semi-fast

UK/sɛmi.fɑːst/

adjective

Moderately fast; often used to describe a train service which doesn't stop at every station.

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Meanings

adjectivesemi-fast (not comparable)
  1. not comparableModerately fast; often used to describe a train service which doesn't stop at every station.

    Detailed route and timetable assessments undertaken by CBR [...] have shown that a service of two stopping trains per hour to Gorebridge, plus two semi-fast trains to Tweedbank, could be accommodated after the implementation of only three infrastructure projects.

    2019 November 6, Robert Drysdale, “Wires offer boost to Borders revival”, in Rail, page 44

Origin

From semi- + fast.

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APA

semi-fast. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/semi-fast

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“semi-fast.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/semi-fast. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

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