accelerate

verb · adjectiveB2

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Động từ

verb

V_es/s

accelerates

V_ing/Gerund

accelerating

V_ed/pp

accelerated

1.
(transitive)To cause to move faster; to quicken the motion of; to add to the speed of.
2.
(transitive)To quicken the natural or ordinary progression or process of.
to accelerate the growth of a plant, the increase of wealth, etc.
The company plans to accelerate its growth with new marketing strategies.
She had to accelerate her work pace to meet the deadline.
3.
(transitive)(transitive, physics) To cause a change of velocity.
4.
(transitive)To hasten, as the occurrence of an event.
to accelerate our departure
5.
(transitive)(transitive, education) To enable a student to finish a course of study in less than normal time.
6.
(intransitive)To become faster; to begin to move more quickly.
The car began to accelerate as soon as the light turned green.
7.
(intransitive)Grow; increase.

Tính từ

adjective

1.
(archaic, not comparable)Accelerated; quickened; hastened; hurried.

Từ liên quan

Đồng nghĩa

hasten quickenspeed upadvance forward expedite furtherto quicken progress expedite, further,to hasten the occurrence of an event advance, forward

Trái nghĩa

decelerateretardunaccelerate

Cùng gốc / liên quan

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Nguồn gốc từ

acceleration First attested in the 1520s. Either from Latin accelerātus, perfect passive participle of accelerō (to accelerate, hasten) (see -ate and -ate), formed from ad + celerō (to hasten), which is from celer (quick) (see celerity), or acceleration.