"
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      "code": "ja",
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      "sense": "immediately after",
      "word": "...とすぐ"
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      "alt": "やいなや",
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      "roman": "yainaya",
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      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "cie peil dael",
      "sense": "immediately after",
      "word": "ជាពេលដែល"
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      "code": "la",
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      "sense": "immediately after",
      "word": "simulac"
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      "sense": "immediately after",
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      "code": "lv",
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      "sense": "immediately after",
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      "sense": "immediately after",
      "word": "esoubal"
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      "sense": "immediately after",
      "word": "så snart"
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      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "immediately after",
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      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "immediately after",
      "word": "med det samme"
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      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "hamin ke",
      "sense": "immediately after",
      "word": "همین که"
    },
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      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "be mahz-e",
      "sense": "immediately after",
      "word": "به محض"
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      "sense": "immediately after",
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "immediately after",
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "immediately after",
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      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "immediately after",
      "word": "tão logo"
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    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "immediately after",
      "word": "assim que"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "immediately after",
      "word": "logo que"
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      "code": "ro",
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      "sense": "immediately after",
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    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "immediately after",
      "word": "imediat ce"
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      "code": "ru",
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      "roman": "kak tólʹko",
      "sense": "immediately after",
      "word": "как то́лько"
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      "code": "sh",
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      "sense": "immediately after",
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      "sense": "immediately after",
      "word": "akonáhle"
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      "sense": "immediately after",
      "word": "apenas"
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      "sense": "immediately after",
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      "sense": "immediately after",
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      "sense": "immediately after",
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      "sense": "immediately after",
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      "sense": "immediately after",
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      "roman": "jak tilʹky",
      "sense": "immediately after",
      "word": "як тільки"
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      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "ščójno",
      "sense": "immediately after",
      "word": "що́йно"
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      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "immediately after",
      "word": "ngay"
    },
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      "code": "wa",
      "lang": "Walloon",
      "sense": "immediately after",
      "word": "do côp ki"
    },
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      "code": "wa",
      "lang": "Walloon",
      "sense": "immediately after",
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      "sense": "immediately after",
      "word": "a muzeure ki"
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