# rapid
## English
### Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French rapide and its etymon Latin rapidus.

### Pronunciation

* (Received Pronunciation, US, Canada) IPA: /ˈɹæpɪd/
* Audio (US):(file)
* Rhymes: -æpɪd

### Adjective

rapid (comparative more rapid or (proscribed) rapider, superlative most rapid or (proscribed) rapidest)
* Very swift or quick.
    a rapid stream
    rapid growth
    rapid improvement
** 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:Ascend my Chariot; guide the rapid Wheeles.
** 1921, Ben Travers, chapter 5, in A Cuckoo in the Nest, Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, Page & Company, published 1925, →OCLC: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?
** 2013 June 21, Chico Harlan, “Japan pockets the subsidy …”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 2, page 30: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."
* Steep, changing altitude quickly. (of a slope)
* Needing only a brief exposure time. (of a lens, plate, film, etc.)
* (England, dialectal) Violent, severe.
* (obsolete, dialectal) Happy.

#### Derived terms

* bus rapid transit
* rapid antigen test
* rapid automatized naming
* rapid eye movement
* rapid fire pistol
* rapid fire, rapid-fire
* rapidity
* rapidly
* rapidness
* rapid-onset gender dysphoria
* rapid response system
* rapid response team
* rapid transit
* rapid unplanned disassembly
* rapid unscheduled disassembly
* ultrarapid

#### Translations
### Adverb

rapid (comparative more rapid, superlative most rapid)
* (archaic, colloquial) Rapidly.

### Noun

rapid (plural rapids)
* (usually in the plural) A rough section of a river or stream which is difficult to navigate due to the swift and turbulent motion of the water.
    Coordinate term: riffle
* (dated) A burst of rapid fire.
* (chess) Short for rapid chess.
** 2010, Garry Kasparov, How Life Imitates Chess, page 41: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.
** 2015, Mark Dvoretsky, For Friends and Colleagues, volume 2 (Reflections on My Profession):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.
** 2022 September 2, Nitish Pahwa, Magnus Carlsen (quoted), “The World’s Greatest Chess Player Cannot Wait to Battle His Young, Rising Rivals”, in Slate‎:I haven’t played against Wesley So—I’ve played him a bunch online in rapid games, but not in classical rounds.

#### Derived terms

* Big Rapids
* Cedar Rapids
* Grand Rapids
* Neosho Rapids
* Park Rapids
* Rapid Ann, Rapidan
* Rapid City
* Rock Rapids
* Wisconsin Rapids

#### Translations
### Related terms

* rapt

### References

* ↑ “rapid, adj., adv., and n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.

### Anagrams

* Pardi, adrip, pardi, parid

## Romanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from French rapide, Latin rapidus. Doublet of repede.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /raˈpid/
* Audio:(file)

### Adjective

rapid m or n (feminine singular rapidă, masculine plural rapizi, feminine and neuter plural rapide)
* fast, quick, rapid, swift, speedy, prompt, expeditious
    Synonyms: repede, iute, grăbit, prompt, sprinten, înainte

#### Related terms

* rapiditate

### Adverb

rapid
* quickly, rapidly, swiftly, speedily, promptly, expeditiously
    Synonyms: repede, iute, prompt, degrabă