accelerate
Use Accelerate in a sentence
əˌreɪt verb (used with object)
1.
to cause faster or greater activity, development, progress, advancement, etc., in: to accelerate economic growth.
2.
to hasten the occurrence of: to accelerate the fall of a government.
3.
Mechanics. to change the velocity of (a body) or the rate of (motion); cause to undergo acceleration.
4.
to reduce the time required for (a course of study) by intensifying the work, eliminating detail, etc.
verb (used without object)
5.
to move or go faster; increase in speed.
6.
to progress or develop faster.
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Accelerate
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| occurring within a short time; happening speedily: |
| to cause to develop or produce |
Origin:
1515–25; < Latin accelerātus speeded up (past participle of accelerāre), equivalent to ac- ac- + celer swift + -ātus -ate1
1515–25; < Latin accelerātus speeded up (past participle of accelerāre), equivalent to ac- ac- + celer swift + -ātus -ate1
Related forms
ac·cel·er·a·ble, adjective
ac·cel·er·at·ed·ly, adverb
o·ver·ac·cel·er·ate, verb, o·ver·ac·cel·er·at·ed, o·ver·ac·cel·er·at·ing.
re·ac·cel·er·ate, verb, re·ac·cel·er·at·ed, re·ac·cel·er·at·ing.
self-ac·cel·erat·ing, adjective
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accelerate (ækˈsɛləˌreɪt) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —vb | |
| 1. | to go, occur, or cause to go or occur more quickly; speed up |
| 2. | (tr) to cause to happen sooner than expected |
| 3. | (tr) to increase the velocity of (a body, reaction, etc); cause acceleration |
| [C16: from Latin accelerātus, from accelerāre to go faster, from ad- (intensive) + celerāre to hasten, from celer swift] | |
| ac'celerable | |
| —adj | |
| ac'celerative | |
| —adj | |
| ac'celeratory | |
| —adj | |
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Word Origin & History
accelerate
1520s, from L. acceleratus, pp. of accelerare "to hasten, to quicken," from ad- "to" + celerare "hasten," from celer "swift" (see celerity).
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Example sentences
The speed of melting, accelerate, as the blackness add to the speed-up.
It only moves because of its inertia but it has to accelerate to orbital speed, and therefore fly, before it becomes a satellite.
Fibbing causes the heart to pound, breathing to accelerate and sweating to increase, and the polygraph measures all those things.
Lean forward to accelerate forward and lean back to slow down and stop.
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