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51Swift — This most interesting surname is of Anglo Saxon origin, and originated as a nickname for someone who was a swift, fast runner, from the Olde English pre 7th Century word swift , fleet. It is a rather unique name as it has retained its original… …
52swift — [[t]swɪ̱ft[/t]] swifter, swiftest, swifts 1) ADJ GRADED A swift event or process happens very quickly or without delay. Our task is to challenge the UN to make a swift decision... The police were swift to act. Syn: quick Derived words: swiftly… …
53SWIFT — Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication (SWIFT) A privately owned electronic payments system used for funds transfers between member banks. See Clearing House Interbank Payment System ( CHIPS) and Fed wire See: Society for… …
54swift — 1 adjective 1 happening quickly and immediately: My letter received a swift reply. 2 (only before noun) moving, or able to move, very fast: a swift runner | swift of foot literary (=able to run fast) 3 be swift to do sth to do something as soon… …
55swift — [[t]swɪft[/t]] adj. er, est, adv. n. 1) moving or capable of moving with great speed or velocity: a swift boat[/ex] 2) coming, happening, or performed quickly or without delay: a swift decision[/ex] 3) quick to act or respond 4) cvb Slang. smart; …
56Swift — Swịft, 1) Graham Colin, englischer Schriftsteller, * London 4. 5. 1949; zählt zu den anregendsten Erzählertalenten der 80er Jahre. Seine dem magischen Realismus nahe stehenden Romane, von denen besonders »Waterland« (1983; deutsch… …
57swift — /swɪft / (say swift) adjective 1. moving with great speed or velocity; fleet; rapid: a swift ship. 2. coming, happening, or performed quickly or without delay. 3. quick or prompt to act, etc.: swift to respond. –adverb 4. swiftly. –noun 5. any of …
58swift — 1. mod. smart and clever. □ Excuse my brother. He’s not too swift. □ Dave is doing well in school. He’s swift, and he likes his classes. 2. mod. sexually fast or easy, usually said of a woman. □ Tracy is swift they say, but I find her to be a… …
59swift — adj., adv., & n. adj. 1 quick, rapid; soon coming or passing. 2 speedy, prompt (a swift response; was swift to act). adv. (archaic except in comb.) swiftly (swift moving). n. 1 any swift flying insect eating bird of the family Apodidae, with long …
60Swift — adj., adv., & n. adj. 1 quick, rapid; soon coming or passing. 2 speedy, prompt (a swift response; was swift to act). adv. (archaic except in comb.) swiftly (swift moving). n. 1 any swift flying insect eating bird of the family Apodidae, with long …
