fast-growing
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3.5
- adjective
- /fæst ˈɡroʊɪŋ/
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de rápido crecimiento
- Renewable energy is a fast-growing industry, attracting investments from around the globe.
- fast-growing economy
- fast-growing industry
- fast-growing market
We all know that here in Texas, it's it is the fastest growing state in the US.
- We all know that here in Texas, it's it is the fastest growing state in the US.
- ChatGPT from Open AI is now the fastest growing consumer application in human history.
- I mean, one of the fastest growing things at the moment is witchcraft.
- However, tomatoes have a very fast growing root system.
- Within that, the fastest growing workforce is what's called the digital nomad.
- Did you know that electronic waste is the fastest growing waste stream globally?
- James Smith, the world's fastest growing online personal trainer.
- Listener, do you want the fastest growing GLP one for half the list price?
- I start big plants and fast growing plants and I start small plants and more slower growing plants.
- So just keep that in mind that we're looking for fast growing annuals that fruit flour and then regrow that same year.
Examples
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It's one of the fastest-growing segments in the food industry.
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The environmental technologies and services industry is one of the fastest growing in the United States in this decade.
Academic text (1995) -
We cannot cut ourselves off from the fastest growing cities in the world.
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Science and Technology is a vibrant and fast growing space in our partnership.
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I see innovative, fast growing businesses hiring local people into decent, well paid green jobs.
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Women between ages of 16 and 24 are the fastest-growing consumer group in the country.
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We're the fastest-growing geothermal energy company in the U.S.
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Certified organic coffee is the fastest-growing part of the specialty coffee market.
Academic text (1999) -
However, the Sacramento region was one of the fastest-growing areas in California in the 1960s.
Academic text (2017) -
Department of Labor statistics indicate it's one of the fastest-growing professions.
Synonyms
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Starting to grow quickly, like a new business or neighbourhood
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A town or business that is growing quickly and doing well
Growing in number and spreading very quickly
Growing very quickly in size or cost
Showing a sudden large increase in numbers, often of plants or animals
How Fast
Surface Forms
Morphology
fast-growing = fast + growing (transparent) = fast + growing
The adjective is a productive compound of 'fast' + 'growing', meaning 'growing quickly' which learners can directly infer.
Etymology
Fast-growing simply joins fast ('quick') and grow ('get bigger'), so it is literally about growing quickly. That is why fast-growing describes something that tends to increase, spread, or develop rapidly.