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swiftness ['swɪftnɪs](b) (promptness) promptitude f, rapidité f;∎ the ambulance arrived with remarkable swiftness l'ambulance arriva avec une rapidité remarquable -
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5 dispatch
dispatch [dɪ'spætʃ](a) (send → letter, merchandise, telegram) envoyer, expédier; (→ messenger) envoyer, dépêcher; (→ troops, envoy) envoyer(b) (complete → task, work) expédier, en finir avec2 noun∎ Military to be mentioned in dispatches être cité à l'ordre du jour∎ with dispatch avec promptitude, rapidement(d) (completion → of task, work) expédition f(e) (execution) exécution f►► dispatch box (for documents) boîte f à documents;British Politics the dispatch box = tribune d'où parlent les membres du gouvernement et leurs homologues du cabinet fantôme;dispatch case serviette f, porte-documents m inv;dispatch clerk expéditionnaire mf;dispatch department service m des expéditions;dispatch note bordereau m d'expédition;dispatch rider estafette f
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swiftness — swift ► ADJECTIVE 1) happening quickly or promptly. 2) moving or capable of moving at high speed. ► NOUN ▪ a fast flying insect eating bird with long, slender wings, spending most of its life on the wing. DERIVATIVES swiftly adverb swiftness noun … English terms dictionary
swiftness — noun Date: before 12th century 1. the quality or state of being swift ; celerity 2. the fact of being swift … New Collegiate Dictionary
swiftness — noun the state of being swift Syn: celerity, haste, rapidity … Wiktionary
swiftness — noun a rate (usually rapid) at which something happens the project advanced with gratifying speed • Syn: ↑speed, ↑fastness • Derivationally related forms: ↑fast (for: ↑fastness), ↑swift … Useful english dictionary
swiftness — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. acceleration, velocity, rapidity; see speed . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun Rapidness of movement or activity: celerity, dispatch, expedition, expeditiousness, fleetness, haste, hurry, hustle, quickness, rapidity,… … English dictionary for students
swift — /swɪft / (say swift) adjective 1. moving with great speed or velocity; fleet; rapid: a swift ship. 2. coming, happening, or performed quickly or without delay. 3. quick or prompt to act, etc.: swift to respond. –adverb 4. swiftly. –noun 5. any of …
swift — 1 adjective 1 happening quickly and immediately: My letter received a swift reply. 2 (only before noun) moving, or able to move, very fast: a swift runner | swift of foot literary (=able to run fast) 3 be swift to do sth to do something as soon… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
swift — adjective 1》 happening quickly or promptly. 2》 moving or capable of moving at high speed. adverb literary except in combination swiftly: a swift acting poison. noun 1》 a fast flying insectivorous bird with long, slender wings, spending most of… … English new terms dictionary
swift — I UK [swɪft] / US adjective Word forms swift : adjective swift comparative swifter superlative swiftest * 1) happening quickly or immediately Ellen made a remarkably swift recovery. Progress in the investigation so far has been swift. 2) moving… … English dictionary
swift — ► ADJECTIVE 1) happening quickly or promptly. 2) moving or capable of moving at high speed. ► NOUN ▪ a fast flying insect eating bird with long, slender wings, spending most of its life on the wing. DERIVATIVES swiftly adverb swiftness noun … English terms dictionary
swiftly — swift ► ADJECTIVE 1) happening quickly or promptly. 2) moving or capable of moving at high speed. ► NOUN ▪ a fast flying insect eating bird with long, slender wings, spending most of its life on the wing. DERIVATIVES swiftly adverb swiftness noun … English terms dictionary