tout de suite

US/ˌtuːt ˈswiːt/UK/ˌtuː də ˈswiːt/

adverb

Immediately, right away.

“If you want to catch the bus, you'd better leave tout de suite!”

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pronto
OriginFrench tout de suite →
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Meanings

adverbtout de suite (not comparable)

alternative tout suite · alternative toot sweet

  1. colloquialnot comparableImmediately, right away.

    If you want to catch the bus, you'd better leave tout de suite!

    1 more example

    I’ve got some decent Margaux in the cellar. Let’s get back to my place tout de suite and crack it open.

    2017, Simon Kernick, chapter 49, in The Hanged Man, London: Century, →ISBN, page 295

    Synonyms: pronto

Synonyms & antonyms

adverbImmediately, right away.

Similar
pronto
Also see
directlyimmediatelyright awaystraight away

Origin

  1. Frenchtout de suite
  2. Frenchtout de suite
  3. Englishtout de suite

Borrowed from French tout de suite.

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APA

tout de suite. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tout%20de%20suite

MLA

“tout de suite.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tout%20de%20suite. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “tout de suite,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tout%20de%20suite.

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