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   accelerate

   /əkˈsɛləreɪt/

   verb

   • 1. (especially of a vehicle) begin to move more quickly: "the car accelerated towards her"
   • ▪ increase in rate, amount, or extent: "inflation started to accelerate" Similar speed uphurry upget fastermove fastergo fasterdrive fasterget a move onput on a spurtopen it upgain momentumincrease speedpick up speedgather speedinformal:step on the gasstep on itget crackingget movingget a wiggle onget a wriggle onincreaserisego upadvanceleapsurgespeed upescalatespiralget worsehastenexpediteprecipitatespeedspeed uphurry upmake fasterstep upadvancefurtherforwardpromoteboostgive a boost tostimulatespur onaidassisthelp alongfacilitateeasemake easiersimplifyinformal:crank upOpposite decelerateslow downslow downdropdelayslow down
   • ▪ undergo a change in velocity: "an accelerating electron radiates off some of its energy"

   Word Origin early 16th century (in the sense ‘hasten the occurrence of’): from Latin accelerat- ‘hastened’, from the verb accelerare, from ad- ‘towards’ + celer ‘swift’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. accelerative adjective

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2. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishACCELERATE | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

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   The meaning of ACCELERATE is to move faster : to gain speed. How to use accelerate in a sentence.

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5. www.collinsdictionary.com › dictionary › englishACCELERATE definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

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   Learn the meaning of accelerate as a verb in British and American English, with synonyms, pronunciation, and usage examples. Find out how to use accelerate in different contexts, such as business, physics, or driving.

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   Accelerate definition: to cause faster or greater activity, development, progress, advancement, etc., in. See examples of ACCELERATE used in a sentence.

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   Learn the meaning of accelerate, a verb that means to speed up or cause to move faster. See examples, pronunciation, word family and related words.

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   Accelerate means to increase the speed, velocity, or rate of something, or to make something happen sooner or faster. See synonyms, antonyms, verb forms, and translations of accelerate in English and Spanish.

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   Definition of accelerate verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

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    Learn the meaning of accelerate as a verb for driving faster or happening more quickly. See translations of accelerate in different languages and browse related words.

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    Definitions of 'accelerate' 1. If the process or rate of something accelerates or if something accelerates it, it gets faster and faster. [...] 2. When a moving vehicle accelerates, it goes faster and faster. [...] More. Conjugations of 'accelerate' present simple: I accelerate, you accelerate [...] past simple: I accelerated, you accelerated [...]