Swift
adjective
Moving very quickly or immediately.
He made a swift decision to avoid the danger.
Often appears as...
- swift action
- swift response
noun
A kind of bird that is known for its speed in flying.
Swifts are usually spotted during the summer months.
Often appears as...
- common swift
- swift migration
noun
A tool that holds yarn so it can be wound.
She used a yarn swift to wind the yarn into a ball.
Often appears as...
- yarn swift
- umbrella swift
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Technical
adjective
Happening without delay; arriving or able to arrive quickly.
The boss expects swift results
Often appears as...
- swift change
- swift action
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Business
noun
A coding language used for creating apps for Apple devices.
He's learning Swift to develop his own iPhone app.
Often appears as...
- swift programming
- swift code
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Technical
adjective
Moving very quickly or immediately.
He made a swift decision to avoid the danger.
Often appears as...
- swift action
- swift response
noun
A kind of bird that is known for its speed in flying.
Swifts are usually spotted during the summer months.
Often appears as...
- common swift
- swift migration
noun
A tool that holds yarn so it can be wound.
She used a yarn swift to wind the yarn into a ball.
Often appears as...
- yarn swift
- umbrella swift
Usage tips
Technical
adjective
Happening without delay; arriving or able to arrive quickly.
The boss expects swift results
Often appears as...
- swift change
- swift action
Usage tips
Business
noun
A coding language used for creating apps for Apple devices.
He's learning Swift to develop his own iPhone app.
Often appears as...
- swift programming
- swift code
Usage tips
Technical
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Pro Tip 1/2Urgency Connotation
The adjective 'swift' often implies urgent action is necessary or has been taken.
The medics took a swift action to save the patient.
Pro Tip 2/2Emphasizing Speed
'Swift' emphasizes speed and efficiency when describing movements or actions.
She gave a swift nod, indicating her agreement.
Pro Tip 1/2Urgency Connotation
The adjective 'swift' often implies urgent action is necessary or has been taken.
The medics took a swift action to save the patient.
Pro Tip 2/2Emphasizing Speed
'Swift' emphasizes speed and efficiency when describing movements or actions.
She gave a swift nod, indicating her agreement.
Pro Tip 1/2Urgency Connotation
The adjective 'swift' often implies urgent action is necessary or has been taken.
The medics took a swift action to save the patient.
Pro Tip 2/2Emphasizing Speed
'Swift' emphasizes speed and efficiency when describing movements or actions.
She gave a swift nod, indicating her agreement.
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How fiction can change...
which are now conventional and commonplace. Similarly, novels have helped shape the minds of thought leaders across history. Some scholars say that Darwin's theory of evolution is highly indebted to the plots he read and loved. His theory privileges intelligence, swiftness, and adaptability to change - all core characteristics in a hero.
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It’s time to embrace our...
in the world it has roads that move swiftly because it charges people for the congestion that they cause when they take to the roads when cities are able to deal with the crime with the congestion with the contagious disease they can be marvelous places a pleasure as well as productivity the same urban innovation
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Success, failure and the...
and that is that you have got to find your way back home again as swiftly and smoothly as you can, and if you're wondering what your home is, here's a Your home is whatever in this world you love more than you love yourself. So that might be creativity, it might be family, it might be invention, adventure,
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Why is cotton in...
and swiftly increases. This new growth also reinforces the cell wall by going against the grain of the existing wall. The strengthened wall is more rigid, restricting further growth. That means if the fiber remodels its walls too early, it will be short,
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Beware of nominalizations...
It says "I returned and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favor to men of skill; but time and chance happeneth to them all."
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Tut's Treasures PIPE...
a momento in the family vaults reveals how the triumph was swiftly followed by a mysterious death there are many ideas if you disturb an intact tomb for fairer than something terrible world before you this in fact is my great-grandfather's
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Small Creatures In Need...
the nest young swifts will be fed insect prey by their mother so the team here have to hand feed them until they can be released so dan tell us a little bit about what you do here at secret world so i'm a section leader here at secret
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The other "Golden Rule"...
because the external water pressure counteracts the internal forces resulting from elevation difference. Whether it’s with the intensity of a fire hydrant or a squirt gun, this system swiftly delivers our urine to the outside world.
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The nurdles' quest for...
the world over, nurdles often escape during the production process, carried by runoff to the coast or during shipping when they're mistakenly tipped into the waves. Once in the water, nurdles are swiftly carried by currents,
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The ferocious predatory...
perfect for swiftly clamping down on slippery aquatic prey. This apex predator, as well as its ecosystem, is unparalleled in the history of life on Earth. All that's left of these fearsome predators are fossils.
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How fiction can change...
which are now conventional and commonplace. Similarly, novels have helped shape the minds of thought leaders across history. Some scholars say that Darwin's theory of evolution is highly indebted to the plots he read and loved. His theory privileges intelligence, swiftness, and adaptability to change - all core characteristics in a hero.
Video examples
It’s time to embrace our...
in the world it has roads that move swiftly because it charges people for the congestion that they cause when they take to the roads when cities are able to deal with the crime with the congestion with the contagious disease they can be marvelous places a pleasure as well as productivity the same urban innovation
Video examples
Success, failure and the...
and that is that you have got to find your way back home again as swiftly and smoothly as you can, and if you're wondering what your home is, here's a Your home is whatever in this world you love more than you love yourself. So that might be creativity, it might be family, it might be invention, adventure,
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Why is cotton in...
and swiftly increases. This new growth also reinforces the cell wall by going against the grain of the existing wall. The strengthened wall is more rigid, restricting further growth. That means if the fiber remodels its walls too early, it will be short,
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Beware of nominalizations...
It says "I returned and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favor to men of skill; but time and chance happeneth to them all."
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Tut's Treasures PIPE...
a momento in the family vaults reveals how the triumph was swiftly followed by a mysterious death there are many ideas if you disturb an intact tomb for fairer than something terrible world before you this in fact is my great-grandfather's
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Small Creatures In Need...
the nest young swifts will be fed insect prey by their mother so the team here have to hand feed them until they can be released so dan tell us a little bit about what you do here at secret world so i'm a section leader here at secret
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The other "Golden Rule"...
because the external water pressure counteracts the internal forces resulting from elevation difference. Whether it’s with the intensity of a fire hydrant or a squirt gun, this system swiftly delivers our urine to the outside world.
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The nurdles' quest for...
the world over, nurdles often escape during the production process, carried by runoff to the coast or during shipping when they're mistakenly tipped into the waves. Once in the water, nurdles are swiftly carried by currents,
Video examples
The ferocious predatory...
perfect for swiftly clamping down on slippery aquatic prey. This apex predator, as well as its ecosystem, is unparalleled in the history of life on Earth. All that's left of these fearsome predators are fossils.
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Thandie Newton
British Actress
You see these casting directors' lists of characters, and they're all boxed in. Twenties is the hot girlfriend, thirties you can still be hot but moving swiftly to hot mum. Forties, you're the legal person in a pantsuit. Then, once you reach your fifties, you're positively elderly.
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Han Fei
Chinese Philosopher
The object of rewards is to encourage; that of punishments, to prevent. If rewards are high, then what the ruler wants will be quickly effected; if punishments are heavy, what he does not want will be swiftly prevented.
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Buddy Hield
Some of the life lessons that my mom has taught me is that the road is not for the fastest or the swiftest, but it's for those who enjoy it to the end. Just telling you that life is not pure grace. It's like a marathon.
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George Foreman
American Boxer
It's strange because you - your life goes so swiftly. You look up one day you're a teenager, the next day you're a grandfather and you want to decide, 'I sure hope my kids don't make the same mistakes.
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Leon Trotsky
Russian Revolutionary
The dynamic of revolutionary events is directly determined by swift, intense, and passionate changes in the psychology of classes which have already formed themselves before the revolution.
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Mickey Rooney
American Actor
Sometimes the transition from being in control of your life to having absolutely no control is swift, but other times it is so gradual that you wonder exactly when it truly began.
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Henry Van Dyke
American Poet
Time is too slow for those who wait, too swift for those who fear, too long for those who grieve, too short for those who rejoice, but for those who love, time is eternity.
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Faith Baldwin
American Novelist
Character builds slowly, but it can be torn down within incredible swiftness.
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Thomas a Kempis
German Clergyman
Oh, how swiftly the glory of the world passes away!
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Sharan Burrow
Welsh Activist
Democracy is rarely easy, nor swift.
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Thandie Newton
British Actress
You see these casting directors' lists of characters, and they're all boxed in. Twenties is the hot girlfriend, thirties you can still be hot but moving swiftly to hot mum. Forties, you're the legal person in a pantsuit. Then, once you reach your fifties, you're positively elderly.
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Han Fei
Chinese Philosopher
The object of rewards is to encourage; that of punishments, to prevent. If rewards are high, then what the ruler wants will be quickly effected; if punishments are heavy, what he does not want will be swiftly prevented.
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Buddy Hield
Some of the life lessons that my mom has taught me is that the road is not for the fastest or the swiftest, but it's for those who enjoy it to the end. Just telling you that life is not pure grace. It's like a marathon.
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George Foreman
American Boxer
It's strange because you - your life goes so swiftly. You look up one day you're a teenager, the next day you're a grandfather and you want to decide, 'I sure hope my kids don't make the same mistakes.
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Leon Trotsky
Russian Revolutionary
The dynamic of revolutionary events is directly determined by swift, intense, and passionate changes in the psychology of classes which have already formed themselves before the revolution.
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Mickey Rooney
American Actor
Sometimes the transition from being in control of your life to having absolutely no control is swift, but other times it is so gradual that you wonder exactly when it truly began.
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Henry Van Dyke
American Poet
Time is too slow for those who wait, too swift for those who fear, too long for those who grieve, too short for those who rejoice, but for those who love, time is eternity.
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Faith Baldwin
American Novelist
Character builds slowly, but it can be torn down within incredible swiftness.
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Thomas a Kempis
German Clergyman
Oh, how swiftly the glory of the world passes away!
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Sharan Burrow
Welsh Activist
Democracy is rarely easy, nor swift.
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