accelerate
IPA: æksˈɛɫɝeɪt
verb
- (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.
adjective
- (archaic) Accelerated; quickened; hastened; hurried.
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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.
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