Meanings
adverbas soon as possible (not comparable)
alternative ASAP · alternative asap
- not comparableAs soon as is possible; at one's earliest convenience; at the earliest possible time.
Where I do agree with Tim is that we need 'non-fossil fuel power to be the default for the railways as soon as possible.
2021 April 7, “Open Access: Free charging points at station car parks”, in RAIL, number 928, page 383 more examples
The Admiral, very apprehensive of her falling into the hands of the enemy, sent me with discretional orders to Captain Hood, that, should he not be able to get her off the shoal, he might put his men into the Thames, and burn the Venerable, making the signal at the same time for the Thames to close with the Venerable as soon as possible.
1838, Sir John Ross, Memoirs and Correspondence of Admiral Lord de Saumarez, Vol. IThese depraved lustings after flesh, grease, narcotics, etc., are a disgrace to human nature; you ought to be ashamed of them, and eradicate and destroy them as soon as possible.
1851, J. Bradford Sax, The Organic Laws; Or, the Laws which Govern the Human OrganismThen he put a trunk line phone call through to the nearest township and asked the Police to send someone out as soon as possible.
1943, H. Lorna Bingham, The Lost Tribe, Sydney: Winn and Co., page 13, column 2Synonyms: ASAP
Synonyms & antonyms
adverbAs soon as is possible; at one's earliest convenience; at the earliest possible time.
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Translations
Arabic فِي أَقْرَب وَقْت مُمْكِن, فِي أَسْرَع وَقْت مُمْكِن
- فِي أَقْرَب وَقْت مُمْكِن (fī ʔaqrab waqt mumkin)as soon as is possible
- فِي أَسْرَع وَقْت مُمْكِن (fī ʔasraʕ waqt mumkin)as soon as is possible
Brazilian Portuguese o mais rápido possível
- o mais rápido possívelas soon as is possible
Catalan al més aviat possible, com més aviat millor
- al més aviat possibleas soon as is possible
- com més aviat milloras soon as is possible
- tan aviat com es puguias soon as is possible
Chinese Mandarin 盡快 /尽快, 及早
- 盡快 /尽快 (jìnkuài)as soon as is possible
- 及早 (jízǎo)as soon as is possible
- 越快越好 (yuè kuài yuè hǎo)as soon as is possible
Czech co nejdříve
- co nejdříveas soon as is possible
Danish så hurtigt som muligt
- så hurtigt som muligtas soon as is possible
Dutch zo snel mogelijk
- zo snel mogelijkas soon as is possible
Esperanto kiel eble plej baldaŭ, kiel eble plej rapide
- kiel eble plej baldaŭas soon as is possible
- kiel eble plej rapideas soon as is possible
Estonian nii kiiresti kui võimalik
- nii kiiresti kui võimalikas soon as is possible
European Portuguese o mais breve possível
- o mais breve possívelas soon as is possible
Finnish heti, kun mahdollista, mahdollisimman pian
- heti, kun mahdollistaas soon as is possible
- mahdollisimman pianas soon as is possible
French dès que possible, le plus vite possible
- dès que possibleas soon as is possible
- le plus vite possibleas soon as is possible
- au plus tôtas soon as is possible
- dans les plus brefs délaisas soon as is possible
German so bald wie möglich, so schnell wie möglich
- so bald wie möglichas soon as is possible
- so schnell wie möglichas soon as is possible
- baldmöglichstas soon as is possible
- schnellstmöglichas soon as is possible
Greek το συντομότερο δυνατόν
- το συντομότερο δυνατόν (to syntomótero dynatón)as soon as is possible
Hebrew בַּהֶקְדֵּם הָאֶפְשָׁרִי
- בַּהֶקְדֵּם הָאֶפְשָׁרִי (bahekdém ha'efsharí)as soon as is possible
Hindi जितना जल्दी हो सके, जितना जल्दी हो सकें
- जितना जल्दी हो सके (jitnā jaldī ho sake)as soon as is possible
- जितना जल्दी हो सकें (jitnā jaldī ho sakẽ)as soon as is possible
- जल्द से जल्द (jald se jald)as soon as is possible
Hungarian mielőbb, minél előbb
- mielőbbas soon as is possible
- minél előbbas soon as is possible
- minél hamarabbas soon as is possible
- a lehető leghamarabbas soon as is possible
- amint lehetségesas soon as is possible
- mihelyt lehetségesas soon as is possible
- amilyen hamar csak lehetas soon as is possible
- amilyen hamar csak lehetségesas soon as is possible
Icelandic sem fyrst, eins fljótt og auðið er
- sem fyrstas soon as is possible
- eins fljótt og auðið eras soon as is possible
- sem skjótastas soon as is possible
Irish chomh luath agus is féidir, an túisce is féidir
- chomh luath agus is féidiras soon as is possible
- an túisce is féidiras soon as is possible
Italian al più presto, il più presto possibile
- al più prestoas soon as is possible
- il più presto possibileas soon as is possible
- quanto primaas soon as is possible
- il prima possibileas soon as is possible
Japanese できるだけ早く, 出来る限り早期
- できるだけ早く (dekiru dake hayaku)as soon as is possible
- 出来る限り早期 (dekiru gakiri sōki)as soon as is possible
- できる限り急いで (dekiru kagiri isoide)as soon as is possible
- 可及的速やかに (kakyūteki sumiyaka-ni)as soon as is possible
- 一刻も早く (ikkoku mo hayaku)as soon as is possible
Korean 가능한 빨리, 되도록 빨리
- 가능한 빨리 (ganeunghan ppalli)as soon as is possible
- 되도록 빨리 (doedorok ppalli)as soon as is possible
- 하루빨리 (haruppalli)as soon as is possible
- 일찌감치 (iljjigamchi)as soon as is possible
Latin quam primum, quam celerrime
- quam primumas soon as is possible
- quam celerrimeas soon as is possible
Norwegian så snart som mulig
- så snart som muligas soon as is possible
Persian هرچه زودتر
- هرچه زودتر (harče zudtar)as soon as is possible
Polish tak szybko, jak to możliwe, możliwie najszybciej
- tak szybko, jak to możliweas soon as is possible
- możliwie najszybciejas soon as is possible
- możliwie jak najszybciejas soon as is possible
Portuguese o quanto antes
- o quanto antesas soon as is possible
Romanian cel mai repede posibil, cât de repede posibil
- cel mai repede posibilas soon as is possible
- cât de repede posibilas soon as is possible
- cât mai curândas soon as is possible
- cât mai curând posibilas soon as is possible
Russian как мо́жно скоре́е, как мо́жно быстре́е
- как мо́жно скоре́е (kak móžno skoréje)as soon as is possible
- как мо́жно быстре́е (kak móžno bystréje)as soon as is possible
Scottish Gaelic cho luath sa ghabhas
- cho luath sa ghabhasas soon as is possible
Spanish lo antes posible, lo más pronto posible
- lo antes posibleas soon as is possible
- lo más pronto posibleas soon as is possible
- cuanto antesas soon as is possible
- tan pronto como sea posibleas soon as is possible
- a la brevedadas soon as is possible
- a la mayor brevedadas soon as is possible
- en cuanto sea posibleas soon as is possible
Swedish snarast, så fort som möjligt
- snarastas soon as is possible
- så fort som möjligtas soon as is possible
- så snart som möjligtas soon as is possible
Tagalog sa lalong madaling panahon
- sa lalong madaling panahonas soon as is possible
Thai เร็วที่สุดเท่าที่จะเร็วได้
- เร็วที่สุดเท่าที่จะเร็วได้ (reo têe sùt tâo têe jà reo dâai)as soon as is possible
Turkish bir an önce, olabildiğince çabuk
- bir an önceas soon as is possible
- olabildiğince çabukas soon as is possible
- mümkün olduğunca çabukas soon as is possible
- bir an evvelas soon as is possible
Ukrainian якомо́га скорі́ше, якнайскорі́ше
- якомо́га скорі́ше (jakomóha skoríše)as soon as is possible
- якнайскорі́ше (jaknajskoríše)as soon as is possible
Urdu جلد از جلد, جتنی جلدی ہو سکے
- جلد از جلد (jald az jald)as soon as is possible
- جتنی جلدی ہو سکے (jitnī jaldi ho sake)as soon as is possible
Vietnamese sớm nhất có thể, càng sớm càng tốt
- sớm nhất có thểas soon as is possible
- càng sớm càng tốtas soon as is possible
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