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🇨🇳Chinese Source WordCode: ZH

敏捷

Pronunciation / Transliteration: mǐnjié

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Promptitude/ˈprɒm.tɪ.tjuːd/
nounCEFR C1 (Advanced)Top #8500 frequency
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🇨🇳 Example Sentence in Chinese:

"他以极大的敏捷完成了任务。"

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    The quality of acting quickly and with readiness or agility.

    "She accepted the challenging new assignment with remarkable promptitude."
  2. 2

    The quality of arriving or completing a task on time; punctuality.

    "The manager praised the team for their promptitude in resolving client complaints."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Latin promptitudo, stemming from promptus (ready, quick, manifest), past participle of promere (to bring forth, produce). It entered Middle French and subsequently Middle English in the 15th century, shifting in meaning to denote both quickness of action and promptness in time.

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