English noun: fastness |
1. | fastness (attribute) a rate (usually rapid) at which something happens |
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| Samples | The project advanced with gratifying speed.
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| Synonyms | speed, swiftness |
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| Broader (hypernym) | pace, rate |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | execution speed, graduality, gradualness, haste, hastiness, hurriedness, hurry, precipitation |
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| Attribute | fast, slow |
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2. | fastness (attribute) the quality of being fixed in place as by some firm attachment |
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| Synonyms | fixedness, fixity, fixture, secureness |
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| Broader (hypernym) | immovability, immovableness |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | lodgement, lodging, lodgment |
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| Antonyms | looseness |
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3. | fastness (artifact) a strongly fortified defensive structure |
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| Synonyms | stronghold |
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| Broader (hypernym) | defence, defense, defensive structure |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | bastion, blockhouse, citadel, donjon, dungeon, hold, keep, redoubt |
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