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# faster

«faster» in Mova's school dictionary: **with more speed, moving or working more quickly** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adjective, adverb (fast, faster, fastest)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Faster means with more speed, moving or working more quickly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/faster/#m1)

2) Faster also means taking less time to do something. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/faster/#m2)

3) A clock that is faster shows a later time than the real time. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/faster/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In maths: a comparison of speeds or times: one is quicker by some amount or some times: faster speed = slower speed + difference; faster means more speed but less time. In science: things roll faster down a steeper slope. In PE: who can run faster. Phrases: faster than, faster and faster, go faster, the faster, the better.

### examples

- Tom runs 2 km an hour faster than Ben. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/faster/#x1)
- Who is faster, the car or the train? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/faster/#x2)
- She types 3 times faster than her brother. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/faster/#x3)
- How many minutes faster did he finish? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/faster/#x4)
- A cheetah runs faster than any other land animal. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/faster/#x5)
- The ball rolled faster down the steep hill. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/faster/#x6)
- Please do not drive faster than the speed limit. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/faster/#x7)
- My heart beats faster when I run. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/faster/#x8)
- He swims faster than I could ever run! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/faster/#x9)

### note

Comparative of «fast»: fast, faster, fastest. Never «more faster». Opposite: slower. Compares speeds: faster speed = slower speed + difference. Trap: faster means more speed but less time.

### In the corpora

- [A tidy house helps buyers imagine living there and can sell faster or for more money.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/10-moving-house-and-renting-a-home/10/)
- [Speed limits exist because faster cars cause worse accidents, especially near schools and homes.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/30-police-courts-and-prison/16/)
- [A bad picture fades faster if you fill your head with something else, like a favourite place, a game or a song.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/60-next-time-switch-off-tell-and-parental-controls/22/)
- [Map apps guess traffic from data sent by many phones and can suggest a faster route.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ai/17-voice-assistants-recommendations/15/)
- [Fakes can spread faster than they can be removed; reporting them helps and sharing them harms.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ai/20-news-court-cases-airline/13/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «faster» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/faster/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.