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View synonyms for decelerate

decelerate

[ dee-sel-uh-reyt ]

verb (used with object)

, de·cel·er·at·ed, de·cel·er·at·ing.
  1. to decrease the velocity of:

    He decelerates the bobsled when he nears a curve.

  2. to slow the rate of increase of:

    efforts to decelerate inflation.



verb (used without object)

, de·cel·er·at·ed, de·cel·er·at·ing.
  1. to slow down:

    The plane decelerated just before landing.

decelerate

/ diːˈsɛləˌreɪt /

verb

  1. to slow down or cause to slow down


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Derived Forms

  • deˌcelerˈation, noun
  • deˈcelerˌator, noun

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Other Words From

  • de·cel·er·a·tion [dee-sel-, uh, -, rey, -sh, uh, n], noun
  • de·cel·er·a·tor noun

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Word History and Origins

Origin of decelerate1

First recorded in 1895–1900; de- + (ac)celerate

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Word History and Origins

Origin of decelerate1

C19: from de- + accelerate

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Example Sentences

In one case he envisioned, the universe began to expand at a decelerating rate, but then reached an inflection point, whereupon it began expanding at a faster and faster rate.

Williams likes 30-meter flies, a sprinter drill that can benefit distance runners as well, in which you steadily accelerate for about 30 meters, hit maximum pace for 30 meters, and then decelerate gradually.

Many skeptics are saying that growth rate is going to continue to decelerate.

From Time

The company expects its consumer revenue growth to decelerate in 2021 and 2022, while its media and brand extensions revenue growth is expected to pick up or hold steady.

From Digiday

Models in general have a hard time forecasting inflection points—peaks, or if things suddenly start accelerating or decelerating.

But by the early 1980s, Gallant's fast-paced life began to decelerate.

Arcot accelerated toward the planet for two hours, then began to decelerate.

If anything of the right size shows up, decelerate until we can get mass and albedo measurements.

Every so often comes the impression we are falling head-first; the colonel using ship's drive to decelerate the whole system.

Its motor is designed to decelerate that mass by 1,075 mph in order to allow it to assume a descending orbit.

They went in fast, using her gravity to help them curve into a forced orbit as they strained to decelerate.

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