accelerate
verb (used with object)
to cause faster or greater activity, development, progress, advancement, etc., in.
accelerated
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past participleof accelerate.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof accelerate.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
accelerateverb (used with object)to cause faster or greater activity, development, progress, advancement, etc., in.
Example Sentences
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The institutional moves presaged a broader ad-market pullback that accelerated Trade Desk’s stock-price decline throughout 2025.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 7, 2026
Guimaraes' former Newcastle team-mate Sandro Tonali and Bournemouth's Alex Scott were also among the midfielders explored before a move for the South American accelerated.
From BBC ● Sep. 5, 2026
Chinese AI companies have accelerated fundraising activities following the IPOs of two AI model developers, Z.AI and MiniMax, in Hong Kong in January.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026
A bank putting accelerated servers in a room it has run for years is not building anything — it is buying different hardware.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 3, 2026
He accelerated with the gentle serenity of the Buddhist Zen master who knows nothing really needs to be done quickly, and his brakes whined like metal machine music, and I loved him.
From "Turtles All the Way Down" by John Green
