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ADJECTIVE fast COMPARATIVE faster SUPERLATIVE fastest
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fast English

Meaning fast meaning

What does fast mean?
Definitions in simple English

fast Adjective

— When you are fast, you can move a in very short time. The horse ran very fast.

fast Verb

— You fast when you don't eat for a long time. In many religions people fast for a day or more.

fast Noun

— A fast is an act of not eating for a period of time. He was very hungry after the fast.

fast

— adjective acting or moving or capable of acting or moving quickly fast film on the fast track in school set a fast pace a fast car — adverb quickly or rapidly (often used as a combining form) how fast can he get here? ran as fast as he could needs medical help fast fast-running rivers fast-breaking news fast-opening (or fast-closing) shutters — adverb (= tight) firmly or closely held fast to the rope her foot was stuck fast held tight — noun abstaining from food — adjective (of surfaces) conducive to rapid speeds a fast road grass courts are faster than clay — adjective at a rapid tempo the band played a fast fox trot — adjective (used of timepieces) indicating a time ahead of or later than the correct time my watch is fast — adjective (= firm) securely fixed in place the post was still firm after being hit by the car — adjective resistant to destruction or fading fast colors — adjective (of a photographic lens or emulsion) causing a shortening of exposure time a fast lens — verb abstain from eating Before the medical exam, you must fast — verb abstain from certain foods, as for religious or medical reasons Catholics sometimes fast during Lent — adjective (= flying, quick) hurried and brief paid a flying visit took a flying glance at the book a quick inspection a fast visit — adjective (= firm, loyal) unwavering in devotion to friend or vow or cause a firm ally loyal supporters the true-hearted soldier...of Tippecanoe — Campaign song for William Henry Harrison fast friends — adjective (= debauched, degraded, dissipated, riotous) unrestrained by convention or morality Congreve draws a debauched aristocratic society deplorably dissipated and degraded riotous living fast women

Synonyms fast synonyms

What other words have the same or similar meaning as fast?

fast English » English

quick quickly rapid swift rapidly speedy swiftly speedily fasting prompt firm firmly promptly hastily strong expeditious early strongly hard abstain flying apace hurriedly fleet tightly tight starve securely nimble agile very fast steadfast speed soon solidly solid presto in haste immediately hurry hurried hot high-speed express diet wine truehearted stiff sharp pronto

FAST English » English

fire and smoke transport The Federation Against Software Theft

Topics fast topics

What do people use fast to talk about?
Daily life Food Eat

Fast, not eat
Social behavior Religion Practice religion

Fasting

  • What words refer to not eating for a period of time?
    fast deny (oneself)
  • What words refer to a time when a person fasts or denies himself in some other way?
    fast Lent Ramadan
States Time Speed

Quick
Physical actions Move Manner of movement

Move quickly
Physical actions Move

Not moving
Physical actions Arrange

Join, attach
States Quality Light Color

Change color

  • What words describe a color that does not change?
    fast
Grammar General words Do

Change something
Grammar Part of speech

Adjectives
Universe, creation Water Movement of water

Calm, rough
Social behavior Social activity Entertainment, recreation Sports

Basketball
Daily life Food Eat

Manner of eating
Daily life Food Types of food

Prepared food
States Quantity Plural

Many, much

Conjugation fast conjugation

How do you conjugate fast?

fast · verb

Examples fast examples

How do I use fast in a sentence?

Simple sentences

Tom can run fast.
Tom runs very fast.
Please don't speak so fast.
You do not have to run fast.
The snow is falling fast.
Run fast, otherwise you will miss the bus.
Run fast, or you will be late for school.
The night falls fast in winter.
A horse can run very fast.
He need not have run so fast.
He didn't run fast enough to catch the train.
You speak a bit too fast for me. Could you speak a bit more slowly, please?
I found a solution, but I found it so fast that it can't be the right solution.
You're not fast enough.
I'm tired of eating fast food.
Time has passed very fast.
However fast you may walk, you can't catch up with him.
You walk too fast for me to keep up with you.
A strong wind is blowing and I can't walk fast.
The express train went by so fast that we hardly saw it.
If you run fast, you can catch the train.
I ran as fast as I could.
Bad news travels fast.
Can you swim as fast as he?
You have a tendency to talk too fast.
How fast the plane is!
Lynn runs fast.

Movie subtitles

We must gather fuel and return here fast.
Not so fast Mormons, you shall not pass my mountain!
Loyal customers? - Not so fast.
Could you fast bleep Dr Molloy?
Could you fast-bleep Trauma theatre staff urgently, please.
Well, yes, I know. This is all coming very fast.
I knew your mom was fast, but she actually scissor-kicked over the subway turnstiles.
I'm moving fast, I'm swift, dying hard, right?
Oh, my God. Which is why we need to act fast.
All across the country. I'm a historian, telling the true tale of this great land as her iconic birthday fast approaches.
She's incredibly fast.
Very fast.
More than just fast.
Ugh, it just got so intense so fast, you know.
How'd you get to the front of the line so fast?
Anne can have that, but I'm spending it awful fast.
I've got seven paying tellers working just as fast as they can.
Get that to me in triplicate just as fast as you can.
I'll bring him as fast as I can.
He was too fast for me.
You work fast, don't you, Tony?
I want to get away from here, from you, just as fast as I can. and as far as 100,000 francs will take me.
We've got to work fast.
Make that line fast!
Shallowing fast.
You're pulling a fast one, huh?
No sir! He was running so fast, we couldn't catch him.
Then we'll have to work fast.
They're too fast for us.
You call me so fast after getting my number.
This is all coming very fast.
Which is why we need to act fast.
JOSH: Dear God, I know you're busy with everything from Afghanistan to the Zika virus, but if you have time. we could really use your help with our fast breaks.
I have a super fast wedding to plan, so.
I'm a historian, telling the true tale of this great land as her iconic birthday fast approaches.
Don't you dare take that coat off in this room. You get out of here as fast as you can go.
These babes get killed off too fast.
And then-- then I came outside. and it felt-- it felt so good to be alive that I started in to walk fast.
Stick the left as fast as you can and you can't lose.
It was droppin' so fast I was afraid to hold out any longer.
Say, that's a fast worker that pal of yours.

News and current affairs

Science fiction ages fast, but it has a long afterlife.
But the research is advancing fast, and it is almost certain to suggest new ways to reshape our moral intuitions, sentiments, and motivations.
In March, a leaked Bush administration report showed that US emissions were expected to rise almost as fast over the next decade as they did during the previous decade.
Unlike economic globalization, however, it remains to be seen whether this new, fast-paced style of soccer will prevail (after all, the young blood of Spain lost to the Old Boys of France).
Call it fast-forward modernization.
Any thought that the anti-terror coalition will be able to bail out fast (as the West did when it abandoned Afghanistan to its fate after the Soviet withdrawal ten years ago) should be forgotten.
Housing, particularly for returning refugees, will need to be constructed fast.
Without them, fast-growing seaweed quickly monopolizes space on the reef, preventing restoration of healthy quantities of coral cover.
In a fast changing world, this skepticism of the center is the only sensible attitude a responsible political party and government can strike.
It has to move forward fast enough to exceed critical physical thresholds, which are significantly higher than those for most of Boeing's other (smaller) planes.
That is why Obama called for an increase in US public investment in three areas: education, science and technology, and infrastructure (including broadband Internet, fast rail, and clean energy).
The Bush administration promoted the premises of the Iraq war - Saddam Hussein's non-existent weapons of mass destruction -in the familiar colorful, fast-paced, and graphics-heavy style of television advertising.
If Khamenei holds fast, Mousavi cannot gain the presidency, but he will continue to represent the hopes of the majority of Iranians who differ dramatically with their government.
But we can still determine how high and how fast levels rise by controlling the degree of global warming that we cause.
Most people in the US know that if you talk back to the police, they will get nasty very fast.
Although the EU does not have a strategic partnership with Brazil, it intends to push ahead with one as fast as possible.
Fast-forward almost a decade.
True, low interest rates, together with a second round of quantitative easing, are causing considerable global distortions, as funds flow into fast-growing emerging markets, fueling inflationary pressure and asset bubbles.
With its defense spending having grown almost twice as fast as its GDP, China is now beginning to take the gloves off, confident that it has acquired the necessary muscle.
Beyond states, the world's many NGOs are growing fast and multiplying in their influence, but without formal rules to define their role in the international system.
China is replacing the American consumer as the motor of the world economy. Since it is a smaller motor, the world economy will grow slower, but China's influence will rise very fast.

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