as soon as

English

Used other than with a figurative or idiomatic meaning: see as,‎ soon.
I came as soon as I could.
At the moment when; immediately after.
As soon as he arrived, everyone gasped.
(idiomatic) Used to indicate that the first action mentioned is as likely as, or is preferred to, the second action mentioned.
I'd jump out the window as soon as do that.
- 2003 Oct. 12, William Safire (quoting 1913 New York City court records), "The Way We Live Now," New York Times (retrieved 19 Sep 2015):
  "He was a bad guy. He would hit you with a chunk of pipe as soon as look at you."
- 2013 April 5, David Hathaway, "Your 2nd Amendment Cop Buddy Will Take Your Guns," LewRockwell.com (retrieved 19 Sep 2015):
  "[T]hey are the worst of the worst and they will shoot you just as soon as say Hello."

immediately after

Arabic: مَا أَن‎ (mā ʾan), حَالَمَا‎ (ḥālamā), بِمُجَرَد‎ (bimujarad)
Egyptian Arabic: بمجرد‎ (bemugarad)
Armenian: շուտափույթ (hy) (šutapʿuytʿ)
Breton: kentañ ma (br)
Catalan: tan bon punt, tot seguit
Chinese:
Mandarin: 當 (zh), 当 (zh) (dāng...), ...就 (zh) (...jiù), 一...就 (yī...jiù), 一經 (zh), 一经 (zh) (yījīng)
Czech: jakmile (cs)
Danish: så snart som
Dutch: zodra (nl)
Esperanto: tuj kiam
Faroese: so skjótt sum, fyrsta
Finnish: kun (fi), heti kun
French: dès que (fr), sitôt que (fr)
Galician: en canto, des que, asemade
Georgian: როგორც კი (rogorc ḳi)
German: sowie (de), sobald (de)
Greek: μόλις (el) (mólis)
Hungarian: mihelyt (hu), mihelyst (hu), amint (hu), ahogy (hu)
Icelandic: strax og

Used other than with a figurative or idiomatic meaning: see as,‎ soon.
He might arrive as soon as three o'clock.

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