quicker

«quicker» in Mova's school dictionary: Faster: taking less time or moving at a higher speed than… — 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 (quick, quicker, quickest — "quicker" is the comparative); adverb (informal: quicker, instead of "more quickly")

meaning for a pupil

1) Faster: taking less time or moving at a higher speed than something else. tree →

2) Cleverer at understanding or reacting fast: quicker at mental maths. tree →

sense in the lessons

In maths and science, "quicker" compares times or speeds: the route that takes 10 minutes is quicker than the one that takes 15, by 5 minutes; a quicker runner covers the same distance in less time. In everyday life we look for quicker ways to do jobs. In stories, characters escape by being quicker than the monster. Phrases: "quicker than", "the quicker the better", "much quicker", "quicker to", "a quicker way".

examples

• Walking is quicker than waiting for the bus. tree →
• Which way is quicker to the park? tree →
• The cheetah is quicker than the lion. tree →
• She was quicker at the times tables than her brother. tree →
• The quicker we tidy up, the sooner we can play. tree →
• Using a calculator is quicker for big sums. tree →
• Can you think of a quicker way to add 99 + 99? tree →
• Ice melts quicker in warm water. tree →
• On the high-road the pace was quicker yet. tree →

note

Quick, quicker, quickest. As an adverb, the standard form is "more quickly", but "quicker" is common and fine in speech ("run quicker"). In maths, "quicker" means less time but higher speed: a smaller time is quicker; a bigger speed is quicker. "5 minutes quicker" means subtract 5 minutes.

In the corpora

• How are you feeling?" Freya bursts into tears, and then it's over much quicker than she feared.
• Many cartoon characters, like Mickey Mouse and the Simpsons, have four fingers because it is quicker to draw and looks clearer.
• Most people think jobs are quicker than they really are, so timing them once helps you plan.
• Get dressed in order: underwear first, then clothes, then socks and shoes; it is quicker and clothes fit right.
• Get dressed in order: underwear first, then your clothes, then socks and shoes; it is quicker and clothes fit right.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «quicker» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.