accelerate
Pronunciation: /əkˈsɛl.əˌɹeɪt/
The English word “accelerate” has 8 meanings listed here.
verb
- To cause to move faster; to quicken the motion of; to add to the speed of.
- To quicken the natural or ordinary progression or process of.
- To cause a change of velocity.
- To hasten, as the occurrence of an event.
- To enable a student to finish a course of study in less than normal time.
- To become faster; to begin to move more quickly.
- Grow; increase.
adjective
- Accelerated; quickened; hastened; hurried.
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