Meaning

5 senses
  1. Very swift or quick.

    a rapid stream

    rapid growth

    schnell

    бы́стрыйbýstryj, ско́рыйskóryj

    швидки́йšvydkýj, ско́рийskóryj, хутки́йxutkýj

  2. Steep, changing altitude quickly. (of a slope)

  3. Needing only a brief exposure time. (of a lens, plate, film, etc.)

    done or occurring in a brief period of time

  4. (England, dialectal)Violent, severe.

  5. (dialectal, obsolete)Happy.

Examples

130 sentences
  1. He has made rapid progress in English.

    Він швидко досяг прогресу в англійській. — Teashrock

    deEr hat schnell Fortschritte im Englischen gemacht. — Dejo

  2. There was a rapid decline in stock prices.

    deEs gab einen rapiden Fall der Aktienkurse. — al_ex_an_der

  3. There is a rapid increase in world population.

  4. They were surprised at the city's rapid growth.

    ruИх удивил быстрый рост города. — kadavraverkisto

  5. The development of the computer industry has been very rapid.

Translations

8 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
Very swift or quick:
Русский
By meaning 1
Very swift or quick:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
Very swift or quick:

Origin

Borrowed from Middle French rapide and its etymon Latin rapidus.

Borrowed from Middle French rapide and its etymon Latin rapidus.

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Forms

more rapid/rapider, most rapid/rapidest
Comparativemore rapid / rapider Lesson
Superlativemost rapid / rapidest Lesson

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • characterized by speed; moving with or capable of moving with high speed:speedy

Word family

12 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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