ASAP

English

Alternative forms

asap

Etymology

From the 1950's. First known use in the book of captain Annis G Thompson, involved in the Korean War titled The greatest Airlift (1954). Originally used in the meaning "as soon as militarily possible" by military forces.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈeɪ.sæp/, or as an initialism (IPA^(key): /ˌeɪ.ɛs.eɪˈpiː/)
Audio (US): (file)
Rhymes: -æp, -iː

Adverb

ASAP (not comparable)

Initialism of as soon as possible.
Antonym: at leisure

Susan, please check those figures ASAP!

Synonyms

stat

Derived terms

WRASAP

Descendants

→ Finnish: asap

Translations

as soon as possible

Chinese:
Mandarin: 盡快／尽快 (zh) (jìnkuài), 及早 (zh) (jízǎo)
Czech: ASAP (cs), co nejdřív
Dutch: zo spoedig mogelijk, zo snel mogelijk, z.s.m. (nl)
Estonian: asap (et), ASAP (et)
Finnish: asap, ASAP (fi)
French: dès que possible (fr), au plus vite (fr)
Georgian: რაც შეიძლება ჩქარა (rac šeiʒleba čkara), რაც შეიძლება სწრაფად (rac šeiʒleba sc̣rapad), რაც შეიძლება მალე (rac šeiʒleba male)
German: so bald wie möglich, so schnell wie möglich, schnellstmöglich (de)
Hebrew: בַּהֶקְדֵּם הָאֶפְשָׁרִי (bahek'dém haef'sharí)
Hungarian: amilyen hamar csak lehetséges
Ido: tam balde kam posibla
Italian: appena possibile, il prima possibile, al più presto, il più presto possibile, quanto prima (it)
Japanese: 大至急 (ja) (daishikyuu), なるべく早く (narubekuhayaku), なるはや (naruhaya)
Latvian: cik vien drīz iespējams
Polish: jak najszybciej, asap (pl), ASAP (pl)
Portuguese: o mais rápido possível, o quanto antes
Russian: как мо́жно скоре́е (kak móžno skoréje), как мо́жно быстре́е (kak móžno bystréje)
Spanish: lo más rápido posible, lo antes posible, cuanto antes
Swedish: snarast (sv), så snart som möjligt
Turkish: bir an önce (tr)
Ukrainian: якнайшви́дше (uk) (jaknajšvýdše), якомо́га шви́дше (jakomóha švýdše), якнайскорі́ше (jaknajskoríše), якомо́га скорі́ше (jakomóha skoríše)
Vietnamese: sớm nhất có thể, càng sớm càng tốt

Anagrams

AAPS, AAPs, APAs, PAAs, PaaS, sapa

Polish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English ASAP.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈa.sap/
Rhymes: -asap
Syllabification: A‧SAP

Adverb

ASAP (not comparable)

(colloquial) Alternative spelling of asap
Synonym: jak najszybciej

ASAP

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Adverb

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