Accelerate

Quick meaning: Accelerate is a verb meaning (transitive) To cause to move faster; to quicken the motion of; to add to the speed of.

Meaning

(transitive) To cause to move faster; to quicken the motion of; to add to the speed of.

More Meanings

1. (transitive) To quicken the natural or ordinary progression or process of.
2. (transitive, physics) To cause a change of velocity.
3. (transitive) To hasten, as the occurrence of an event.
4. (transitive, education) To enable a student to finish a course of study in less than normal time.
5. (intransitive) To become faster; to begin to move more quickly.
6. (intransitive) Grow; increase.
7. (archaic) Accelerated; quickened; hastened; hurried.

Example Sentences

to accelerate our departure

She had to accelerate her work pace to meet the deadline.

The car began to accelerate as soon as the light turned green.

to accelerate the growth of a plant, the increase of wealth, etc.

Word Forms

• accelerates
• accelerating
• accelerated

Synonyms for accelerate

Depending on context, synonyms include hasten, quicken, speed up, expedite, further, advance.

Antonyms for accelerate

Common opposites include decelerate, retard, unaccelerate, slow, slow down, slow up.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include speed up, speed, quicken, expedited, expedite, expeditious.

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