fastness
The quality or state of being fastThe quality or state of being fast (in various senses).: The quality or state of being strongly attached; firmness, secureness, tenacity.
Meaning
8 sensesThe quality or state of being fast (in various senses).
(countable, uncountable)The quality or state of being strongly attached; firmness, secureness, tenacity.
The quality or state of being strongly attached; firmness, secureness, tenacity.
(countable, specifically, uncountable)The ability of a dye to withstand fading.
The quality or state of being fast (in various senses).
(countable, uncountable)The quality or state of moving quickly; quickness, rapidity, swiftness.
(countable, uncountable)The quality or state of having an extravagant lifestyle or immoral habits.
Something that is fast, or that causes someone or something to be fast (in various senses).
(also, countable, figuratively, uncountable)A fortified or secure place; a fortress, a stronghold.
Feste, Festung
цитаде́льcitadélʹ, кре́постьkrépostʹ, опло́тoplót
(countable, regional, uncountable)Something used to fasten or tie; a fastener or fastening.
The quality or state of being fast (in various senses).
(archaic, countable, uncountable)Of a fortress or other place: the quality or state of being secure from access or attack; safety, security.
the quality of being fixed in place as by some firm attachment
(countable, obsolete, uncountable)The quality or state of being firm, hard, or solid; firmness, hardness, solidity.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English fastnes, fastnesse (“immovableness, stability; firmness, solidness; seFrom Middle English fastnes, fastnesse (“immovableness, stability; firmness, solidness; secure attachment; constancy; obstinacy; something giving firmness or strength; of sleep: soundness; of a wound: healing; assurance, confirmation”) [and other forms], from Old English fæstnes (“fastness, firmness, stability; resolution; tenacity; vigour; firmament; fortification”) [and other forms], from fæst (“firm, stable; constant”) (from Proto-Germanic *fastuz (“firm, fixed; secure”); see further at that entry) + -nes (suffix forming abstract nouns denoting a quality or state). The English word may be analysed as fast + -ness.
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Forms
plural: fastnesses| Singular | fastness |
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Synonyms
7 synonyms- the quality of being fixed in place as by some firm attachment:fixednessfixityfixturesecureness
- a strongly fortified defensive structure:stronghold
- a rate (usually rapid) at which something happens:speedswiftness
Word family
4 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable