fast
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3.5
- adjective
- /fæst/
- Whatever the process, I'm delighted we have met and hope to become fast friends.
- a fast friend
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Watch on YouTubeAnd the third video we made together and we became fast friends.
- And the third video we made together and we became fast friends.
- But they began as intense friends, fast friends.
- And, and I, I, we sat down, we talked and we'd be in fast friends.
Examples
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Then we became fast friends.
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We've become such fast friends.
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And the third video we made together and we became fast friends.
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So we became very, very good friends, very fast friends and, and really loved each other.
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I do seem to remember that you made pretty fast friends with one of them.
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We become fast friends, and they challenge me to help with the work.
Academic text (2003) -
We love our new neighbors; the girls have become fast friends, and we had two other families join us.
Blog text (9) -
Some business associates become fast friends.
Academic text (2009) -
The two became fast friends, eating lunch together in the cafeteria most days.
Blog text (33) -
After spending the summer together, they became fast friends who supported each other through thick and thin.
Synonyms
466
1.0
Always supporting a person or group, especially in hard times
163
1.8
Loyal and steady in support of a person, group, or idea
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6.3
Loyal and firm in supporting a person or a cause
30
5.6
Loyal and firm in support that does not change
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6.3
Loyal and steady in support for a person or cause
Antonyms
Idioms
- Informal
9
8.0
Act in a careless way by ignoring rules and other people's feelings
Compounds
154
1.0
Cheap food that is already cooked and sold to eat quickly, like hamburgers or fried chicken
- Jargon
10
3.5
A quick attack where a team moves fast down the court to score before the defense sets up
- Specialized
3
8.4
A nuclear reactor that uses fast neutrons without a moderator to make energy
- Specialized
1
7.7
A way of running a simulation where time moves faster than real life
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9.9
A Jewish fast kept by firstborn sons the day before Passover to remember how they were saved in Egypt
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9.9
A one-day event when many Jews do not eat or drink before Purim to remember Esther
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9.9
A major Jewish fast on the ninth day of Av that remembers the destruction of the temples in Jerusalem
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9.9
A Jewish day when people do not eat or drink from dawn to dusk to remember Jerusalem's walls being broken
- Specialized
A set of computer rules that lets local devices send secure messages and manage a network
A major Jewish day when people do not eat to remember when the temples were destroyed in Jerusalem
A day in the Jewish calendar when Jews do not eat or drink to remember Gedaliah's killing
A minor Jewish fast on the tenth of Tevet to remember the siege of Jerusalem and Holocaust victims
How Loyal
Surface Forms
Etymology
Fast meaning 'loyal' comes from the idea of being 'firmly' attached to someone, like a friend who will not leave you. That's why a 'fast' friend is steady and true.