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rapid en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • (US) audio
  • /ˈɹæp.ɪd/ (Canada, Received-Pronunciation, US)

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁reh₁p- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *h₁r̥h₁pyéti Proto-Italic *rapjō Latin rapiō Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der. Proto-Italic *-iðos Latin -idus Latin rapidusder. Middle French rapidebor. ▲ Latin rapidusbor. English rapid Borrowed from Middle French rapide and its etymon Latin rapidus.

Meanings

  1. Very swift or quick.
    • Ascend my Chariot; guide the rapid Wheeles. 1667, John Milton, “Book VI”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC:
    • rapid improvement
    • rapid growth
    • The most rapid 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? 1921, Ben Travers, chapter 5, in A Cuckoo in the Nest, Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, Page & Company, published 1925, →OCLC:
    • 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 a rapid build-up that one developer likened to an "explosion." 2013 June 21, Chico Harlan, “Japan pockets the subsidy …”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 2, page 30:
    • a rapid stream
  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. (dialectal, obsolete) Happy.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
more rapid Degree=Cmp lexicographic
rapider Degree=Cmp proscribed lexicographic
most rapid Degree=Sup lexicographic
rapidest Degree=Sup proscribed lexicographic

Deriveds

rapid response system · rapid-fire · rapid antigen test · rapid unplanned disassembly · unrapid · rapid response team · rapid fire · ultrarapid · rapidness · rapid rectangular flashing beacon · nonrapid · rapid eye movement · rapid fire pistol · rapid transit · rapid unscheduled disassembly · bus rapid transit · rapid-onset gender dysphoria · rapidly · rapid automatized naming · rapidograph · rapidity · ropinirole · rocuronium

Translations (75)

de schnell (Very swift or quick) · is fljótur (Very swift or quick) · pdt flinkj (Very swift or quick) · vo vifik (Very swift or quick) · es rápido (Very swift or quick) · el γοργός (Very swift or quick) · uk ско́рий (Very swift or quick) · eo rapide (Very swift or quick) · ru бы́стрый (Very swift or quick) · la rapidus (Very swift or quick) · fi nopea (Very swift or quick) · sk rýchly (Very swift or quick) · to vave (Very swift or quick) · cmn 急速 (Very swift or quick) · it rapido (Very swift or quick) · fi ripeä (Very swift or quick) · no rask (Very swift or quick) · ca ràpid (Very swift or quick) · sv snabb (Very swift or quick) · el ταχύς (Very swift or quick) · el γρήγορος (Very swift or quick) · ba тиҙ (Very swift or quick) · bg бърз (Very swift or quick) · lv straujš (Very swift or quick) · ko 빠르다 (Very swift or quick) · sa आशु (Very swift or quick) · lv ātrs (Very swift or quick) · cs rychlý (Very swift or quick) · la incitus (Very swift or quick) · grc θοός (Very swift or quick) · uk швидки́й (Very swift or quick) · ms ligas (Very swift or quick) · lv ašs (Very swift or quick) · yue(Very swift or quick) · pl szybki (Very swift or quick) · gd grad (Very swift or quick) · hu sebes (Very swift or quick) · sv hastig (Very swift or quick) · es raudo (Very swift or quick) · be ско́ры (Very swift or quick) · cmn(Very swift or quick) · cmn 迅速 (Very swift or quick) · la velox (Very swift or quick) · mk брз (Very swift or quick) · ro repede (Very swift or quick) · ja 迅速な (Very swift or quick) · nl snelle (Very swift or quick) · uk хутки́й (Very swift or quick) · pt rápido (Very swift or quick) · lv žigls (Very swift or quick) · nl snel (Very swift or quick) · ar سَرِيع (Very swift or quick) · pdt schwind (Very swift or quick) · ba шәп (Very swift or quick) · ja 急な (Very swift or quick) · ja 速い (Very swift or quick) · sl híter (Very swift or quick) · ms deras (Very swift or quick) · alt ылтам (Very swift or quick) · it deciso (Very swift or quick) · be ху́ткі (Very swift or quick) · gl rápido (Very swift or quick) · no hurtig (Very swift or quick) · cmn 快速 (Very swift or quick) · arz سريع (Very swift or quick) · grc ταχύς (Very swift or quick) · hu gyors (Very swift or quick) · ur سریع (Very swift or quick) · af vinnig (Very swift or quick) · cmn 急湍 (Very swift or quick) · ro rapid (Very swift or quick) · ru ско́рый (Very swift or quick) · sa रघु (Very swift or quick) · fr rapide (Very swift or quick) · lv knašs (Very swift or quick)

rapid en · ADV

Pronunciation

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  • /ˈɹæp.ɪd/ (Canada, Received-Pronunciation, US)

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁reh₁p- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *h₁r̥h₁pyéti Proto-Italic *rapjō Latin rapiō Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der. Proto-Italic *-iðos Latin -idus Latin rapidusder. Middle French rapidebor. ▲ Latin rapidusbor. English rapid Borrowed from Middle French rapide and its etymon Latin rapidus.

Meanings

  1. (archaic, colloquial) Rapidly.

Forms

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most rapid Degree=Sup lexicographic
more rapid Degree=Cmp lexicographic

rapid en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • (US) audio
  • /ˈɹæp.ɪd/ (Canada, Received-Pronunciation, US)

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁reh₁p- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *h₁r̥h₁pyéti Proto-Italic *rapjō Latin rapiō Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der. Proto-Italic *-iðos Latin -idus Latin rapidusder. Middle French rapidebor. ▲ Latin rapidusbor. English rapid Borrowed from Middle French rapide and its etymon Latin rapidus.

Meanings

  1. (plural-normally) A rough section of a river or stream which is difficult to navigate due to the swift and turbulent motion of the water.
  2. (dated) A burst of rapid fire.
  3. (abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis) Ellipsis of rapid chess.
    • In these rapid 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. 2010, Garry Kasparov, How Life Imitates Chess, page 41:
    • In order to avoid misunderstanding, I must note that I object to the attempts to displace normal chess with fast play, not rapid or blitz in general. I love them both, and, if I were to choose which to play, classic or rapid, I would choose rapid. 2015, Mark Dvoretsky, For Friends and Colleagues, volume 2 (Reflections on My Profession):
    • I haven’t played against Wesley So—I’ve played him a bunch online in rapid games, but not in classical rounds. 2022 September 2, Nitish Pahwa, Magnus Carlsen (quoted), “The World’s Greatest Chess Player Cannot Wait to Battle His Young, Rising Rivals”, in Slate:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
rapids Number=Plur lexicographic

Coordinates

riffle

Deriveds

Grand Rapids · Big Rapids · Rapid City · Park Rapids · Neosho Rapids · Wisconsin Rapids · rapidless · Rapidan · Cedar Rapids · Rapid Ann · Rock Rapids

Relateds

rapt

Synonyms

sault

Translations (51)

uk пороги (section of river) · fi koski (section of river) · hu zuhatag (section of river) · kpv кось (section of river) · cy geirw (section of river) · mi kōrio (section of river) · hu zúgó (section of river) · mk брзак (section of river) · lv straujtece (section of river) · ja(section of river) · it cataratta (section of river) · pl bystrzyna (section of river) · nb stryk (section of river) · mi taiheke (section of river) · pl szypot (section of river) · pl bystrze (section of river) · ca ràpid (section of river) · tl lagaslasan (section of river) · ko 여울 (section of river) · ms jeram (section of river) · af stroomversnelling (section of river) · lv straujums (section of river) · lv krāce (section of river) · it rapida (section of river) · sv fors (section of river) · ja 急流 (section of river) · es rabión (section of river) · ga fánsruth (section of river) · cy rhaeadr (section of river) · bg бързей (section of river) · udm уть (section of river) · gl doiras (section of river) · mi tanguru (section of river) · ru поро́г (section of river) · nl stroomversnelling (section of river) · id jeram (section of river) · nn stryk (section of river) · eo katarakto (section of river) · is flúðir (section of river) · taa ttha tenilenhxw (section of river) · es rápido (section of river) · ru стремни́на (section of river) · fa تنداب (section of river) · de Stromschnelle (section of river) · fr rapides (section of river) · izh poroga (section of river) · th แก่ง (section of river) · pl bystrzyca (section of river) · pt corredeira (section of river) · cs peřej (section of river) · id riam (section of river)