sooner or later

sooner or later

English

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Adverb

sooner or later (not comparable)

1. (set phrase) Eventually, at some undetermined time in the not-too-distant future.

   He’ll turn up sooner or later.

   • 1982, The English Beat (lyrics and music), “Save It for Later”, in Special Beat Service:

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

Synonyms

• one day, one of these days, some day, someday; see also Thesaurus:one day

Translations

set phrase; eventually

Arabic: عَاجِلاً أَم آجِلاً‎ (ʿājilan ʾam ʾājilan), عَاجِلاً أَو آجِلاً‎ (ʿājilan ʾaw ʾājilan), فِي نِهَايَةِ الْمَطَافِ‎ (fī nihāyati l-maṭāfi) Armenian: վաղ թե ուշ (vał tʿe uš) Belarusian: ра́на ці по́зна (rána ci pózna) Catalan: tard o d'hora Chinese: Cantonese: 遲早, 迟早 (ci4 zou2) Mandarin: 遲早／迟早 (zh) (chízǎo), 早晚 (zh) (zǎowǎn) Czech: dříve nebo později, dříve či později Danish: før eller senere, før eller siden Dutch: vroeg of laat Estonian: varem või hiljem Finnish: ennemmin tai myöhemmin (fi) French: tôt ou tard (fr), à un moment ou à un autre Middle French: tost ou tard Georgian: ადრე თუ გვიან (adre tu gvian) German: früher oder später (de) Greek: αργά ή γρήγορα (argá í grígora) Hungarian: előbb vagy utóbb, előbb-utóbb Italian: prima o poi, presto o tardi Japanese: 遅かれ早かれ (おそかれはやかれ, osokare-hayakare), 早晩 (ja) (そうばん, sōban) Korean: 조만간 (ko) (joman'gan) Latin: serius aut citius, serius ocius Latvian: agrāk vai vēlāk Norwegian: Bokmål: før eller senere, før eller seinere, før eller siden Nynorsk: før eller seinare Old English: ǣr oþþe lator Polish: prędzej czy później (pl) Portuguese: mais cedo ou mais tarde Romanian: mai devreme sau mai târziu, odată și odată Russian: ра́но и́ли по́здно (ru) (ráno íli pózdno) Scottish Gaelic: luath no mall Spanish: tarde o temprano (es), a la corta o a la larga Swedish: förr eller senare (sv), så småningom (sv) Turkish: eninde sonunda (tr), er ya da geç (tr), er geç (tr) Ukrainian: ра́но чи пі́зно (ráno čy pízno) Vietnamese: sớm muộn (vi), trước sau (vi)

See also

• for better or worse
• sooner than later