rapid

Reading level: medium

Estimated CEFR level: B1 — Intermediate

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

noun a part of a river where the current is very fast
adjective done or occurring in a brief period of time
adjective characterized by speed; moving with or capable of moving with high speed

Borrowed from Middle French rapide and its etymon Latin rapidus.

She made rapid way towards it. — Antony Gray,—Gardener, LM (Leslie Moore)
Their course downstream was very rapid. — The Young Alaskans on the Missouri, Emerson Hough
At first his progress was not rapid. — Paul Prescott's Charge, Horatio, Jr. Alger

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