Asap

//ˈeɪ.sæp// adv

adv ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adverb
  1. 1
    Initialism of as soon as possible. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, not-comparable

    "Susan, please check those figures ASAP!"

  2. 2
    Alternative letter-case form of ASAP. alt-of, not-comparable

    "I feel the impatience in her voice, the desire to sell all her stuff asap and return home."

Adverb
  1. 1
    as soon as possible wordnet

Synonyms

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as soon as possibleas soon as possibleasahpasahpasaycat the minute

Example

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"I want an answer from you 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.

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