NO SOONER ... THAN ...

Meaning of NO SOONER ... THAN ... in English

used to say that sth happens immediately after sth else :

No sooner had she said it than she burst into tears.

➡ note at hardly

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне. 2005

NO SOONER THAN — as soon as; at the very moment that. → soon
Concise Oxford English vocab
NO SOONER -- THAN — As soon as; at once when; immediately when. * /No sooner did he signal to turn than the other car …
Slang English vocab
NO SOONER...THAN — See ↑ IMMEDIATELY 2
Longman Activator English vocab
NO SOONER --- THAN — As soon as; at once when; immediately when. * /No sooner did he signal to turn than the other car …
Словарь английских идиом
NO SOONER --- THAN — As soon as; at once when; immediately when. No sooner did he signal to turn than the other car turned …
American Idioms English vocabulary
NO SOONER... THAN — corr cj как только...(так), no sooner had they come home than it began to rain не успели они прийти домой, …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
NO SOONER THAN — как только
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
NO SOONER ... THAN — corr cj как только ... (так) no sooner had they come home than it began to rain - не успели …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
NO SOONER ... THAN — corr cj как только ... (так) no sooner had they come home than it began to rain - не успели …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
NO SOONER ... THAN — corr cj как только ... (так) no sooner had they come home than it began to rain - не успели …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
NO SOONER THAN — как только
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
NO SOONER THAN — как только
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
NO SOONER... THAN — [corr cj] как только...(так) no sooner had they come home than it began to rain не успели они прийти домой, …
Morteza English-Russian Dictionary
NO SOONER... THAN — corr cj как только...(так), no sooner had they come home than it began to rain не успели они прийти домой, …
Англо-Русский словарь - Королев
NO SOONER... THAN — no sooner (+ past action +) than как только (+ сделано что-то)
Англо-Русский словарь английских идиом
NO SOONER THAN — как только (+ сделано что-то)
Англо-Русский словарь идиом
NO SOONER... THAN — corr cj как только...(так), no sooner had they come home than it began to rain не успели они прийти домой, …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
NO SOONER THAN — как только
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
NO
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
SOONER — plu tost; (rather) preferibilmen. NO ~ HAD HE GONE WHEN...: il apen departet quande...; ~ OR LATER: tost o tard
English interlingue dictionary
SOONER — mas madali
English-Visayan vocabulary
SOONER — noun Etymology: ~, comparative of soon Date: 1890 a person settling on land in the early West before its official …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
THAN — I. thən, then, (|)than, rapid sometimes ən or ə n ( after t, d, s, or z) or n ( …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
NO
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SOONER — -nə(r) noun ( -s ) Etymology: from sooner, compar. of soon (I) 1. : a person settling on land in …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
THAN — (conj.) A particle expressing comparison, used after certain adjectives and adverbs which express comparison or diversity, as more, better, other, …
Английский словарь Webster
SOONER — (n.) In the western United States, one who settles on government land before it is legally open to settlement in …
Английский словарь Webster
THAN — ( conj. ) A particle expressing comparison, used after certain adjectives and adverbs which express comparison or diversity, as more, …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
THAN — /dhan, dhen/ ; unstressed /dheuhn, euhn/ , conj. 1. (used, as after comparative adjectives and adverbs, to introduce the second …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
SOONER — /sooh"neuhr/ , n. a native or inhabitant of Oklahoma (the Sooner State ) (used as a nickname).
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
SOONER — /sooh"neuhr/ , n. 1. a person who settles on government land before it is legally opened to settlers in order …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
NO — no 1 /noh/ , adv., adj., n., pl. noes, nos , v. adv. 1. (a negative used to express dissent, …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
THAN — I. thən, ˈthan conjunction Etymology: Middle English than, then then, than — more at then Date: before 12th century 1. …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
NO — I. ˈnō adverb Etymology: Middle English, from Old English nā, from ne not + ā always; akin to Old Norse …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SOONER — noun Etymology: sooner, comparative of soon Date: 1890 1. : a person settling on land in the early West before …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
THAN — adv then. ·see then. 2. than ·conj a particle expressing comparison, used after certain adjectives and adverbs which express comparison …
Webster English vocab
SOONER — add. ·noun in the western united states, one who settles on government land before it is legally open to settlement …
Webster English vocab
THAN — [than] conj [ME than, then then, than--more at then] (bef. 12c) 1 a--used as a function word to indicate the …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
SOONER — [soon.er] n [sooner, compar. of soon] (1890) 1: a person settling on land in the early West before its official …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
THAN — / ðən; NAmE ; rare strong form ðæn/ preposition , conjunction 1. used to introduce the second part of a …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
NO — / nəʊ; NAmE noʊ/ exclamation , determiner , adverb , noun ■ exclamation 1. used to give a negative reply …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
THAN — than S1 W1 /ð ə n; strong ðæn/ BrE AmE conjunction , preposition [ Language: Old English ; Origin: thanne …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
NO — I. no 1 S1 W1 /nəʊ $ noʊ/ BrE AmE adverb [ Language: Old English ; Origin: na , from …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
THAN — conj. 1 introducing the second element in a comparison (you are older than he is; you are older than he). …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
NO — adv. & n. --adv. 1 equivalent to a negative sentence: the answer to your question is negative, your request or …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
NO — adj. 1 not any (there is no excuse; no circumstances could justify it; no two of them are alike). 2 …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
THAN — conj. 1 introducing the second element in a comparison (you are older than he is; you are older than he). …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
NO — adv. & n. adv. 1 equivalent to a negative sentence: the answer to your question is negative, your request or …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
NO — adj. 1 not any (there is no excuse; no circumstances could justify it; no two of them are alike). 2 …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
THAN — conj. 1. introducing the second element in a comparison (you are older than he is; you are older than he). …
Oxford English vocab
NO — 1. adj.1 not any (there is no excuse; no circumstances could justify it; no two of them are alike). 2 …
Oxford English vocab
THAN — Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. You use than after a comparative …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SOONER — 1. Sooner is the comparative of soon . 2. You say the sooner the better when you think something should …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
NO — ( noes, or no’s) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. You use …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SOONER — 1. Sooner is the comparative of soon . 2. You say the ~ the better when you think something should …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
THAN — conjunction COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES be bigger/smaller/worse etc than you had imagined ▪ The job interview proved to be much …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
THAN — preposition, [conjunction] - used to join two parts of a comparisonMy son is taller than my daughter.Susannah's car is bigger …
Cambridge English vocab
SOONER — Synonyms and related words : before, beforehand, by choice, by election, by vote, colonial, colonist, colonizer, earlier, first, homesteader, immigrant, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
THAN — See: LESS THAN, LESS THAN NO TIME, MORE THAN.
Slang English vocab
SOONER — See: HAD RATHER or HAD SOONER, NO SOONER -- THAN.
Slang English vocab
SOONER — adv. Function: adverb Synonyms: BEFORE 3, beforehand, earlier
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
SOONER — adverb Synonyms: before 3, beforehand, earlier
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocabulary
SOONER — • ↑ no sooner...than • ↑ would sooner do sth
Longman Activator English vocab
NO — INDEX: 1. ways of saying no to a question, request, or suggestion 2. to say no to a question, request …
Longman Activator English vocab

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary

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