Collocation Dictionary
Common collocations with rapid in American Collocation
rapid
adjective
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Around 90% of spoken and written English relies on just 7,500 common words.
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What are red words?
Around 90% of spoken and written English relies on just 7,500 common words.These words are highlighted in red and are ranked using a star system.
- One-star words are commonly used
- Two-star words are even more common
- Three-star words are the most frequently used
US
/ˈræpɪd/
very
exceedingly
excessively
extremely
spectacularly
very
His recovery was extremely rapid.
surprisingly
amazingly
astonishingly
remarkably
surprisingly
unexpectedly
There have been astonishingly rapid technological developments in broadcasting.
unusually
abnormally
exceptionally
extraordinarily
unusually
This followed a long period of unusually rapid economic growth.
rather
comparatively
fairly
quite
reasonably
relatively
At first, they made fairly rapid progress.
growth or increase
expansion
growth
increase
rise
spread
During the nineteenth century there was a rapid expansion of large-scale industry.
start
onset
‘Acute’ describes a disease of rapid onset, severe symptoms and brief duration.
improvement or progress
advance
progress
progression
recovery
This enables our teachers to develop each student’s abilities so that they make rapid progress.
getting less or worse
decline
deterioration
There was a rapid decline in the fortunes of the British film industry.
change
change
evolution
turnaround
turnover
We are living in a time of incredibly rapid change.
speed
acceleration
pace
Our internet service is growing at a rapid pace.
sequence of events
succession
The family moved several times in very rapid succession.