English
Etymology
From the 1950s. First known use in a book of Captain Annis G Thompson, who was involved in the Korean War, The Greatest Airlift (1954). Originally used in the meaning "as soon as militarily possible" by military forces.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈeɪ.sæp/, (initialism) /ˌeɪ.ɛs.eɪˈpiː/
- Rhymes: -æp, -iː
Adverb
ASAP (not comparable)
- Initialism of as soon as possible.
- Antonym: at leisure
Susan, please check those figures ASAP!
Synonyms
Descendants
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
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Anagrams
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
Further reading
- ASAP in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- ASAP in Polish dictionaries at PWN