Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
In due course
English answer:
as soon as practicable
Added to glossary by
KathyT
Nov 24, 2004 00:30
19 yrs ago
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English term
United States
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, Punjabi
Works in: English to Urdu, Punjabi to English, English to Punjabi, and 1 more.
In due course
English
Bus/Financial
Business/Commerce (general)
An information will be send to you in due course
Responses
| 5 +5 | soon |
KathyT
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| 4 +1 | in its right time |
Alexander Demyanov
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| 4 +1 | in accordance with normal operating procedures |
Roddy Stegemann
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Responses
+5
20 mins
Selected
soon
The information will be sent to you as soon as practicable (without being specific/eventually).
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
Paul Weideman
: eventually
10 mins
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thx
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| agree |
tappi_k
: yeah that's what it means usually...
1 hr
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thanks, tappitikarrassk-san ;-)
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| agree |
conejo
: Yes, this is a polite and unspecific term, that could also be used to put someone off indefinitely.
2 hrs
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thanks, conejo-san ;-)
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| agree |
humbird
: Without being specific. Yes one of those ambiguous or diplomatic business terminology.
3 hrs
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thanks, Susan-san ;-)
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| agree |
Nesrin
6 hrs
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thanks, Nesrin.
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "thanks."
+1
36 mins
Alexander Demyanov
Works in field
Software Engineering background
Native in: Russian
Works in: English, Russian, Russian to English, and 1 more.
Related KudoZ points
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32
in its right time
according to the established schedule
Something like that
Something like that
+1
1 hr
Roddy Stegemann
United States
United States
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English
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Native in: English
Works in: German to English, Japanese to English, French to English, and 3 more.
Related KudoZ points
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4
in accordance with normal operating procedures
There are both informal and formal uses of this expression. Whereas others have provided you with informal uses, I am providing you with its more formal conotation.
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Note added at 1 hr 2 mins (2004-11-24 01:32:03 GMT)
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Peer comment(s):
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Tony M
: Well done for pointing out that the informal meaning is not the ONLY one! It seems possibly the most likely in Asker's context, but YOU NEVER KNOW!
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