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# quicker

adjective (quick, quicker, quickest — "quicker" is the comparative); adverb (informal: quicker, instead of "more quickly")

«quicker» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Faster: taking less time or moving at a higher speed than something else. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Q/quicker/#m1)
2. Cleverer at understanding or reacting fast: quicker at mental maths. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Q/quicker/#m2)

### In the lessons

In maths and science, "quicker" compares times or speeds: the route that takes 10 minutes is quicker than the one that takes 15, by 5 minutes; a quicker runner covers the same distance in less time. In everyday life we look for quicker ways to do jobs. In stories, characters escape by being quicker than the monster. Phrases: "quicker than", "the quicker the better", "much quicker", "quicker to", "a quicker way".

### Examples

- Walking is quicker than waiting for the bus. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Q/quicker/#x1)
- Which way is quicker to the park? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Q/quicker/#x2)
- The cheetah is quicker than the lion. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Q/quicker/#x3)
- She was quicker at the times tables than her brother. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Q/quicker/#x4)
- The quicker we tidy up, the sooner we can play. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Q/quicker/#x5)
- Using a calculator is quicker for big sums. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Q/quicker/#x6)
- Can you think of a quicker way to add 99 + 99? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Q/quicker/#x7)
- Ice melts quicker in warm water. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Q/quicker/#x8)
- On the high-road the pace was quicker yet. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Q/quicker/#x9)

### Note

Quick, quicker, quickest. As an adverb, the standard form is "more quickly", but "quicker" is common and fine in speech ("run quicker"). In maths, "quicker" means less time but higher speed: a smaller time is quicker; a bigger speed is quicker. "5 minutes quicker" means subtract 5 minutes.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «quicker» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Q/quicker/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«quicker» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/quicker.html) on Mova free.