Quick
/KWIK/
तेज़ (tez) / शीघ्र (sheeghr)
Meanings
- Moving fast or doing something in a short time
- Prompt to understand or learn
- Happening with little delay
Example Sentences
- "The quick response of the emergency services saved many lives during the flood."
- "She is a quick learner who picked up the new software in just one day."
- "He made a quick decision to invest in the startup before others could."
Etymology
From Old English 'cwic' (living, alive), from Proto-Germanic '*kwikwaz'. Originally meant 'alive' (as in 'the quick and the dead'). The sense of 'rapid' developed from 'lively, active'.