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fast-growing

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UK/ˌfɑːst ˈɡrəʊɪŋ/
US/ˌfæst ˈɡroʊɪŋ/

Meanings

  1. adjectivebefore a noun

    Increasing in size, number or amount more quickly than is usual.

    Grammar: Used before a noun: a fast-growing city.

    Patterns

    • a fast-growing company
    • a fast-growing market

    Solar power is one of the fast-growing industries in the country.

    The town is the fast-growing area in the region.

    She joined a fast-growing startup that doubled its staff in a year.

  2. adjectivebefore a noun

    Describing plants or living things that develop to a large size in a short time.

    Grammar: Common in gardening and farming contexts.

    Patterns

    • fast-growing tree
    • fast-growing hedge

    We planted a fast-growing hedge to hide the fence.

    Bamboo is a fast-growing plant that can grow a meter in a week.

    The farmer switched to a fast-growing variety of wheat.

Word forms

comparativefaster-growing
superlativefastest-growing

Common combinations

fast-growing economy
India has a fast-growing economy.
fast-growing company
The fast-growing company hired fifty new workers.
fast-growing market
Electric vehicles are a fast-growing market.
fast-growing tree
Willow is a fast-growing tree.
fast-growing sector
Healthcare is a fast-growing sector.

Synonyms and how they differ

booming
Booming adds the idea of sudden success and prosperity, while fast-growing simply notes quick increase.
rapidly expanding
Rapidly expanding is more formal and often describes size or reach, whereas fast-growing is plain and flexible.
thriving
Thriving stresses success and health, not only speed.
swift-growing
Swift-growing is rare and literary, while fast-growing is the common everyday form.

Opposites

slow-growingdecliningstagnant

Word family

grow verb
to increase in size or amount
growth noun
the process of increasing
growing adjective
becoming larger or greater
grower noun
a person who raises plants or crops

Commonly confused: fast-growing or fastgrowing? fast-growing or quick-growing?

fast-growing vs fastgrowing

Fastgrowing is a run-together spelling and is not standard; write fast-growing or fast growing as separate words after a verb.

fast-growing vs quick-growing

Quick-growing is a close variant, but fast-growing is more common for economies and companies.

Practice

The company has become one of the ___ businesses in the country, doubling in size each year.

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