quicken
verb (used with object)
to make more rapid; accelerate; hasten.
will quicken
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future tenseof quicken.future tense
Used to express actions, events, or states that have not yet occurred but are expected to happen.
Example Sentences
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AI investment continues to expand, as well, and that is likely to drive faster adoption of the new technology that will quicken the pace of returns for the billions in capital already committed.
From Barron's ● Dec. 11, 2025
Allen predicts that the new availability of cheap personal air quality monitors will quicken that competition and heighten people’s awareness of the indoor environment.
From Science Magazine ● Aug. 5, 2021
We’re now halfway through this latter half of the season, so hopefully the pace will quicken to a gallop as we lurch towards the final furlong.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 18, 2018
By the summer of next year, the pace of those payments will quicken, as the California Public Employees’ Retirement System throttles back the expectations of profits earned on its $300-billion portfolio.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 21, 2016
“Perhaps this third man will quicken your memory,” and the cobbler came forward, dressed as he had been the night he was captured.
From A Prince of Good Fellows by Robert Barr
