rapid
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1.3
- adjective
- /ˈræpɪd/
:
rápido
- The team made rapid progress on the project, finishing it ahead of schedule.
- rapid growth
- rapid change
- rapid response
That's just, it's slowed down from the rapid ascent last year.
- That's just, it's slowed down from the rapid ascent last year.
- Well, Aaron, the time has come time for our rapid fire questions.
- You know that, you know, you just make rapid decisions.
- The Abbott Labs rapid test kit is a game changer.
- Don't be afraid of taking rapid customer feedback.
- He says we are seeing a rapid collapse in Afghanistan.
- Texting actually has allowed for more rapid communication amongst people.
- Now we have to unprice rapid Fed rate cuts.
- Larger K means small wavelength, Large K means rapid oscillation.
- And I think like any, any like rapid expansion always falls back.
- The dysfunction and left posterior systems prevents rapid automatic word recognition.
- If we didn't print money, we would be in rapid deflation leading up to COVID.
- OK, so I'm pulling up the it's the rapid fire question.
Examples
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He says we are seeing a rapid collapse in Afghanistan.
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The second change is the recent and rapid development of cheap unconventional gas resources.
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You know that, you know, you just make rapid decisions.
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So now if a person comes in, their rapid test will be positive.
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Talk to me about this rapid gain in status for guys.
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So, yeah, it made me think about how people that achieve rapid success may end up.
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Your brain at that age is going through rapid pruning.
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Texting actually has allowed for more rapid communication amongst people.
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And that's shown here by this rapid rise in membrane potential.
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Organizations often undergo a series of rapid changes and stabilize until the next round of rapid changes occurs.
Academic text (2011)
Synonyms
∞
1.0
Moving or happening quickly
∞
1.0
Happening or done very fast without delay
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1.4
Moving or happening very quickly
100
3.2
Able to work or move much faster than normal
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1.8
Moving or happening very quickly with little delay
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3.9
Happening very quickly with a lot of action
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6.7
Very fast in a way that is dangerous
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3.6
Happening or moving very quickly
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5.7
Moving or working much faster than similar things
1
3.2
Moving or working much faster than usual
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3.9
Much quicker than normal for the same thing
Happening or done extremely fast
Antonyms
Compounds
- Specialized
2
3.9
A stage of sleep when the eyes move quickly and you have vivid dreams
- Specialized
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3.7
A sleep stage when the eyes move quickly and most dreaming happens
A system of underground or above ground trains that carries many people quickly
A joking way to say a sudden violent failure of a rocket or satellite, often an explosion
How Fast
Surface Forms
Etymology
Rapid comes from the Latin rapidus, which means 'rushing'. So something rapid happens or moves 'very fast', and you can see the same root in rapids (fast river parts).