expedited

[ ek-spi-dahy-tid ]

/ ˈɛk spɪˌdaɪ tɪd /

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adjective

done, sent, or made to happen quickly or promptly, especially more quickly than usual; hastened:Getting the expedited treatment meant he could return to work sooner.Expedited mail delivery is available for an extra charge.

issued or dispatched, as an official document or letter:Since the matter has not been briefed or argued, an expedited edict of this court takes away a constitutional right.

verb

the simple past tense and past participle of expedite.

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Origin of expedited

expedite + -ed²

OTHER WORDS FROM expedited

un·ex·pe·dit·ed, adjective

Words nearby expedited

expediency, expedient, expediential, expeditate, expedite, expedited, expediter, expedition, expeditionary, expeditious, expeditiously

How to use expedited in a sentence

How long that process will take, even if it’s expedited, is still hard to predict.
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Expansion plans to neighboring countries and markets were expedited.
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For example, nurses used social media to rapidly disseminate and workshop lessons learned across the country and globe, and developed a new role called a “runner,” whose sole task was to expedite supplies to critical cases.
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To expedite the process, you can add pre-filled sections to the forms you offer, for completion rate improvement.
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Frameworks like React, Vue, and Angular make web development more simply expedited.
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The notion that somehow we could have expedited this and Iraq would have trained pilots to fly them by now is not credible.
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As the PreCheck program grows, some fliers may receive expedited screening without signing up.
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And to pass it by midnight October 17, senators would have to do so on an expedited calendar.
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That's when Windsor petitioned the Supreme Court to hear her case on an expedited basis.
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And in such cases, he says, theater owners have sometimes quietly agreed to an expedited schedule.
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If these castles were taken, the reduction of Fort St. Elmo would be greatly expedited.
The Life of Horatio Lord Nelson|Robert Southey
To have expedited this work in the degree which was desirable a great number of artificers would have been required.
The Voyage Of Governor Phillip To Botany Bay|Arthur Phillip
Mr. Fluxion ordered them on board the vessel, and the two men in the boat expedited their movements by some rather rough usage.
Down the Rhine|Oliver Optic
The remaining business was then expedited, and the congregation adjourned on January 19, 1594.
The Jesuits, 1534-1921|Thomas J. Campbell
The Sanitary Authorities had become experts in the use of the revolvers with which they expedited the demise of the poor beasts.
The Siege of Kimberley|T. Phelan