"right away" meaning in English

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Adverb

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Head templates: {{en-adv|-}} right away (not comparable)
  1. (idiomatic) Very soon; quickly; immediately. Tags: idiomatic, not-comparable Synonyms: at once, forthwith, immediately, instantly, now, right now, straight away, tout de suite, without delay Derived forms: right-away signal Translations (very soon): فَوْرًا (fawran) (Arabic), حَالًا (ḥālan) (Arabic), مُبَاشَرَةً (mubāšaratan) (Arabic), حَالًا (ḥālan) [Egyptian-Arabic] (Arabic), على طول (ʼala ṭūl) [Egyptian-Arabic] (Arabic), قوام (ʔawām) [Egyptian-Arabic] (Arabic), مُبَاشَرَةً (mubashran) [Egyptian-Arabic] (Arabic), تـَوّاً َ (tawwan) [Egyptian-Arabic] (Arabic), عَلَطُول (ʕalaṭūl) [Gulf-Arabic] (Arabic), على طول (ʼala ṭūl) [Hijazi-Arabic] (Arabic), قوام (ʔawām) [South-Levantine-Arabic] (Arabic), على طول (ʼala ṭūl) [South-Levantine-Arabic] (Arabic), طوالي (ṭawwāli) [South-Levantine-Arabic] (Arabic), حالا (ḥālan) [South-Levantine-Arabic] (Arabic), адра́зу (adrázu) (Belarusian), en el moment (Catalan), tot d'una (Catalan), ᎲᎴᏊ (hvlequu) (Cherokee), sé'ea'e (Cheyenne), 馬上 (Chinese Mandarin), 马上 (mǎshàng) (Chinese Mandarin), 立刻 (lìkè) (Chinese Mandarin), rovnou (Czech), straks (Danish), tuj (Esperanto), oikopäätä (Finnish), pikimmiten (Finnish), heti (Finnish), saman tien (Finnish), tout de suite (French), sur le champ (French), séance tenante (French), aussi sec (French), inmediatamente (Galician), deseguida (Galician), decontado (Galician), axiña (Galician), sofort (German), αμέσως (amésos) (Greek), τάκα-τάκα (táka-táka) (Greek), nan take (Hausa), מיד (Hebrew), फ़ौरन (fauran) (Hindi), तुरंत (turant) (Hindi), azonnal (Hungarian), rögtön (Hungarian), nyomban (Hungarian), máris (Hungarian), quik (Ido), hetin (Ingrian), järkenää (Ingrian), immediatemente (Interlingua), jam (Interlingua), subito (Italian), immediatamente (Italian), al più presto (Italian), すぐ (sugu) (Japanese), (got) (Korean), 즉시 (jeuksi) (Korean), haneetehee (Navajo), فوراً (foran) (Persian), بلافاصله (belâfâsele) (Persian), fuaz (Plautdietsch), natychmiast (Polish), na hora (Portuguese), imediat (Romanian), neîntârziat (Romanian), direct (Romanian), сра́зу (srázu) (Russian), сейча́с (sejčás) (Russian), сейча́с же (sejčás že) [emphatic] (Russian), то́тчас (tótčas) (Russian), сию́ мину́ту (sijú minútu) (Russian), anns a' bhad (Scottish Gaelic), sa bhad (Scottish Gaelic), inmediatamente (Spanish), sin demora (Spanish), enseguida (Spanish), al tiro [Chile, informal] (Spanish), genast (Swedish), ögonblickligen (Swedish), på direkten (Swedish), på en gång (Swedish), med en gång (Swedish), фавран (favran) (Tajik), якбора (yakbora) (Tajik), ทันที (tan-tii) (Thai), ทันใด (tan-dai) (Thai), derhal (derhâl) (Turkish), за́раз (záraz) (Ukrainian), відра́зу (vidrázu) (Ukrainian), فوراً (fauran) (Urdu), תּיכּף (teykef) (Yiddish)
    Sense id: en-right_away-en-adv-Rr2DssQL Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 47 53 Disambiguation of 'very soon': 95 5
  2. (dated) The traditional call to the driver of a train or other conveyance intimating that it is safe to move off immediately. Tags: dated, not-comparable
    Sense id: en-right_away-en-adv-dlyO-7MQ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 47 53

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          "sense": "very soon",
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          "sense": "very soon",
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          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "very soon",
          "word": "tot d'una"
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          "roman": "hvlequu",
          "sense": "very soon",
          "word": "ᎲᎴᏊ"
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          "sense": "very soon",
          "word": "立刻"
        },
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          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "very soon",
          "word": "rovnou"
        },
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          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "very soon",
          "word": "straks"
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          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "very soon",
          "word": "tuj"
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          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "very soon",
          "word": "oikopäätä"
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          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "very soon",
          "word": "pikimmiten"
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          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "very soon",
          "word": "heti"
        },
        {
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          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "very soon",
          "word": "saman tien"
        },
        {
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          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "very soon",
          "word": "tout de suite"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "very soon",
          "word": "sur le champ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "very soon",
          "word": "séance tenante"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "very soon",
          "word": "aussi sec"
        },
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          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "very soon",
          "word": "inmediatamente"
        },
        {
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          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "very soon",
          "word": "deseguida"
        },
        {
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          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "very soon",
          "word": "decontado"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "very soon",
          "word": "axiña"
        },
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "very soon",
          "word": "sofort"
        },
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          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "amésos",
          "sense": "very soon",
          "word": "αμέσως"
        },
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          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "táka-táka",
          "sense": "very soon",
          "word": "τάκα-τάκα"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "ha",
          "lang": "Hausa",
          "sense": "very soon",
          "word": "nan take"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "sense": "very soon",
          "word": "מיד"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "fauran",
          "sense": "very soon",
          "word": "फ़ौरन"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "turant",
          "sense": "very soon",
          "word": "तुरंत"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "very soon",
          "word": "azonnal"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "very soon",
          "word": "rögtön"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "very soon",
          "word": "nyomban"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "very soon",
          "word": "máris"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "io",
          "lang": "Ido",
          "sense": "very soon",
          "word": "quik"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "izh",
          "lang": "Ingrian",
          "sense": "very soon",
          "word": "hetin"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "izh",
          "lang": "Ingrian",
          "sense": "very soon",
          "word": "järkenää"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "ia",
          "lang": "Interlingua",
          "sense": "very soon",
          "word": "immediatemente"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "ia",
          "lang": "Interlingua",
          "sense": "very soon",
          "word": "jam"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "very soon",
          "word": "subito"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "very soon",
          "word": "immediatamente"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "very soon",
          "word": "al più presto"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "sugu",
          "sense": "very soon",
          "word": "すぐ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "got",
          "sense": "very soon",
          "word": "곧"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "jeuksi",
          "sense": "very soon",
          "word": "즉시"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "nv",
          "lang": "Navajo",
          "sense": "very soon",
          "word": "haneetehee"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "foran",
          "sense": "very soon",
          "word": "فوراً"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "belâfâsele",
          "sense": "very soon",
          "word": "بلافاصله"
        },
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          "code": "pdt",
          "lang": "Plautdietsch",
          "sense": "very soon",
          "word": "fuaz"
        },
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          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "very soon",
          "word": "natychmiast"
        },
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          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "very soon",
          "word": "na hora"
        },
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          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "very soon",
          "word": "imediat"
        },
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          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "very soon",
          "word": "neîntârziat"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "very soon",
          "word": "direct"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "srázu",
          "sense": "very soon",
          "word": "сра́зу"
        },
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          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "sejčás",
          "sense": "very soon",
          "word": "сейча́с"
        },
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          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "sejčás že",
          "sense": "very soon",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "сейча́с же"
        },
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          "roman": "tótčas",
          "sense": "very soon",
          "word": "то́тчас"
        },
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          "word": "sa bhad"
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          "code": "es",
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          "sense": "very soon",
          "word": "inmediatamente"
        },
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          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "very soon",
          "word": "sin demora"
        },
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          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "very soon",
          "word": "enseguida"
        },
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          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "very soon",
          "tags": [
            "Chile",
            "informal"
          ],
          "word": "al tiro"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "very soon",
          "word": "genast"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "very soon",
          "word": "ögonblickligen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "very soon",
          "word": "på direkten"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "very soon",
          "word": "på en gång"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "very soon",
          "word": "med en gång"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "tg",
          "lang": "Tajik",
          "roman": "favran",
          "sense": "very soon",
          "word": "фавран"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "tg",
          "lang": "Tajik",
          "roman": "yakbora",
          "sense": "very soon",
          "word": "якбора"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "roman": "tan-tii",
          "sense": "very soon",
          "word": "ทันที"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "roman": "tan-dai",
          "sense": "very soon",
          "word": "ทันใด"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "very soon",
          "word": "derhal (derhâl)"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "záraz",
          "sense": "very soon",
          "word": "за́раз"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "vidrázu",
          "sense": "very soon",
          "word": "відра́зу"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "ur",
          "lang": "Urdu",
          "roman": "fauran",
          "sense": "very soon",
          "word": "فوراً"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "yi",
          "lang": "Yiddish",
          "roman": "teykef",
          "sense": "very soon",
          "word": "תּיכּף"
        }
      ]
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            "Entry maintenance"
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        {
          "ref": "1945 January and February, “Notes and News: American Locomotives in France”, in Railway Magazine, page 46",
          "text": "The locomotive was the now inevitable American 2-8-0, No. 2623. There she stood, effectively blocking the level crossing, simmering gently, massively inert. It was almost dark, and one's final sight was of her high, firelit cab, the enginemen nonchalantly leaning out, waiting for the right-away, while impatient road convoys piled up on both sides of the crossing.",
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        }
      ],
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        "The traditional call to the driver of a train or other conveyance intimating that it is safe to move off immediately."
      ],
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        "(dated) The traditional call to the driver of a train or other conveyance intimating that it is safe to move off immediately."
      ],
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        "dated",
        "not-comparable"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "tags": [
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      ],
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    }
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}
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    "English lemmas",
    "English multiword terms",
    "English terms with audio links",
    "English uncomparable adverbs"
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  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "right-away signal"
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adv",
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        "English idioms"
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        {
          "text": "This item is urgent, so please start on it right away."
        }
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        "Very soon; quickly; immediately."
      ],
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          "soon",
          "soon"
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        [
          "quickly",
          "quickly"
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          "immediately",
          "immediately"
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        "(idiomatic) Very soon; quickly; immediately."
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          "ref": "1945 January and February, “Notes and News: American Locomotives in France”, in Railway Magazine, page 46",
          "text": "The locomotive was the now inevitable American 2-8-0, No. 2623. There she stood, effectively blocking the level crossing, simmering gently, massively inert. It was almost dark, and one's final sight was of her high, firelit cab, the enginemen nonchalantly leaning out, waiting for the right-away, while impatient road convoys piled up on both sides of the crossing.",
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      ],
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        "The traditional call to the driver of a train or other conveyance intimating that it is safe to move off immediately."
      ],
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        "(dated) The traditional call to the driver of a train or other conveyance intimating that it is safe to move off immediately."
      ],
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      "tags": [
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    {
      "word": "at once"
    },
    {
      "word": "forthwith"
    },
    {
      "word": "immediately"
    },
    {
      "word": "instantly"
    },
    {
      "word": "now"
    },
    {
      "word": "right now"
    },
    {
      "word": "straight away"
    },
    {
      "word": "tout de suite"
    },
    {
      "word": "without delay"
    }
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      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "fawran",
      "sense": "very soon",
      "word": "فَوْرًا"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ḥālan",
      "sense": "very soon",
      "word": "حَالًا"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "mubāšaratan",
      "sense": "very soon",
      "word": "مُبَاشَرَةً"
    },
    {
      "code": "arz",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ḥālan",
      "sense": "very soon",
      "tags": [
        "Egyptian-Arabic"
      ],
      "word": "حَالًا"
    },
    {
      "code": "arz",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ʼala ṭūl",
      "sense": "very soon",
      "tags": [
        "Egyptian-Arabic"
      ],
      "word": "على طول"
    },
    {
      "code": "arz",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ʔawām",
      "sense": "very soon",
      "tags": [
        "Egyptian-Arabic"
      ],
      "word": "قوام"
    },
    {
      "code": "arz",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "mubashran",
      "sense": "very soon",
      "tags": [
        "Egyptian-Arabic"
      ],
      "word": "مُبَاشَرَةً"
    },
    {
      "code": "arz",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "tawwan",
      "sense": "very soon",
      "tags": [
        "Egyptian-Arabic"
      ],
      "word": "تـَوّاً َ"
    },
    {
      "code": "afb",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ʕalaṭūl",
      "sense": "very soon",
      "tags": [
        "Gulf-Arabic"
      ],
      "word": "عَلَطُول"
    },
    {
      "code": "acw",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ʼala ṭūl",
      "sense": "very soon",
      "tags": [
        "Hijazi-Arabic"
      ],
      "word": "على طول"
    },
    {
      "code": "ajp",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ʔawām",
      "sense": "very soon",
      "tags": [
        "South-Levantine-Arabic"
      ],
      "word": "قوام"
    },
    {
      "code": "ajp",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ʼala ṭūl",
      "sense": "very soon",
      "tags": [
        "South-Levantine-Arabic"
      ],
      "word": "على طول"
    },
    {
      "code": "ajp",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ṭawwāli",
      "sense": "very soon",
      "tags": [
        "South-Levantine-Arabic"
      ],
      "word": "طوالي"
    },
    {
      "code": "ajp",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ḥālan",
      "sense": "very soon",
      "tags": [
        "South-Levantine-Arabic"
      ],
      "word": "حالا"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "adrázu",
      "sense": "very soon",
      "word": "адра́зу"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "very soon",
      "word": "en el moment"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "very soon",
      "word": "tot d'una"
    },
    {
      "code": "chr",
      "lang": "Cherokee",
      "roman": "hvlequu",
      "sense": "very soon",
      "word": "ᎲᎴᏊ"
    },
    {
      "code": "chy",
      "lang": "Cheyenne",
      "sense": "very soon",
      "word": "sé'ea'e"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "very soon",
      "word": "馬上"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "mǎshàng",
      "sense": "very soon",
      "word": "马上"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "lìkè",
      "sense": "very soon",
      "word": "立刻"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "very soon",
      "word": "rovnou"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "very soon",
      "word": "straks"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "very soon",
      "word": "tuj"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "very soon",
      "word": "oikopäätä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "very soon",
      "word": "pikimmiten"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "very soon",
      "word": "heti"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "very soon",
      "word": "saman tien"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "very soon",
      "word": "tout de suite"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "very soon",
      "word": "sur le champ"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "very soon",
      "word": "séance tenante"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "very soon",
      "word": "aussi sec"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "very soon",
      "word": "inmediatamente"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "very soon",
      "word": "deseguida"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "very soon",
      "word": "decontado"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "very soon",
      "word": "axiña"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "very soon",
      "word": "sofort"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "amésos",
      "sense": "very soon",
      "word": "αμέσως"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "táka-táka",
      "sense": "very soon",
      "word": "τάκα-τάκα"
    },
    {
      "code": "ha",
      "lang": "Hausa",
      "sense": "very soon",
      "word": "nan take"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "sense": "very soon",
      "word": "מיד"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "fauran",
      "sense": "very soon",
      "word": "फ़ौरन"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "turant",
      "sense": "very soon",
      "word": "तुरंत"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "very soon",
      "word": "azonnal"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "very soon",
      "word": "rögtön"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "very soon",
      "word": "nyomban"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "very soon",
      "word": "máris"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "very soon",
      "word": "quik"
    },
    {
      "code": "izh",
      "lang": "Ingrian",
      "sense": "very soon",
      "word": "hetin"
    },
    {
      "code": "izh",
      "lang": "Ingrian",
      "sense": "very soon",
      "word": "järkenää"
    },
    {
      "code": "ia",
      "lang": "Interlingua",
      "sense": "very soon",
      "word": "immediatemente"
    },
    {
      "code": "ia",
      "lang": "Interlingua",
      "sense": "very soon",
      "word": "jam"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "very soon",
      "word": "subito"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "very soon",
      "word": "immediatamente"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "very soon",
      "word": "al più presto"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "sugu",
      "sense": "very soon",
      "word": "すぐ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "got",
      "sense": "very soon",
      "word": "곧"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "jeuksi",
      "sense": "very soon",
      "word": "즉시"
    },
    {
      "code": "nv",
      "lang": "Navajo",
      "sense": "very soon",
      "word": "haneetehee"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "foran",
      "sense": "very soon",
      "word": "فوراً"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "belâfâsele",
      "sense": "very soon",
      "word": "بلافاصله"
    },
    {
      "code": "pdt",
      "lang": "Plautdietsch",
      "sense": "very soon",
      "word": "fuaz"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "very soon",
      "word": "natychmiast"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "very soon",
      "word": "na hora"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "very soon",
      "word": "imediat"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "very soon",
      "word": "neîntârziat"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "very soon",
      "word": "direct"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "srázu",
      "sense": "very soon",
      "word": "сра́зу"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "sejčás",
      "sense": "very soon",
      "word": "сейча́с"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "sejčás že",
      "sense": "very soon",
      "tags": [
        "emphatic"
      ],
      "word": "сейча́с же"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "tótčas",
      "sense": "very soon",
      "word": "то́тчас"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "sijú minútu",
      "sense": "very soon",
      "word": "сию́ мину́ту"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "very soon",
      "word": "anns a' bhad"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "very soon",
      "word": "sa bhad"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "very soon",
      "word": "inmediatamente"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "very soon",
      "word": "sin demora"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "very soon",
      "word": "enseguida"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "very soon",
      "tags": [
        "Chile",
        "informal"
      ],
      "word": "al tiro"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "very soon",
      "word": "genast"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "very soon",
      "word": "ögonblickligen"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "very soon",
      "word": "på direkten"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "very soon",
      "word": "på en gång"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "very soon",
      "word": "med en gång"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "favran",
      "sense": "very soon",
      "word": "фавран"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "yakbora",
      "sense": "very soon",
      "word": "якбора"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "tan-tii",
      "sense": "very soon",
      "word": "ทันที"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "tan-dai",
      "sense": "very soon",
      "word": "ทันใด"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "very soon",
      "word": "derhal (derhâl)"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "záraz",
      "sense": "very soon",
      "word": "за́раз"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "vidrázu",
      "sense": "very soon",
      "word": "відра́зу"
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "roman": "fauran",
      "sense": "very soon",
      "word": "فوراً"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "teykef",
      "sense": "very soon",
      "word": "תּיכּף"
    }
  ],
  "word": "right away"
}
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  "subsection": "adverb",
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If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.