accelerate
[verb]
Synonyms: speed up, advance, expedite, further, hasten, hurry, quicken

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Antonyms: decelerate, retard
Contrasted words: clog, hamper, delay, detain, slow
Related Idioms: get going, make up for lost time
Related Words: drive, impel

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

ac‧cel‧e‧rate /əkˈseləreɪt/ verb
[Date: 1500-1600; Language: Latin; Origin: past participle of accelerare, from ad- 'to' + celer 'fast']

1. [intransitive and transitive] if a process accelerates or if something accelerates it, it happens faster than usual or sooner than you expect:
measures to accelerate the rate of economic growth

2. [intransitive] if a vehicle or someone who is driving it accelerates, it starts to go faster Antonym : decelerate:
The car accelerated smoothly away.

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

accelerate
verb
I. go faster
ADV. hard, quickly | smoothly The runners accelerated smoothly round the bend.
suddenly | away The car purred into life and accelerated away.

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲

accelerate
II. develop quickly
ADV. dramatically, greatly, rapidly, sharply The Aids epidemic is accelerating dramatically.

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