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fast

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UK:**UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈfɑːst/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/fæst/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(fast, fäst)

Inflections of 'fast' (adj):
faster
adj comparative
fastest
adj superlative
Inflections of 'fast' (adv):
faster
adv comparative
fastest
adv superlative

Collocations for "fast"


Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "fast" in context.

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fast

ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.
adj
  1. a fast [car, runner, horse]
  2. that was a fast [race, play, finish]
  3. a fast [dance, song, move]
  4. a fast [solution, way, method] (to)
  5. the fast [line, lane, queue, track]
  6. fast [delivery, shipping, forecasts, payment, treatment] (for)
  7. the fastest [runner] in the [town, world, school]
  8. fast and [easy, reliable, simple, cheap]
  9. slang: pull a fast one
  10. is faster than the speed of light
  11. they [are, became] fast friends
adv
  1. hold fast (to)
  2. (but) it was stuck fast
  3. we [need, have] to think fast
  4. is [going, driving, working] faster (than normal)
  5. slow down, you're [driving, going, moving] too fast
  6. don't go [too, so] fast
  7. going faster than the speed limit
  8. [fell, was] fast asleep
  9. is fast becoming [popular, my favorite]
n
  1. a [religious, diet] fast
  2. [intermittent, regular, twice-weekly] fasts
  3. a fast for [religious reasons, a new diet]
  4. a fast for [Ramadan, Lent]
  5. a fast of [water, juice] alone
  6. have been on a fast for [one week]
  7. went on a fast [as a protest, to lose weight]
  8. break their fast at [sunset, night]
  9. on a fast during [daytime, daylight]
  10. the fast is broken at [sunset]
n as adj
  1. am [on, doing, following] the fast diet
  2. (on) a fast day
v
  1. fast for [Ramadan, Lent]
  2. fast during [Ramadan, the day]
  3. fast until [dusk, midnight]
  4. fasting for [health, weight loss]
  5. fast for a [day, week]
  6. fast for [two] days [a, every, in the] week
  7. fast on [water, bread]
  8. fast before [surgery, an operation, a blood test]
  9. fast in [solidarity, protest]
additional examples
  1. a [religious, diet] fast
  2. am [on, doing, following] the fast diet
  3. a fast [car, runner, horse]
  4. fast for [Ramadan, Lent]
  5. [intermittent, regular, twice-weekly] fasts
  6. that was a fast [race, play, finish]
  7. (on) a fast day
  8. fast during [Ramadan, the day]
  9. a fast for [religious reasons, a new diet]
  10. a fast [dance, song, move]
  11. fast until [dusk, midnight]
  12. a fast for [Ramadan, Lent]
  13. a fast [solution, way, method] (to)
  14. fasting for [health, weight loss]
  15. a fast of [water, juice] alone
  16. fast for a [day, week]
  17. the fast [line, lane, queue, track]
  18. fast [delivery, shipping, forecasts, payment, treatment] (for)
  19. fast for [two] days [a, every, in the] week
  20. have been on a fast for [one week]
  21. the fastest [runner] in the [town, world, school]
  22. went on a fast [as a protest, to lose weight]
  23. fast on [water, bread]
  24. fast and [easy, reliable, simple, cheap]
  25. break their fast at [sunset, night]
  26. fast before [surgery, an operation, a blood test]
  27. on a fast during [daytime, daylight]
  28. fast in [solidarity, protest]
  29. [very, too, extremely, incredibly] fast
  30. the fast is broken at [sunset]
  31. not so fast!
  32. slang: pull a fast one
  33. hold fast (to)
  34. (but) it was stuck fast
  35. we [need, have] to think fast
  36. is [going, driving, working] faster (than normal)
  37. slow down, you're [driving, going, moving] too fast
  38. don't go [too, so] fast
  39. is faster than the speed of light
  40. going faster than the speed limit
  41. they [are, became] fast friends
  42. [fell, was] fast asleep
  43. is fast becoming [popular, my favorite]
  44. a fast-paced [world, movie, thriller, romp]
  45. fast-acting [yeast, painkiller, pain relief, remedy, drug]
  46. a fast-growing [cell, plant, movement]
  47. a fast-thinking [person, manager, coach]
'fast' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):

Forum discussions with the word(s) "fast" in the title:

......, fast. - English Only forum
...faithful abstain from eating certain foods, or "fast completely" - English Only forum
“How fast!” instead of “How fast he runs!” - English Only forum
(Punctuation) ... exclude each other ( ) for example, fast .... - English Only forum
[a horse] stands awful fast - English Only forum
[Gradual] [fast] [slight] [significant] increase - English Only forum
40% ... <dine> in fast food restaurants every day - English Only forum
A fish is technically fast when it bears a waif - English Only forum
A container in a fast food restaurant - English Only forum
a fast and <dirty> way - English Only forum
a fast food fan - English Only forum
a fast fuse that whipped over the water - English Only forum
a fast nickel beats a slow dime - English Only forum
a fast worker - English Only forum
a fast-growing population - English Only forum
A fast-mutating virus - English Only forum
a few too fast / a little too fast. - English Only forum
a lot of/much--there aren't any hard-and-fast-rule? - English Only forum
A paperback full of fast action and brisk dialogue - English Only forum
A squat photographically "fast" - English Only forum
A stubborn woman an er own self-will: ay, they make a fast continuity - English Only forum
a term to express "Green channel" or "fast-track procedure" - English Only forum
a typo of fast typing - English Only forum
a very fast glide that ate altitude, - English Only forum
a world that's blowing itself to hell as fast as [everybody can arrange it] - English Only forum
"Acceptable fast" - English Only forum
accidently too fast - English Only forum
actually quite fast if you put it in transit speaking - English Only forum
Allegro is a <fast played> piece of classical music - English Only forum
Alternative ways of saying "driving fast" - English Only forum
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