Meaning

2 senses
  1. (usually plural)A rough section of a river or stream which is difficult to navigate due to the swift and turbulent motion of the water.

    Stromschnelle

    стремни́наstremnína, поро́гporóg

    порогиporohy

  2. (dated)A burst of rapid fire.

More definitions
  • a part of a river where the current is very fast

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
section of river:
Русский
By meaning 1
section of river:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
section of river:

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

plural: rapids
Singularrapid
Pluralrapids

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms

Word family

2 related words
Relatedrapt
Derivedrapidless

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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