{
    "term": "rapid",
    "partOfSpeech": "adjective",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "b2",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "happening quickly or in a short period of time",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "**rapid change/expansion/growth/development**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a **rapid rise/increase/decline** in sales"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The patient made a rapid recovery."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a rapid pulse/heartbeat"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The guard fired four shots in rapid succession."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Work proceeded at a rapid pace."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The disease is spreading at a rapid rate."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We try hard to provide a rapid response to requests."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Rapid economic growth pushed unemployment to relatively low levels."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "verbs": ["be", "seem", "become"],
                "adverb": ["extremely", "fairly", "very"]
            }
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈræpɪd/",
                "audio": "ra/rapid/rapid__gb_2.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈræpɪd/",
                "audio": "ra/rapid/rapid__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "mid 17th cent.: from Latin rapidus, from rapere ‘take by force’."
}