fast track

noun

A racetrack with optimum conditions for high speeds

“Google welcomes the decision to not approve the fast track of Microsoft's OOXML.”

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Meanings

nounfast track (plural fast tracks)

plural fast tracks

  1. rail transportA racetrack with optimum conditions for high speeds
  2. rail transportA railroad for express trains.
  3. The quickest or most direct method or path.

    Google welcomes the decision to not approve the fast track of Microsoft's OOXML.

    1. broadlyacademicsAn accelerated course designed to help individuals earn a certification, degree, or credential in significantly less time than traditional pathways.
  4. A high-pressure or intensely competitive situation, particularly one characterised by rapid advancement.
adjectivefast track (not comparable)
  1. not comparableOf something moving along a quicker or more direct route to success or completion (e.g. a course or surgery).
verbfast track (third-person singular simple present fast tracks, present participle fast tracking, simple past and past participle fast tracked)

present singular third person fast tracks · participle present fast tracking · participle past fast tracked · past fast tracked

  1. To progress something with unusual rapidity.

    The head of Sydney Airport thinks frequent flyers should be fast-tracked through security checks.

Translations

Hungarian gyorsítósáv, királyi út
  • gyorsítósávThe quickest or most direct method or path
  • királyi útThe quickest or most direct method or path
Māori tīpoka
  • tīpokato progress something through a system bypassing usual holdups
Romanian cale rapidă
  • cale rapidăThe quickest or most direct method or path
Spanish vía rápida, de vía rápida
  • vía rápidaThe quickest or most direct method or path
  • de vía rápidaThe quickest or most direct method or path
  • agilizarto progress something through a system bypassing usual holdups
  • acelerarto progress something through a system bypassing usual holdups
  • apurarto progress something through a system bypassing usual holdups
  • por la vía rápidato progress something through a system bypassing usual holdups
Cite this entry
APA

fast track. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fast%20track

MLA

“fast track.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fast%20track. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “fast track,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fast%20track.

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