In various phrases denoting ‘At the very time or moment when, whenever’. Also with sum, and elliptical without connecting particle.

In various phrases denoting ‘At the very time or moment when, whenever’. so soon so. Obsolete.

In various phrases denoting ‘At the very time or moment when, whenever’. as soon as. (Now the ordinary use.) Also †as soon so.

In various phrases denoting ‘At the very time or moment when, whenever’. so soon as. In early use sometimes †al so, also soon as.

In various phrases denoting ‘At the very time or moment when, whenever’. soon as. Now poetic, dialect, and colloquial.

= As … as; how soon (that) = as soon as (French aussitôt que). Obsolete. Chiefly Scottish.

In various phrases denoting ‘At the very time or moment when, whenever’. how soon (as). Scottish. Obsolete.

At the very time or moment when; as soon as. (Now only in Scottish and Irish English use.)

conjunctively (with or without that, †as). The moment that, as soon as.

as conj. (elliptical for immediately that). The moment that; as soon as. Cf. directly, adv. 6b.