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–adjective

1.	occurring within a short time; happening speedily: rapid growth.

2.	moving or acting with great speed; swift: a rapid worker.

3.	characterized by speed: rapid motion.

–noun

4.	Usually, rapids. a part of a river where the current runs very swiftly.

[Origin: 1625–35; < L rapidus tearing away, seizing, swift. See rape¹, -id⁴

]

—Related forms

rap·id·ly, adverb

—Synonyms 2. See quick.

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rap·id Audio Help   (rāp'ĭd) Pronunciation Key
adj.   rap·id·er, rap·id·est
Moving, acting, or occurring with great speed. See Synonyms at fast¹.

n.   An extremely fast-moving part of a river, caused by a steep descent in the riverbed. Often used in the plural.

[Latin rapidus, from rapere, to seize; see rep- in Indo-European roots.]

ra·pid'i·ty (rə-pĭd'ĭ-tē), rap'id·ness (rāp'ĭd-něs) n., rap'id·ly adv.

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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
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1634, from L. rapidus "hasty, snatching," from rapere "hurry away, carry off, seize, plunder," from PIE base *rep- "to snatch" (cf. Gk. ereptomai "devour," harpazein "snatch away"). Rapids is 1765, from Fr. rapides, applied by Fr. voyagers to North American rivers. Rapid-transit first attested 1873; rapid eye movement is from 1916.

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rapid
adjective
1.	done or occurring in a brief period of time; "a rapid rise through the ranks"
2.	characterized by speed; moving with or capable of moving with high speed; "a rapid movement"; "a speedy car"; "a speedy errand boy"
noun
1.	a part of a river where the current is very fast

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
rapid [ˈrӕpid] adjective

quick; fast
Example: He made some rapid calculations; He looked feverish and had a rapid pulse.

Arabic:	سَريع
Chinese (Simplified):	快的
Chinese (Traditional):	快的
Czech:	rychlý
Danish:	hurtig
Dutch:	snel
Estonian:	kiire
Finnish:	nopea
French:	rapide
German:	schnell
Greek:	γρήγορος
Hungarian:	gyors, sebes
Icelandic:	snöggur, hraður
Indonesian:	cepat
Italian:	rapido

Japanese:	素速い
Korean:	빠른, 민첩한
Latvian:	straujš; ātrs
Lithuanian:	greitas
Norwegian:	rask, svært hurtig
Polish:	szybki
Portuguese (Brazil):	rápido
Portuguese (Portugal):	rápido
Romanian:	rapid
Russian:	быстрый
Slovak:	rýchly, prudký
Slovenian:	hiter
Spanish:	rápidamente
Swedish:	hastig, snabb
Turkish:	hızlı, çabuk, süratli

See also: rapids

U.S. Gazetteer - Cite This Source - Share This

Rapid City, MI Zip code(s): 49676

Rapid River, MI Zip code(s): 49878

Rapid City, SD (city, FIPS 52980) Location: 44.07520 N, 103.23280 W
Population (1990): 54523 (22530 housing units)
Area: 91.5 sq km (land), 0.2 sq km (water)

Rapid Valley, SD (CDP, FIPS 53007) Location: 44.07255 N, 103.12961 W
Population (1990): 5968 (2094 housing units)
Area: 27.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

U.S. Gazetteer, U.S. Census Bureau

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Rapid

Rapa"cious\, a. [L. rapax, -acis, from rapere to seize and carry off, to snatch away. See Rapid.]

1. Given to plunder; disposed or accustomed to seize by violence; seizing by force. " The downfall of the rapacious and licentious Knights Templar." --Motley.

2. Accustomed to seize food; subsisting on prey, or animals seized by violence; as, a tiger is a rapacious animal; a rapacious bird.

3. Avaricious; grasping; extortionate; also, greedy; ravenous; voracious; as, rapacious usurers; a rapacious appetite.

[Thy Lord] redeem thee from Death's rapacious claim --Milton.

Syn: Greedy; grasping; ravenous; voracious. -- Ra*pa"cious*ly, adv. -- Ra*pa"cious*ness, n.

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Rapid

Rap"id\, a. [L. rapidus, fr. rapere to seize and carry off, to snatch or hurry away; perhaps akin to Gr. ?; cf. F. rapide. Cf. Harpy, Ravish.]

1. Very swift or quick; moving with celerity; fast; as, a rapid stream; a rapid flight; a rapid motion.

Ascend my chariot; guide the rapid wheels. --Milton.

2. Advancing with haste or speed; speedy in progression; in quick sequence; as, rapid growth; rapid improvement; rapid recurrence; rapid succession.

3. Quick in execution; as, a rapid penman.

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