ASAP

English Alternative forms en 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 en /ˈeɪ.sæp/ /ˌeɪ.ɛs.eɪˈpiː/<q:initialism> en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Persent101-ASAP.wav US en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-asap.wav Southern England en æp iː 2 4 Adverb - en as soon as possible. en at leisure en Susan, please check those figures ASAP! Synonyms stat Descendants fi asap 1 Translations as soon as possible Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 盡快 jìnkuài, cmn 及早 jízǎo Czech: cs ASAP, cs co nejdřív Dutch: nl zo spoedig mogelijk, nl zo snel mogelijk, nl z.s.m. Estonian: et asap, et ASAP Finnish: fi asap, fi ASAP French: fr dès que possible, fr au plus vite Georgian: ka რაც შეიძლება ჩქარა, ka რაც შეიძლება სწრაფად, ka რაც შეიძლება მალე German: de so bald wie möglich, de so schnell wie möglich, de schnellstmöglich Hebrew: he בַּהֶקְדֵּם הָאֶפְשָׁרִי bahek'dém haef'sharí Hungarian: hu amilyen hamar csak lehetséges, hu sürgősen Ido: io tam balde kam posibla Italian: it appena possibile, it il prima possibile, it al più presto, it il più presto possibile, it quanto prima Japanese: ja 大至急 daishikyuu, ja なるべく早く narubekuhayaku, ja なるはや naruhaya Latvian: lv cik vien drīz iespējams Polish: pl jak najszybciej, pl asap, pl ASAP Portuguese: pt o mais rápido possível, pt o quanto antes Russian: ru как мо́жно скоре́е, ru как мо́жно быстре́е Swedish: sv snarast, sv så snart som möjligt, sv pronto Turkish: tr bir an önce Ukrainian: uk якнайшви́дше, uk якомо́га шви́дше, uk якнайскорі́ше, uk якомо́га скорі́ше Vietnamese: vi sớm nhất có thể, vi càng sớm càng tốt Anagrams en aaps AAPS AAPs APAs PAAs PaaS sapa en initialisms en Time Indonesian Pronunciation id asap Adjective - id en:as soon as possible Further reading Polish Etymology pl :ubor en:ASAP + 1 Pronunciation Adverb - pl colloquial pl asap pl jak najszybciej Further reading pl manner adverbs