accelerate

IPA: æksˈɛɫɝeɪt

(transitive) To cause to move faster; to quicken the motion of; to add to the speed of.
(transitive) To quicken the natural or ordinary progression or process of.
(transitive, physics) To cause a change of velocity.
(transitive) To hasten, as the occurrence of an event.
(transitive, education) To enable a student to finish a course of study in less than normal time.
(intransitive) To become faster; to begin to move more quickly.
(intransitive) Grow; increase.

Examples of "accelerate" in Sentences

The strong field accelerates the avalanche.
Calving glaciers accelerate at the terminus.
The hemlock accelerated the steroid poisoning.
The car accelerates or decelerates accordingly.
The ruin of the town was accelerated by the Rising of 1798.
And all of that combined, I think helps us to, what I call accelerate the problem to that solution.
- A new framework called accelerate for hardware accelerated math functions. - 100 new user features.
If there was an ‘ongoing investigation’ of ‘national security’ issues guarded by ‘executive priveledge’ would the McSpin accelerate fast enough to tear a hole in the space-time continuum?