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a fashionable activity, product, style etc
/ashion fae/^i [n CI a style of clothes, hair, behaviour etc that is fashionable latest /ashion (=the newest styles of women's clothes) the latest Paris fashions /ashion in clothes/music etc changing fashions in popular music fashion for doing sth Who started this fashion for wearing old army clothes?
trend trend;' [n С] a way of doing something or a way of thinking that is becoming fashionable
+ in the latest trend in kitchen design set/start a trend for sth 'Rambo' set the
trend for a whole wave of violent action movies.
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craze//ad kreiz, fed, [л С] a fashion, activity, type of music etc that suddenly becomes very popular, but only remains popular for a short time: The break- dancing craze soon passed, as most fads do. i a craze for wearing underwear outside your clothes
the business of making and selling fashionable clothes
/ashion /'fej<?n; [n U] He's one of the best-known designers in the world of fashion.
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Fashion is usually used before a noun, like an adjective: a top-selling fashion magazine f She works for a well-known fashion designer. I the fashion industry
not fashionable
OUt of /ashion /,aot av faej^n/no longer fashionable - use this especially about clothes and music: Shoulder pads are definitely out of fashion now, though lots of people wore them in the eighties. 90 out of /askion Rock'n'Roll began in the fifties and has never really gone out of fashion.
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un/ashionable /лпТаерпэЫ]/ [adj] not fashionable - use this especially about people's ideas, beliefs, and way of life: formal language-teaching methods that were unfashionable in the 60s and 70s 1
She lived in on unfashionable part of West London.
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opposite slow see also hurry, run
II moving fast
Fast and quickly both mean 'going at high speed', but you use quickly especially to talk about someone who is going only a short distance, especially because they are in a hurry.
fast ,'fa:st]|faest [adv] Don 't drive so fast -
there's ice on the road, i The new fighter aircraft flies almost twice as fast as the old one. I Pat walked faster and /aster as the footsteps behind her got closer. as fast as you can He ran home as fast as he could, fast [adj] able to go fast: the fastest runner in the world I Dean always loved fast cars and expensive clothes.
quickly /'kwikli/ [acM moving fast for a short distance: Richard ran quickly down the stairs. If you hear the alarm, leave the building quickly and calmly. I Tell the doctor to come quickly.
at high Speed st ,hai spird moving or working very fast - use this about cars, trains, machines etc: Two cars raced past him at high speed. I a metal disc revolving at high speed
high-speed [adj only before noun] You can travel by highspeed troin from
Paris to Brussels. I a hich-speed drill
at top speed /я ,tDp 'spi:d|'-ta:p- if someone is driving, running etc at top speed, they are moving as fast as they can. Carson drove to the hospital at top speed.
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quickly /'kwikli/ [adv] doing things quickly or happening quickly, without taking much time.- She undressed quickly and got into bed. I It's important to realize how quickly this disease can spread. I You fry the onions quickly, then add the meat.
quick /kwik; [adj] a quick movement or action is one that you do quickly or one that only takes a short time: I'll just take a quick shower. I That was quick! Have you finished already? 1 I had to make a quick decision.
be quick (=use this when you are telling someone to hurry) You'll have to be quick - we don't have much time.
fast fa:st||fet, [acto] if you work, talk, or write fast, you do it quickly: Don't talk so fast - I can't understand what you're scying. ! We're working as fast as we
can.
rapid Tiep^cl [adj usually before noun) a
rapid change, increase, or improvement is one that happens much more quickly than usuaclass="underline" a rapid increase in the population 1 In China, it was a period of rcpid change. ( She made a rapid recovery after her operation. (=she got better very quickly) rapidly |adu] the rapidly changing world of computer technology
prompt /prompt||pra:mpt/ [adj] doing things quickly and without delay, especially when you have to deal with a problem
prompt action/reply/delivery A major disaster was prevented by the prompt action of the police. I We guarantee prompt delivery of the goods you have ordered.
promptly [adv] Sanders raised objec tions to the plan, and was promptly sacked.
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speed spiid, [n C/U] how fast something or someone moves: Police are advising drivers to reduce their speed because of thick fog.
at a speed of 70 mphMO kph etc a truck travelling at a speed of 50 mph at a constant/steady speed (=keeping the same speed all the time) The planet revolves at a constant speed.
rate /rat [п C] how fast things happen, change, or develop
rate of growth / increase / change /
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development China's economy is experiencing a very high rate of growth.
to go somewhere fast
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All these verbs must be used with a preposition (such as tof across, through, or into), or with an adverb (such as away, out, or there).
race [u j] \0 g0 somewhere as fast as you can, especially because you have to deal with a dangerous situation + across/back/ahead etc Hearing the children's screams, she raced back into the house. I A police car came racing down the road.
rush 1Гщ i] to go somewhere very quickly because you are in a hurry + out/around/into etc Everyone rushed out into the street to see what was happening. I People were rushing past me on their way to work.
das К /daej/ [и I] to run somewhere very fast, especially only a short distance + into/around/to etc Pam dashed into the store just as it was closing I dashing across the road to catch a bus