transcription, транскрипция: [ ræpɪd ]
Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English.
1.
A rapid change is one that happens very quickly.
...the country’s rapid economic growth in the 1980’s...
...the rapid decline in the birth rate in Western Europe.
ADJ : usu ADJ n
• rap‧id‧ly
...countries with rapidly growing populations...
= fast
ADV : usu ADV with v , also ADV adj
• ra‧pid‧ity
...the rapidity with which the weather can change.
= speed
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2.
A rapid movement is one that is very fast.
He walked at a rapid pace along Charles Street.
...whether the Tunnel will provide more rapid car transport than ferries...
ADJ : usu ADJ n
• rap‧id‧ly
He was moving rapidly around the room...
= quickly
ADV : ADV with v
• ra‧pid‧ity
The water rushed through the holes with great rapidity.
= speed
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