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- Dictionaryfast/fɑːst/
adjective
- 1. moving or capable of moving at high speed: "a fast and powerful car" Similar Opposite
- 2. (of a clock or watch) showing a time ahead of the correct time: "I keep my watch fifteen minutes fast"
adverb
- 1. at high speed: "he was driving too fast" Similar Opposite
- 2. so as to be hard to move; securely: "the ship was held fast by the anchor chain" Similar
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1. a. : firmly fixed. roots fast in the ground. b. : tightly shut. the drawers were fast. c. : adhering firmly. The boards were fast a few hours after being glued together. d. : not easily freed : stuck. a ball fast in the mouth of the cannon. e. : stable. movable items were made fast to the deck. 2. : firmly loyal.
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5 days ago · adverb. more quickly. synonyms: quicker. Cite this entry. Style: MLA. "Faster." Vocabulary.com Dictionary, Vocabulary.com, https://www.vocabulary.com/dictionary/faster. Accessed 14 Jun. 2024. Copy citation. VocabTrainer™. 2 million people have mastered 403,879,498 new words. Master your first word today! Start Now. Examples from books and articles.
moving or happening quickly, or able to move or happen quickly: fast cars. a fast swimmer. Computers are getting faster all the time. UK The fast train (= one that stops at fewer stations and travels quickly) to London takes less than an hour. Synonyms. expeditious formal. quick. rapid. speedy. swift. Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples.
adj. fast·er, fast·est. 1. Acting, moving, or capable of acting or moving quickly; swift. 2. a. Accomplished in relatively little time: a fast visit. b. Acquired quickly with little effort and sometimes unscrupulously: made a fast buck scalping tickets. 3. Quick to understand or learn; mentally agile: a class for the faster students. 4.
I think of something as "quick" if it responds rapidly to input. This generally leads to preference of one word over the other in context; "fast" is used in context of speed, while "quick" is used in context of time. So, you would travel fast to get somewhere quickly.
noun. Agent noun of fast (voluntarily refrain from eating); one who fasts. Wiktionary. Advertisement.