high speed

noun

A speed having a large magnitude: great velocity.

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Meanings

adjectivehigh speed (comparative higher speed, superlative highest speed)

comparative higher speed · superlative highest speed

  1. alternativeAlternative form of high-speed.
nounhigh speed (plural high speeds)

plural high speeds

  1. A speed having a large magnitude: great velocity.

    "If you go to anybody in Kent now and say 'shall we take away the high-speed route?' 'No!' They love high speed. It's been a huge success."

    2024 January 24, Dyan Perry talks to Nick Brodrick, “The industry has given me so much”, in RAIL, number 1001, page 45
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    In deference to Queen Victoria's dislike of high speed, the specials were allowed about 75 min. for the journey on the Deeside line, but after her death, they were slightly accelerated.

    1957 February 28, H. A. Vallance, “The Deeside Railway—2”, in Railway Magazine, page 96
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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “high speed,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/high%20speed.

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