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rapid

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See also:ràpid

English

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Etymology

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Borrowed fromMiddle Frenchrapide and its etymonLatinrapidus.[1]

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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rapid (comparativemorerapidor(proscribed)rapider,superlativemostrapidor(proscribed)rapidest)

  1. Veryswift orquick.
    arapid stream
    rapid growth
    rapid improvement
    • 1667,John Milton, “Book VI”, inParadise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […];[a]nd by Robert Boulter […];[a]nd Matthias Walker, […],→OCLC; republished asParadise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […],1873,→OCLC:
      Ascend my Chariot; guide therapid Wheeles.
    • 1921,Ben Travers, chapter 5, inA Cuckoo in the Nest, Garden City, N.Y.:Doubleday, Page & Company, published1925,→OCLC:
      The mostrapid and most seductive transition in all human nature is that which attends the palliation of a ravenous appetite. There is something humiliating about it.[…]Can those harmless but refined fellow-diners be the selfish cads whose gluttony and personal appearance so raised your contemptuous wrath on your arrival?
    • 2013 June 21,Chico Harlan, “Japan pockets the subsidy …”, inThe Guardian Weekly, volume189, number 2, page30:
      Across Japan, technology companies and private investors are racing to install devices that until recently they had little interest in: solar panels. Massive solar parks are popping up as part of arapid build-up that one developer likened to an "explosion."
  2. Steep, changing altitude quickly. (of a slope)
  3. Needing only a brief exposure time. (of a lens, plate, film, etc.)
  4. (England, dialectal) Violent, severe.
  5. (obsolete, dialectal) Happy.

Derived terms

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Translations

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Very swift or quick

Adverb

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rapid (comparativemorerapid,superlativemostrapid)

  1. (archaic, colloquial)Rapidly.

Noun

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rapid (pluralrapids)

  1. (usually in theplural) Aroughsection of ariver orstream which isdifficult tonavigate due to theswift andturbulentmotion of thewater.
    Coordinate term:riffle
  2. (dated) A burst of rapid fire.
  3. (chess)Short forrapid chess.
    • 2010, Garry Kasparov,How Life Imitates Chess, page41:
      In theserapid games we had just twenty-five minutes each to make all our moves, a far cry from traditional chess, where games can last up to seven hours.
    • 2015, Mark Dvoretsky,For Friends and Colleagues, volume 2 (Reflections on My Profession):
      In order to avoid misunderstanding, I must note that I object to the attempts to displace normal chess with fast play, notrapid or blitz in general. I love them both, and, if I were to choose which to play, classic orrapid, I would chooserapid.
    • 2022 September 2, Nitish Pahwa, Magnus Carlsen (quoted), “The World’s Greatest Chess Player Cannot Wait to Battle His Young, Rising Rivals”, inSlate‎[1]:
      I haven’t played against Wesley So—I’ve played him a bunch online inrapid games, but not in classical rounds.

Derived terms

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Translations

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section of river

Related terms

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References

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  1. ^“rapid,adj.,adv., andn.”, inOED OnlinePaid subscription required⁠, Oxford:Oxford University Press, launched 2000.

Anagrams

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Romanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed fromFrenchrapide,Latinrapidus.Doublet ofrepede.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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rapid m orn (feminine singularrapidă,masculine pluralrapizi,feminine and neuter pluralrapide)

  1. fast,quick,rapid,swift,speedy,prompt,expeditious
    Synonyms:repede,iute,grăbit,prompt,sprinten,înainte

Declension

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Declension ofrapid
singularplural
masculineneuterfemininemasculineneuterfeminine
nominative-
accusative		indefiniterapidrapidărapizirapide
definiterapidulrapidarapiziirapidele
genitive-
dative		indefiniterapidrapiderapizirapide
definiterapiduluirapideirapizilorrapidelor

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Adverb

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rapid

  1. quickly,rapidly,swiftly,speedily,promptly,expeditiously
    Synonyms:repede,iute,prompt,degrabă
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