accelerate
to cause faster or greater activity, development, progress, advancement, etc., in: to accelerate economic growth.
to hasten the occurrence of: to accelerate the fall of a government.
Mechanics. to change the velocity of (a body) or the rate of (motion); cause to undergo acceleration.
to reduce the time required for (a course of study) by intensifying the work, eliminating detail, etc.
to move or go faster; increase in speed.
to progress or develop faster.
Origin of accelerate
1Other words from accelerate
- ac·cel·er·a·ble, adjective
- ac·cel·er·at·ed·ly, adverb
- o·ver·ac·cel·er·ate, verb, o·ver·ac·cel·er·at·ed, o·ver·ac·cel·er·at·ing.
- re·ac·cel·er·ate, verb, re·ac·cel·er·at·ed, re·ac·cel·er·at·ing.
- self-ac·cel·erat·ing, adjective
- un·ac·cel·er·at·ed, adjective
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How to use accelerate in a sentence
This toxic assault accelerates aging and stimulates decline in body chemicals, leaving our immune systems defenseless.
Suzanne Somers Responds To Critics, Says She Has A Thick Skin | Brandy Zadrozny | October 30, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTBaucus's retirement both alters and accelerates that process.
Do Democrats Really Want to Make Guns a Litmus Test Issue? | Justin Green | April 24, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTAnd once you're paying more than 50%, the burden accelerates pretty fast.
If the warming accelerates more dramatically, and the polar ice melts even faster, the results could be catastrophic.
Instead, the narrator only accelerates after Albertine's death his ferocious investigations of her suspected lesbian love affairs.
Draining accelerates the disintegration of the mineral matters in the soil, by admitting water and oxygen to keep up the process.
The Elements of Agriculture | George E. WaringThe dung, by a kind of fermentation, accelerates the oxidizement, and hence crude oil is preferable to pure.
A Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures and Mines | Andrew UreThe heat given to the dung-bath accelerates this combination, and determines an insoluble and perfectly inert coagulum.
A Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures and Mines | Andrew UreThe light brings about or accelerates a chemical reaction which follows the Bunsen-Roscoe law.
The Organism as a Whole | Jacques LoebIf the board is going fast enough, the wave accelerates it, and the board begins its quarter-of-a-mile slide.
The Cruise of the Snark | Jack London
British Dictionary definitions for accelerate
/ (ækˈsɛləˌreɪt) /
to go, occur, or cause to go or occur more quickly; speed up
(tr) to cause to happen sooner than expected
(tr) to increase the velocity of (a body, reaction, etc); cause acceleration
Origin of accelerate
1Derived forms of accelerate
- accelerable, adjective
- accelerative or acceleratory, adjective
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