| query | Q____ means happening without delay or with very little delay.Quick means happening without delay or with very little delay. Officials played down any hope for a quick end to the bloodshed. These investors feel the need to make quick profits. We need to get it back as quickly as possible. It quickly became the most popular men's fragrance in the world. 'Not me,' Robarts said quickly. |
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| word | quick |
| full-definition | adjective Someone or something that is quick moves or does things with great speed . You'll have to be quick. The flight leaves in about three hours. I think I'm a reasonably quick learner. Europe has moved a long way since then at a very quick pace. Cussane worked quickly and methodically. Stop me if I'm speaking too quickly. ...the natural quickness of his mind. Something that is quick takes or lasts only a short time. He took one last quick look about the room. I just popped in for a quick drink. Although this recipe looks long, it is actually very quick to prepare. My father would have driven me there, but we decided it would be quicker by train. You can become fitter quite quickly and easily. Quick means happening without delay or with very little delay. Officials played down any hope for a quick end to the bloodshed. These investors feel the need to make quick profits. We need to get it back as quickly as possible. It quickly became the most popular men's fragrance in the world. 'Not me,' Robarts said quickly. If you are quick to do something, you do not hesitate to do it. He 's quick to praise his co-stars' acting skills as well as their beauty. As several readers were quick to point out, barn owls don't hoot. If someone has a quick temper, they are easily made angry . adverb Quicker is sometimes used to mean 'at a greater speed', and quickest to mean 'at the greatest speed'. Quick is sometimes used to mean 'with great speed'. Some people consider this to be non-standard. Warm the sugar slightly first to make it dissolve quicker. Prost went quickest. Quick is sometimes used to mean 'with very little delay'. I got away as quick as I could. The advantage in going faster is that you get there quicker. |
| inflections | quickerquickestquicklyquicknessquicklyquickly |
| cefr-level | A1 |
Tags: oxford5k::cefr-level:a1
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