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accelerate

/ɪkˈsɛl.əˌɹeɪt/verb4 syllables

Accelerate means: move faster.

Synonyms for accelerate3

verb, as in move faster

speed up, speed, quicken

verb, as in cause to move faster

speed, speed up

Opposites of accelerate

decelerate

What does accelerate mean?2

verb

1

move faster“The car accelerated”

2

cause to move faster“He accelerated the car”

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Accelerate in a sentence

  • Accelerate a bit, otherwise the car will stop on this hill.saverius
  • Put it in first and slowly let out the clutch while you gradually accelerate.MethodGT
  • Sami's life began to accelerate at an incredible pace.OsoHombre
  • Ziri's truck was pretty loaded and didn't accelerate well anyways.Amastan
  • Social networks can accelerate the spread of misinformation.Naityahia
  • Can anything be done to accelerate economic change in Algeria?Amastan
  • Yanni wanted to accelerate his learning of Berber.Amastan
  • The policy will only accelerate inflation.orcrist

Sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR, credited to their authors.

Forms of accelerate

as a verb

past tense
accelerated
present participle
accelerating
third-person singular
accelerates