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SWIFT
/swɪft/
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What does SWIFT mean?
adjective
- Fast; quick; rapid.
- Capable of moving at high speeds.
- (informal) Quick-thinking; bright.
More meanings (26)
noun
- A small plain-colored bird of the family Apodidae that resembles a swallow and is noted for its rapid flight.
- Any of certain lizards of the genus Sceloporus.
- A moth of the family Hepialidae, swift moth, ghost moth.
- Any of various fast-flying hesperiid butterflies.
- A light, collapsible reel used to hold a hank of yarn in order to wind off skeins or balls.
- The main cylinder of a carding-machine.
- Acronym of Structured What If Technique.
- Acronym of Stored Waveform Inverse Fourier Transform.
- Acronym of Stratospheric Wind Interferometer For Transport Studies.
- (obsolete) The current of a stream.
proper noun
- A surname transferred from the nickname, originally a nickname for a swift or quick person.
- A general-purpose multi-paradigm compiled programming language introduced by Apple Inc. in 2014.
- Alternative letter-case form of SWIFT (“Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication”).
- An unincorporated community in DuPage County, Illinois, United States.
- An unincorporated community in Roseau County, Minnesota, United States.
- An extinct town in Pemiscot County, Missouri, United States.
- A minor river in Leicestershire and Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom; a which joins the (Warwickshire) in Avon north of Rugby.
- Ellipsis of Swift County
- Alternative letter-case form of SWIFT
- Acronym of Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication.
- Acronym of South Wales Integrated Fast transit.
- Acronym of Southwest Airlines Integrated Flights Tracking.
- Acronym of Statewide Interlibrary loan Fast Track.
- Acronym of State Wildland Inmate Fire Team.
- Acronym of Simple Web Interface Toolset.
adverb
- (obsolete) Swiftly.
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IPA pronunciation
/swɪft/
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Continued political turmoil, both internally and in the region as a whole, prevents any swift readjustments of trade patterns and economic programs.
Haste me to know’t, that I, with wings as swift As meditation or the thoughts of love May sweep to my revenge.
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Some authorities hold that the proper books for a guest-room are of a soporific quality that will induce swift and painless repose.
My triumph in history was followed by the swift and chastening discovery that I was behind my associates in several other branches.
The volunteer dashes rapidly across the shallows, makes a swift plunge, and clambers out on the floating body as onto a raft.