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snart

adverbadverb

soon · almost, practically

Senses and Example SentencesBetydning og bruk

  1. om kort tid;
    jamfør snarererather, more likely og snarestas soon as possible, at once
    in a short time;
    compare snarererather, more likely and snarestas soon as possible, at once
    • så snart som råd as soon as possible
    • komme snart to come soon
    • nå er det snart slutt på pengene the money will soon be running out
  2. så godt som;
    nesten (1)almost
    as good as;
    almostnesten (1)
    • jeg vet snart verken ut eller inn I hardly know whether I'm coming or going

Set phrasesFaste uttrykk

snart det ene, snart det andre noen ganger det ene, andre ganger den andre sometimes one thing, sometimes the other Eng. phrasefirst one thing, then another
snart sagt praktisk talt, nesten practically, almost Eng. phrasejust about
  • folk fra snart sagt hele kloden people from practically the whole world
så snart som så fort som as soon as
  • la oss komme oss vekk så snart som mulig let's get away as soon as possible