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RAPID
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A part of a river where the current is very fast
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)
Hypernyms ("rapid" is a kind of...):
waterway (a navigable body of water)
Holonyms ("rapid" is a part of...):
river (a large natural stream of water (larger than a creek))
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Done or occurring in a brief period of time
Example:
a rapid rise through the ranks
Classified under:
Similar:
fast (acting or moving or capable of acting or moving quickly)
Derivation:
rapidity; rapidness (a rate that is rapid)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Characterized by speed; moving with or capable of moving with high speed
Example:
a speedy errand boy
Synonyms:
rapid; speedy
Classified under:
Similar:
fast (acting or moving or capable of acting or moving quickly)
Derivation:
rapidity; rapidness (a rate that is rapid)
Context examples:
A person with anxiety may sweat, feel restless and tense, and have a rapid heart beat.
(Anxiety, NCI Dictionary)
Having a severe and rapid onset of symptoms with short duration.
(Acute, NCI Thesaurus)
As I did so, I heard the rapid pit-pat of a swiftly driven horse's feet.
(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)
His development (or retrogression) was rapid.
(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)
Symptoms include wheezing, coughing, tightness in the chest, shortness of breath, and rapid breathing.
(Asthma, NCI Dictionary)
The participants who received the highest dose, however, had significant and rapid decreases in HIV.
(HIV Immunotherapy Promising in First Human Study, NIH)
These receptors provide rapid responses to a variety of stimuli, and are often rapidly attenuated in their signaling.
(Attenuation of GPCR Signaling Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)
A rapid growing, non-encapsulated benign neoplasm that arises from the soft tissues.
(Nodular Fasciitis, NCI Thesaurus)
He imagined my recovery would be rapid enough when once commenced.
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
The same civilities and courtesies, the same success and satisfaction, took place on the morrow, and accompanied the whole progress of the picture, which was rapid and happy.
(Emma, by Jane Austen)
