as soon as
English
Alternative forms
- soon as (colloquial, ellipsis)
Pronunciation
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Conjunction
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see as, soon.
- I came as soon as I could.
- At the moment when; immediately after.
- As soon as he arrived, everyone gasped.
- Synonyms: immediately, once
- 1850, [Alfred, Lord Tennyson], In Memoriam, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC, Canto XXVI, page 43:
- […] that eye which watches guilt
And goodness, and hath power to see
Within the green the moulder’d tree,
And towers fall’n as soon as built— […]
- (idiomatic) Used to indicate that the first action mentioned is as likely as, or is preferred to, the second action mentioned.
- I'd jump out the window as soon as not.
- 2003 Oct. 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 pipe as soon as look at you."
- 2013 April 5, David Hathaway, “Your 2nd Amendment Cop Buddy Will Take Your Guns”, in LewRockwell.com, retrieved 19 September 2015:
- "[T]hey are the worst of the worst and they will shoot you just as soon as say Hello."
Derived terms
Translations
immediately after
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