faster
part of speech
adjective, adverb (fast, faster, fastest)
meaning for a pupil
1) Faster means with more speed, moving or working more quickly. tree →
2) Faster also means taking less time to do something. tree →
3) A clock that is faster shows a later time than the real time. tree →
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 →
- Who is faster, the car or the train? tree →
- She types 3 times faster than her brother. tree →
- How many minutes faster did he finish? tree →
- A cheetah runs faster than any other land animal. tree →
- The ball rolled faster down the steep hill. tree →
- Please do not drive faster than the speed limit. tree →
- My heart beats faster when I run. tree →
- He swims faster than I could ever run! tree →
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.
- Speed limits exist because faster cars cause worse accidents, especially near schools and homes.
- A bad picture fades faster if you fill your head with something else, like a favourite place, a game or a song.
- Map apps guess traffic from data sent by many phones and can suggest a faster route.
- Fakes can spread faster than they can be removed; reporting them helps and sharing them harms.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «faster» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.