sooner or later

Adverb CEFR C1

Definitions

Eventually, at some undetermined time in the not-too-distant future.

not-comparable

Equivalents

Española la corta o a la larga más pronto o más tarde más tarde o más tempranotarde o temprano

Françaisà un moment ou à un autre tôt ou tard

Deutschfrüher oder später

24 more languages

العربيةعاجلا أم آجلا عاجلا أو آجلا فِي نِهَايَةِ الْمَطَافِ

Catalàtard o d'hora

Češtinadříve či později dříve nebo později

Cymraegyn hwyr neu'n hwyrach

Eestivarem või hiljem

Suomiennemmin tai myöhemmin

हिन्दीआगे-पीछे

Magyarelőbb-utóbb

Italianopresto o tardi prima o poi

日本語旦夕早かれ遅かれ早晩遅かれ早かれ

ქართულიადრე თუ გვიან

한국어조만간

Lietuviųanksčiau ar vėliau

Latviešuagrāk vai vēlāk

Nederlandsvroeg of laat

Polskiprędzej czy później

Portuguêsmais cedo ou mais tarde

Românămai devreme sau mai târziu odată și-odată

Русскийрано или поздно

Svenskaså småningom

ไทยไม่ช้าก็เร็ว

Türkçeeninde sonunda er geç er ya da geçevvel ahir önünde sonunda

Українськара́но чи пі́зно рано чи пізно

Tiếng Việtchẳng chóng thì chầy sớm muộn trước sau

Examples

“He’ll turn ⟳ up sooner or later.”

“Sooner or later / You hit the deck, you get ⟳ found out / Save ⟳ it for later / Don't run ⟳ away and let ⟳ me down”

CEFR level

C1

Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.

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See also

sooner rather than later soonest soonish soonly sooo sooth

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