1
: operated or adapted for operation at high speed
2
: relating to the production of short-exposure photographs of rapidly moving objects or events of short duration

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Amazon's Project Kuiper, costing up to $20 billion, will beam high-speed, low-latency broadband signals to consumers around the world. Alex Goy, ArsTechnica, 29 Apr. 2025 Follow him on LinkedIn, Bluesky and Threads for news on electric and autonomous vehicles, high-speed rail, battery and hydrogen technology, or contact him by email aohnsman@forbes.com Join The Conversation Comments 0 One Community. Alan Ohnsman, Forbes.com, 28 Apr. 2025 Maglev and high-speed rail systems work in other parts of the world. Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 28 Apr. 2025 The authors argue that, because California is entirely governed by Democrats, the failures of the high-speed rail line are entirely of the party's own doing. Mohammed Soliman, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for high-speed

Word History

First Known Use

1844, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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The first known use of high-speed was in 1844

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“High-speed.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/high-speed. Accessed 2 May. 2025.

Kids Definition

high-speed

adjective
-ˈspēd
: going or made for operation at high speed

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