high-speed

Language: en

🇺🇸 /ˈhaɪˌspiːd/

📖 Definitions

  1. adjective
    Operating, moving, or occurring at a great speed; designed for or involving high velocity.; Relating to or denoting a type of internet connection that provides fast data transfer rates, typically broadband.; Involving or characteristic of rapid movement or action, often with an implication of risk or excitement.; In photography or cinematography, referring to film or sensors with high sensitivity to light, allowing shorter exposure times.; In engineering or manufacturing, referring to tools, machines, or processes that operate at very high rotational or operational speeds.; In computing, referring to data processing or transmission that occurs at very rapid rates.

🔗 Details

Word forms

Collocations

high-speed trainhigh-speed internethigh-speed chasehigh-speed railhigh-speed connectionhigh-speed camera

Derivatives

high speed

Synonyms

fastrapidswiftexpressturbo

Antonyms

low-speedslow

Commonly confused

high speed
EN: 'high speed' (no hyphen) is a noun phrase (e.g., 'at high speed'); 'high-speed' (hyphenated) is a compound adjective used before a noun (e.g., 'a high-speed train').

Spelling tips

EN: Always hyphenate 'high-speed' when it functions as a compound adjective before a noun (e.g., 'high-speed internet'). Without the hyphen, 'high speed' is a noun phrase.

💬 Examples

  1. The city invested in a high-speed rail network connecting major metropolitan areas.

  2. Most households now have access to high-speed internet through fiber optic cables.

  3. The police engaged in a high-speed chase through the downtown streets.

  4. The photographer used high-speed film to capture the lightning strike in sharp detail.

  5. High-speed steel drill bits can withstand the extreme temperatures generated during metal cutting.

  6. The new processor features a high-speed cache that significantly reduces data retrieval time.