• (British) IPA: /ˈɛk.spəˌdaɪt/
• (America) IPA: /ˈɛk.spɪˌdaɪt/

expedite (expedites, present participle expediting; past and past participle expedited)

1. (transitive) To accelerate the progress of.

   He expedited the search by alphabetizing the papers.

2. (transitive) To perform (a task) fast and efficiently.

• impede
• slow down

• expede (obsolete)
• expedience
• expediency
• expedient
• expedition
• expediter
• expeditious
• expeditiously

• German: beschleunigen
• Portuguese: acelerar, apressar, agilizar
• Russian: поторапливать
• Spanish: acelerar, apresurar, agilizar

• Russian: быстро выполня́ть

expedite

1. Free of impediment; unimpeded.

   • to make the way plain and expedite

2. Expeditious; quick; prompt.

   • nimble and expedite […] in its operation

   • 1689 (indicated as 1690)​, [John Locke], chapter 2, in An Essay Concerning Humane Understanding. […], London: […] Thomas Basset, […], OCLC 153628242 ↗, book I, page 18 ↗:

     speech in general […] is a very short and expedite way of conveying their thoughts one to another