Pronunciation Verb
accelerate (accelerates, present participle accelerating; past and past participle accelerated)
- (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.
- to accelerate the growth of a plant, the increase of wealth, etc.
- (transitive, physics) To cause a change of velocity.
- (transitive) To hasten, as the occurrence of an event.
- to accelerate our departure
- (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.
- (obsolete) Alternative form of accelerated
- (to cause to move faster) hasten, quicken, speed up; see also Thesaurus:speed up
- (to quicken progress) expedite, further,
- (to hasten the occurrence of an event) advance, forward
- French: accélérer
- German: beschleunigen
- Italian: accelerare
- Portuguese: acelerar
- Russian: ускоря́ть
- Spanish: acelerar
- French: accélérer
- German: beschleunigen
- Italian: accelerare
- Portuguese: acelerar, apressar
- Russian: ускоря́ться
- Spanish: acelerar
- French: accélérer
- German: eilen, beeilen
- Italian: affrettare
- Portuguese: acelerar, apressar
- Russian: ускоря́ть
- Spanish: acelerar, apresurar
- French: accélérer
- German: schneller werden, beschleunigen
- Italian: accelerare
- Portuguese: acelerar
- Russian: ускоря́ться
- Spanish: acelerar
accelerate
- (rare) Accelerated; quickened; hastened; hurried.
- 1662 Thomas Salusbury, Galileo's Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems, Dialogue 2:
- ... a general knowledg of the definition of motion, and of the distinction of natural and violent, even and accelerate, and the like, sufficing.
- 1662 Thomas Salusbury, Galileo's Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems, Dialogue 2:
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