Quick - English meaning

adjective

Having the power, skill, means, or opportunity to do something.

Usage examples:

He was able to read greek at the age of eight

suffix

(forming adjectives) able to be.

Usage examples:

Calculable

adjective

To have the necessary physical strength, mental power, skill, time, money, or opportunity to do something

Usage examples:

Will she be able to cope with the work?

adjective

Quick to notice any unusual and potentially dangerous or difficult circumstances; vigilant.

Usage examples:

An alert police officer discovered a lorry full of explosive

noun

The state of being watchful for possible danger.

Usage examples:

Security forces are on the alert for an upsurge in violence

verb

Warn (someone) of a danger or problem.

Usage examples:

He alerted people to the dangers of smoking

adjective

Having or showing an ability to accurately assess situations or people and turn this to one's advantage.

Usage examples:

An astute businessman

adjective

Quick to see how to use a situation to your advantage

Usage examples:

He was politically astute, and was soon appointed to a number of powerful committees in congress.

adjective

Able to understand a situation quickly and see how to take advantage of it

Usage examples:

An astute investor/businesswoman, his astute handling of the situation, an astute observer of human…

adjective

Having or showing intelligence.

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A brainy discussion

adjective

Clever

Usage examples:

Sarah was beautiful and brainy.

adjective

Dangerously or extremely fast.

Usage examples:

He drove at breakneck speed

adjective

Dangerously fast

Usage examples:

They were cycling along at breakneck speed.

adjective

Carelessly fast and dangerous

Usage examples:

They were riding along at breakneck speed/at a breakneck pace.

adjective

Giving out or reflecting much light; shining.

Usage examples:

The sun was dazzlingly bright

adverb

Brightly.

Usage examples:

A full moon shining bright

noun

Bold and vivid colours.

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A choice of colours from pastels through to brights

adjective

(of light or colour) very bright.

Usage examples:

Brilliant sunshine illuminated the scene

noun

A diamond of brilliant cut.

Usage examples:

An elegant necklace with four rows of brilliants

adjective

Extremely intelligent or highly skilled

Usage examples:

A brilliant plan, armstrong was one of the most brilliant musicians in jazz., the sky was a brillia…

adjective

Active and energetic.

Usage examples:

A good brisk walk

verb

Quicken something.

Usage examples:

Mary brisked up her pace

adjective

Quick, energetic, and active

Usage examples:

I took a brisk walk., business has been brisk lately., a brisk (= cold but pleasant) wind blew acro…

adjective

Quick to understand, learn, and devise or apply ideas; intelligent.

Usage examples:

She was an extremely clever and studious young woman

adjective

Having or showing a quick intelligence in doing something or in persuading people to do something

Usage examples:

It was certainly a clever ad and got a lot of attention., did you notice how she cleverly avoided a…

adjective

Having or showing the ability to learn and understand things quickly and easily

Usage examples:

Judy has never been very clever, but she tries hard., clever at uk fiona is very clever at physics.…

adjective

Excellent.

Usage examples:

He is in cracking form to win this race

verb

Break or cause to break without a complete separation of the parts.

Usage examples:

The ice all over the bog had cracked

noun

A process in which large molecules of a hydrocarbon are broken down into smaller molecules

adjective

Done with speed and efficiency.

Usage examples:

An expeditious investigation

adjective

Quick

Usage examples:

The bank was expeditious in replying to my letter.

adjective

Moving or capable of moving at high speed.

Usage examples:

A fast and powerful car

adverb

Engaging in or involving activities characterized by excitement, extranvagance, and risk-taking.

Usage examples:

The fast life she led in london

verb

Abstain from all or some kinds of food or drink, especially as a religious observance.

Usage examples:

The ministry instructed people to fast

noun

The quickest, but usually most competitive, route to success or improvement

noun

A way of making progress or achieving something more quickly than usual, especially in your job

Usage examples:

By the summer of 2011, the company was on the fast track to becoming a major player in agricultural…

noun

A group of ships sailing together, engaged in the same activity, or under the same ownership.

Usage examples:

The small port supports a fishing fleet

adjective

Fast and nimble in movement.

Usage examples:

A man of advancing years, but fleet of foot

noun

A marshland creek, channel, or ditch.

Usage examples:

Sam explained that the 3,000 acres of the nature reserve is the largest in the english lowlands, th…

adjective

Having exceptional talent or natural ability.

Usage examples:

A gifted amateur musician

verb

Give (something) as a gift, especially formally or as a donation or bequest.

Usage examples:

The company gifted 2,999 shares to a charity

adjective

Having a special ability

Usage examples:

A gifted artist

adjective

Moving or operating at a fast rate

Usage examples:

A high-speed drill

adjective

Used to describe something that moves or operates very quickly

Usage examples:

High-speed access/communication/transmission the 3g standard is designed to offer high-speed access…

adjective

Having or showing intelligence, especially of a high level.

Usage examples:

Anna is intelligent and hard-working

adjective

Showing intelligence, or the ability to understand and learn well

Usage examples:

A highly intelligent woman, she writes intelligently about the life of mary baker eddy.

adjective

Able to learn and understand things quickly and easily

Usage examples:

A lot of thoroughly intelligent, sensible people have fallen for the salesman's charm., a highly in…

noun

The occurrence of a natural electrical discharge of very short duration and high voltage between a cloud and the ground or within a cloud, accompanied by a bright flash and typically also thunder.

Usage examples:

A tremendous flash of lightning

adjective

Very quick.

Usage examples:

A lightning cure for his hangover

noun

A flash of bright light in the sky produced by electricity moving within or between clouds, or between clouds and the ground

Usage examples:

That tree was struck by lightning in a recent thunderstorm., she moves at lightning speed.

adjective

Full of life and energy; active and outgoing.

Usage examples:

A lively and uninhibited girl

adjective

Having or showing a lot of energy and enthusiasm, or showing interesting and exciting thought

Usage examples:

We have a lively group of seniors who meet to discuss the books they’ve read., imelda takes a livel…

adjective

Relating to meteors or meteorites.

Usage examples:

Meteoric iron

adjective

Of or like a meteor

Usage examples:

Meteoric rock, a meteoric rise to fame

adjective

Developing very fast and attracting a lot of attention

Usage examples:

Speculation on the currency has helped its meteoric rise of 16% against the us dollar in a year., h…

adjective

Quick and light in movement or action; agile.

Usage examples:

With a deft motion of her nimble fingers

adjective

Quick and exact in movement or thought; agile

Usage examples:

A nimble mind, he tried to catch his friend, but she was too nimble.

adjective

Able to move quickly; nimble.

Usage examples:

A very nippy scrum half

noun

A waitress in any of the restaurants of j. lyons & co. ltd in london from about 1920 to 1950.

Usage examples:

His waitresses were always impeccably turned out, originally nicknamed gladys but rechristened nipp…

adjective

Cold

Usage examples:

It’s a bit nippy outside.

adjective

Quick to notice or perceive things.

Usage examples:

Her observant eye took in every detail

noun

A member of a branch of the franciscan order that followed a strict rule.

Usage examples:

A classic example was the franciscan observant friar bernardino of siena, whose cult of the name of…

adjective

Quick to notice things

Usage examples:

Carrie has a clear, observant eye., observant of cultural traditions

adjective

Having direct, personal communication

Usage examples:

Smaller class sizes mean that children get more one-on-one teacher attention.

adjective

→  one-to-one

Aware of any changes or developments and quick to react to them

Usage examples:

We need someone who’s really on the ball to answer questions from the press.

phrase

Alert to new ideas, methods, and trends.

Usage examples:

Maintaining contact with customers keeps me on the ball

adverb

For the duration of a night.

Usage examples:

They refused to stay overnight

adjective

Done, happening, or for use overnight.

Usage examples:

An overnight stay

verb

Stay for the night in a particular place.

Usage examples:

I overnighted at the beverly wilshire

adjective

Having or showing sensitive insight.

Usage examples:

An extraordinarily perceptive account of their relationship

adjective

Able to notice and understand things that many other people do not notice

Usage examples:

Her books are full of perceptive insights.

verb

(of an event or fact) cause or bring about (an action or feeling).

Usage examples:

The violence prompted a wave of refugees to flee the country

noun

An act of encouraging a hesitating speaker.

Usage examples:

With barely a prompt, barbara talked on

adjective

Done without delay; immediate.

Usage examples:

She would have died but for the prompt action of two ambulancemen

idiom

To be quick/slow to act or react to an event or a situation

Usage examples:

The police were certainly quick off the mark in reaching the scene of the accident.

adjective

Able to react quickly and skillfully

adjective

Happening in a short time or at a great rate.

Usage examples:

The country's rapid economic decline

noun

A fast-flowing and turbulent part of the course of a river.

Usage examples:

Those of you looking for adventure can shoot the rapids

adjective

Quick or sudden

Usage examples:

Rapid growth, there’s been rapid change in china., we kept up a rapid pace., males grow more rapidl…

adjective

In a suitable state for an action or situation; fully prepared.

Usage examples:

Are you ready, carrie?

noun

Available money; cash.

Usage examples:

They, somehow, made readies available to keep their friend in the style to which he had become accu…

verb

Prepare (someone or something) for an activity or purpose.

Usage examples:

The spare transformer was readied for shipment

adjective

Willing to consider or accept new suggestions and ideas.

Usage examples:

A receptive audience

adjective

(of an object) having an edge or point that is able to cut or pierce something.

Usage examples:

Cut the cake with a very sharp knife

adverb

Precisely (used after an expression of time).

Usage examples:

The meeting starts at 7.30 sharp

noun

A musical note raised a semitone above natural pitch.

Usage examples:

Choices in successive levels expand to all notes, then sharps and flats.

adjective

(of a person) clean, tidy, and well dressed.

Usage examples:

You look very smart

verb

(of a wound or part of the body) feel or cause a sharp stinging pain.

Usage examples:

Her legs were scratched and smarting

noun

Sharp stinging pain.

Usage examples:

The smart of the recent cuts

adjective

Done or occurring quickly.

Usage examples:

A speedy recovery

adjective

Very quick or fast

Usage examples:

They hope to bring a speedy end to the conflict., the error can be speedily corrected.

adjective

(especially of an old person) lively; full of energy.

Usage examples:

She was quite sprightly for her age

adjective

(especially of old people) energetic and in good health

Usage examples:

He's a sprightly old man of 75.

adjective

Happening quickly or promptly.

Usage examples:

A remarkably swift recovery

adverb

Swiftly.

Usage examples:

Streams that ran swift and clear

noun

A swift-flying insectivorous bird with long, slender wings and a superficial resemblance to a swallow, spending most of its life on the wing.

Usage examples:

The white-throated swift is a large, slender swift with long wings and a narrow tail, usually held …

noun

A column of air moving rapidly round and round in a cylindrical or funnel shape.

Usage examples:

They can cause dust devils and whirlwinds, though these are nothing when compared to the immense du…

noun

A storm with strong winds that move in a circle

Usage examples:

The film created a whirlwind of controversy., a whirlwind tour

adjective

Used to describe a series of short visits to a number of different places in a short space of time

Usage examples:

The candidate's whistle-stop tour chugged through missouri, kansas and colorado before winding down…

adjective

Bright, fresh, or lively.

Usage examples:

A wine with a zippy, zingy, almost citrusy tang

adjective

Energetic or fast

Usage examples:

A zippy car, a zippy performance