Swift
Definitions
- A small plain-colored bird of the family Apodidae that resembles a swallow and is noted for its rapid flight.
- A surname transferred from the nickname, originally a nickname for a swift or quick person.
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Acronym of Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication. abbreviation, acronym, alt-of
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Acronym of Structured What If Technique. abbreviation, acronym, alt-of
- Any of certain lizards of the genus Sceloporus.
- A general-purpose multi-paradigm compiled programming language introduced by Apple Inc. in 2014.
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Acronym of South Wales Integrated Fast transit. UK, abbreviation, acronym, alt-of
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Acronym of Stored Waveform Inverse Fourier Transform. abbreviation, acronym, alt-of
- A moth of the family Hepialidae, swift moth, ghost moth.
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Alternative letter-case form of SWIFT (“Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication”). alt-of
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Acronym of Southwest Airlines Integrated Flights Tracking. abbreviation, acronym, alt-of
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Acronym of Stratospheric Wind Interferometer For Transport Studies. abbreviation, acronym, alt-of
- Any of various fast-flying hesperiid butterflies.
- A place name:
- An unincorporated community in DuPage County, Illinois, United States.
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Acronym of Statewide Interlibrary loan Fast Track. US, abbreviation, acronym, alt-of
- A light, collapsible reel used to hold a hank of yarn in order to wind off skeins or balls.
- An unincorporated community in Roseau County, Minnesota, United States.
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Acronym of State Wildland Inmate Fire Team. US, abbreviation, acronym, alt-of
- The main cylinder of a carding-machine.
- An extinct town in Pemiscot County, Missouri, United States.
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Acronym of Simple Web Interface Toolset. abbreviation, acronym, alt-of
- The current of a stream.
- A minor river in Leicestershire and Warwickshire, England, which joins the (Warwickshire) Avon north of Rugby.
Equivalents
Examples
“As a guide⟳ to start⟳ your collection we'd suggest⟳ either iguanas, tejus, swifts, basilisks, horned toads or alligator lizards.”
“Earless ghost swift moths become⟳ “invisible” to echolocating bats by forming mating clusters close⟳ (less than half a meter) above vegetation and effectively blending into the clutter of echoes that the bat receives from the leaves and stems around them.”
“If anyone outside Apple saw⟳ Swift coming, they certainly weren't making any public predictions.”
“Apple has made its Swift programming tools open⟳ source, Google opened up its TensorFlow machine-learning software, and IBM did the same with its SystemML.”
“Unlike some children’s apps, which employ⟳ drag-and-drop blocks to teach⟳ coding, the Apple program⟳ uses Swift, a professional programming language that the company introduced in 2014.”
“That year [2012], Iran was cut⟳ off from the Swift global payment system.”
CEFR level
C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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