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accelerate

verb
/əkˈsɛl.əˌɹeɪt/UK/ɪkˈsɛl.əˌɹeɪt/US/əkˈsɛl.əˌɹeɪt/

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Proto-Indo-European *kel-der. Latin celer Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin celerō Latin accelerō Latin accelerātuslbor. ▲ Latin accelerō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin accelerātiōder. English accelerationbf. English accelerate First attested in the 1520s. Either from Latin accelerātus, perfect passive participle of accelerō (“to accelerate, hasten”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), formed from ad + celerō (“to hasten”), which is from celer (“quick”) (see celerity), or back-formation from acceleration.

  1. learned borrowing from accelerātus

Definitions

  1. To cause to move faster

    To cause to move faster; to quicken the motion of; to add to the speed of.

  2. To quicken the natural or ordinary progression or process of.

    • to accelerate the growth of a plant, the increase of wealth, etc.
    • The company plans to accelerate its growth with new marketing strategies.
    • She had to accelerate her work pace to meet the deadline.

  3. To cause a change of velocity.

  4. ›+ 5 more definitions

    1. To hasten, as the occurrence of an event.

      • to accelerate our departure

    2. To enable a student to finish a course of study in less than normal time.

    3. To become faster

      To become faster; to begin to move more quickly.

      • The car began to accelerate as soon as the light turned green.

    4. Grow

      Grow; increase.

    5. Accelerated

      Accelerated; quickened; hastened; hurried.

      • ... a general knowledg of the definition of motion, and of the distinction of natural and violent, even and accelerate, and the like, sufficing.

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Derived

acceleratable, accelerated ageing, accelerated aging, accelerated critical illness, accelerated depreciation, accelerated erosion, accelerated graphics port, accelerated motion, accelerating force, acceleratingly, accelerating universe, accelerative, accelerator, deaccelerate, nonaccelerating, outaccelerate, overaccelerate, post-accelerate, reaccelerate, unaccelerating

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at accelerate. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

01accelerate02quicken03speed04film05medium06vacuum07pressure08impulse09force

A definitional loop anchored at accelerate. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

9 hops · closes at accelerate

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA