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Meaning of "hard and fast" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF HARD AND FAST

hard and fast play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF HARD AND FAST

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Hard and fast is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES HARD AND FAST MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of hard and fast in the English dictionary

The definition of hard and fast in the dictionary is invariable or strict.


WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE HARD AND FAST

hard
hard as nails
hard at it
hard bop
hard by
hard card
hard case
hard cash
hard cheese
hard cider
hard coal
hard copy
hard core
hard court
hard currency
hard disk
hard disk drive
hard doer
hard done by
hard drive

WORDS THAT END LIKE HARD AND FAST

acid-fast
bed and breakfast
Belfast
breakfast
Buckfast
colourfast
continental breakfast
English breakfast
fast
holdfast
light-fast
nefast
power breakfast
relay fast
stand fast
steadfast
sunfast
superfast
ultrafast
wedding breakfast

Synonyms and antonyms of hard and fast in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «HARD AND FAST»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «hard and fast» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of hard and fast

Translation of «hard and fast» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF HARD AND FAST

Find out the translation of hard and fast to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of hard and fast from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «hard and fast» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

硬性
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

fuerte y rápido
570 millions of speakers

English

hard and fast
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

कठोर
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الجاد والسريع
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

жесткий и быстрый
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

forte e rápido
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

শক্ত এবং দ্রুত
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

inflexible
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Keras dan cepat
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

hart und schnell
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

厳重な
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

하드 및 빠른
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Hard lan cepet
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

chuyên chế
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

கடினமான மற்றும் வேகமாக
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

हार्ड आणि जलद
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

sert ve hızlı
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

duro e veloce
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

mocno i szybko
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

жорсткий і швидкий
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

tare și rapid
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

σκληρά και γρήγορα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

hard en vinnig
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

hårt och snabbt
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

hardt og fort
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of hard and fast

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «HARD AND FAST»

The term «hard and fast» is regularly used and occupies the 55.584 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «HARD AND FAST» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about hard and fast

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2 QUOTES WITH «HARD AND FAST»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word hard and fast.
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Ian Hislop
No, there are no hard and fast rules about sources, no printed booklet to help journalists through.
2
Elettra Rossellini Wiedemann
Models are like athletes: You burn hard and fast.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «HARD AND FAST»

Discover the use of hard and fast in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to hard and fast and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Hard and Fast
Then she discovers Brad is hiding a big secret that could make her career--or blow his. And suddenly she has to choose: the best story of her life... or the best sex!
Lisa Renee Jones, 2007
2
Trading Secrets: 20 hard and fast rules to help you beat the ...
Trading Secrets uncovers all and more importantly explains why these trends occur, so that you can be confident your investments will pay off, even when the market is falling.
Simon Thompson, 2012
3
Carbine and Shotgun Speed Shooting: How to Hit Hard and Fast ...
In this book, firearms instructor Steve Moses tells you how to do just that.
Steve Moses, 2002
4
Falling Hard and Fast (Mills & Boon Vintage Intrigue)
Kylie Brant. He caught her hand, pressed a soft kiss in the palm and brought it down to her side. The gesture might have seemed loverlike. She wondered achingly why it appeared more as if he couldn't bear her touch. “A woman hasaright to ...
Kylie Brant, 2014
5
Pinch River: Growing Up Hard and Fast on the Michigan Frontier
When thirteen-year-old Sven emigrates to Michigan from Sweden with his father, to work in a logging camp he has to learn how to speak English, stay out of trouble, endure loneliness, and be responsible.
Helen Godfrey Pyke, 2008
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Hard and Fast
Sean Wolfe. they only had room for forty. The church owned six cabins at Big Bear Lake, and they quickly were at full capacity. Though Axom knew almost everyone there, there were a few new faces in the crowd, and he enjoyed getting to ...
Sean Wolfe, 2011
7
The Cowboy at Work
In Montana, Wyoming, Idaho, Canada and the Dakotas, thirty-five to forty feet is the length most generally used, as in these states the rope is dallied more often than it is tied hard and fast. In Oklahoma, Colorado and Utah they tie and daily and ...
Fay E. Ward, 2003
8
The Modern Cowboy
... recalled that when he first drifted into California around 1900, it was almost a felony for a man to be seen riding a double-rig saddle and tying hard-and-fast to the horn. In A Thousand Miles of Mustangin', Ben K. Green, a Texas cowboy who  ...
John R. Erickson, 2004
9
David Mamet in Conversation
... reveal, instead, heart, soul, liver, and From "Hard and Fast," Time Out, January 4-1 1, 1989, 29-30. Copyright 1989 Time Out Magazine. Reprinted by permission . lights. Self-awareness is not on the menu. His speeches play 100 Hard and Fast .
Leslie Kane, 2001
10
A Dictionary of Modern Legal Usage
consider it preferable — in AmE lh.a- ras-mantl is standard. hard and fast rule. This CLicHE is common, and sometimes useful, in legal prose. E.g., "There is no hard and fast rule by which it can be determined when the court will interfere by ...
Bryan A. Garner, 2001

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «HARD AND FAST»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term hard and fast is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Brodie Kane: Size doesn't matter - TVNZ
We decided to look into the issue on the show – and low and behold there are no hard and fast rules around clothes sizing. Shops and designers size their ... «TVNZ, Jul 15»
2
One announcement from Workday – four structural changes to the …
This is already becoming a hard and fast business requirement as firms are using other data sources to pre-populate or validate planning data. «Diginomica, Jul 15»
3
Bridges and Vines bicycle tour will take place Aug. 15 - Star Beacon …
Some people will ride hard and fast and some will prefer to take in the scenery. We want everyone to enjoy the experience in his or her own ... «The Star Beacon, Jul 15»
4
Absinthe set to shock Perth
... assistant, Abby Bobbins, have warned Perth audiences to leave their children at home — but said there are no hard and fast rules when it comes to grandmas. «Perth Now, Jul 15»
5
Safety from terrorism includes stopping domestic violence - The Age
10 comments so far. Well, ogf course money is flowing hard and fast into the fight against the jihad "terror". It feeds fear, which in turn, gets votes ... «The Age, Jul 15»
6
Kona drops info on 2016 mountain bikes - Dirt Rag Magazine
Straight out of the box, this is a bike looking to be ridden hard and fast on rough terrain. The Sektor fork might have zero recognition, but it works ... «Dirt Rag, Jul 15»
7
Aircraft Carriers: The Key to U.S. Dominance - Warrior - Scout
These floating fortresses give all branches of the U.S. military the ability to strike hard and fast anywhere in the world. See how they stack up ... «Scout, Jul 15»
8
Taylor Swift, Calvin Harris talking marriage? | Christian News on …
"They both know what they want from the future and having fallen hard and fast, pre-nups and marriage came up in the conversation almost ... «ChristianToday, Jul 15»
9
Tooele County commissioners set deadline on bid proposals for …
“Due to the pace of motorsports, those decisions have to happen hard and fast, so now that we know the commissioner has paced a deadline ... «fox13now.com, Jul 15»
10
Player stats and reputations mean very little – give signings a chance
... (see OVF forum threads filed under “Ben Williamson,” for instance) but it's not a hard and fast rule. After all, as we know with Sodje and Pope, ... «onevalefan.co.uk, Jul 15»

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