faster

CEFRA2

/ˈfæstɚ/

adjective

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adjective
Moving or happening at a higher speed.
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adjective
Extra detail
Acronym of face, arms, stability, talking, eyes, react, a mnemonic for diagnosing a cerebrovascular accident (“CVA”) or stroke; coined in recognition of the word faster, as a need for speedy diagnosis and treatment.

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Sits at A2 on the CEFR scale

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The renewal of track by cranes and special tracklaying machines which lift out entire 60 ft. lengths of old track and lay in pre-assembled 60 ft. lengths of new, allows the process of renewal to proceed at a considerably faster rate than possible by older methods.
1953 September, “Restoring British Permanent Way to Prewar Standards”, in Railway Magazine, page 587
Other paths can be occupied by oil trains from Grain, timber trains for Chirk, cement trains for Clitheroe, as well as engineering trains running this way to avoid the West Coast Main Line and other 60mph services squeezed off the WCML to make way for faster passenger and freight trains.
2025 July 9, Philip Haigh, “When the WCML closes, can the S&C take the strain?”, in RAIL, number 1039, page 22

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From fast (“quick; quickly”) + -er.