Translation
without delay, at once
Word origin
Built inside Esperanto from sen ('without'), the root of prokrasti ('to postpone') and the adverb ending -e. Prokrasti itself is Latin procrastinare, from pro- and crastinus ('of tomorrow'), the ancestor of English procrastinate.
- Origin
- Esperanto formation on a Latin root
- Root
- sen + prokrast- + -e
- English cognates
- procrastinate
Examples
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Please reply without delay.
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The doctor came at once and saved the child.
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We must act without delay, because time is short.
This one really does come apart. plus the root of prokrasti plus the adverb ending -e gives , literally 'delaylessly'. Build it once and you own it.
It is a compound the language has settled on, so it is worth learning as a unit rather than reassembling it each time. Tuj is the everyday word for at once; is the register you use in a letter, a request or an official notice, where 'without delay' sounds firmer than 'now'.
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