ASAP

English

Alternative forms

• asap

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/

• Audio (US):

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• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -æp, -iː

Adverb

ASAP (not comparable)

1. Initialism of as soon as possible.

   Antonym: at leisure

   Susan, please check those figures ASAP!

Synonyms

• stat

Descendants

• → Finnish: asap

Translations

as soon as possible — see also 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, sürgősen (hu)
• 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 (pt)
• Russian: как мо́жно скоре́е (kak móžno skoréje), как мо́жно быстре́е (kak móžno bystréje)
• Swedish: snarast (sv), så snart som möjligt, pronto (sv)
• 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

Indonesian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈa.sap/, [ˈa.sap̚]
• Homophone: asap

Adjective

ASAP (not comparable)

1. initialism of English as soon as possible

Further reading

• “ASAP”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Polish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English ASAP.

Pronunciation

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

Adverb

ASAP (not comparable)

1. (colloquial) alternative spelling of asap

   Synonym: jak najszybciej

Further reading

• “ASAP”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎^[1] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• “ASAP”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[2] (in Polish)