accelerate
Americanverb (used with object)
-
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.
verb (used without object)
-
to move or go faster; increase in speed.
-
to progress or develop faster.
verb
-
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
Other Word Forms
- accelerable adjective
- acceleratedly adverb
- accelerative adjective
- overaccelerate verb
- reaccelerate verb
- self-accelerating adjective
- unaccelerated adjective
Etymology
Origin of accelerate
First recorded in 1515–25; from Latin accelerātus “sped up,” past participle of accelerāre “to speed up,” from ac- ac- + celerāre “to hasten, hurry” (from celer “swift”)
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
He said renting the company’s graphics processing units or GPUs–chips that accelerate the millions of computations required in AI training–was becoming increasingly difficult because of demand from companies seeking to harness AI.
Chief Executive Jeff Miller said the company’s international business is strong, and that its North American business will accelerate as macroeconomic conditions improve.
High energy X rays played a key role in this analysis, as they reveal where accelerated particles release their energy.
From Science Daily
He later said that he expected to keep hiring but that AI would “accelerate what we do, at the same or better level of quality.”
Some policymakers see a chance that the bank may have to accelerate the pace of tightening if rapid yen weakening risks a further flare-up in import-led inflation, the people said.
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
