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accelerate
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English

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Etymology

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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]

Pronunciation

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  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /əkˈsɛl.əˌɹeɪt/, /ækˈsɛl.əˌɹeɪt/, /ɪkˈsɛl.əˌɹeɪt/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ɪkˈsɛl.əˌɹeɪt/
    • (weak vowel merger) IPA(key): /əkˈsɛl.əˌɹeɪt/
  • Audio (US):(file)

Verb

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accelerate (third-person singular simple present accelerates, present participle accelerating, simple past and past participle accelerated)

  1. (transitive) To cause to move faster; to quicken the motion of; to add to the speed of.
  2. (transitive) To quicken the natural or ordinary progression or process of.
    to accelerate the growth of a plant, the increase of wealth, etc.
    • 2013 September-October, Michael Sivak, “Will AC Put a Chill on the Global Energy Supply?”, in American Scientist:
      Nevertheless, it is clear that the global energy demand for air-conditioning will grow substantially as nations become more affluent, with the consequences of climate change potentially accelerating the demand.
  3. (transitive, physics) To cause a change of velocity.
  4. (transitive) To hasten, as the occurrence of an event.
    to accelerate our departure
  5. (transitive, education) To enable a student to finish a course of study in less than normal time.
  6. (intransitive) To become faster; to begin to move more quickly.
  7. (intransitive) Grow; increase.

Synonyms

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  • (to cause to move faster): hasten, quicken, speed up; see also Thesaurus:speed up
  • (to quicken progress): expedite, further,
  • (to hasten the occurrence of an event): advance, forward

Antonyms

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  • decelerate
  • retard
  • unaccelerate

Derived terms

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  • 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

Related terms

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  • accelerando
  • accelerant
  • acceleration
  • accelerograph
  • accelerometer

Translations

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to cause to move faster
  • Albanian: përshpejtoj (sq)
  • Arabic: سَرَّعَ (sarraʕa)
  • Armenian: արագացնել (hy) (aragacʻnel)
  • Asturian: acelerar
  • Belarusian: паскара́ць impf (paskarácʹ), паско́рыць pf (paskórycʹ)
  • Bulgarian: ускоря́вам (bg) (uskorjávam)
  • Catalan: accelerar (ca)
  • Chinese:
    Mandarin: 加速 (zh) (jiāsù)
  • Czech: zrychlovat impf, zrychlit (cs) pf
  • Danish: accelerere (da)
  • Dutch: versnellen (nl)
  • Esperanto: rapidigi, akceli
  • Finnish: kiihdyttää (fi), nopeuttaa (fi)
  • French: accélérer (fr)
  • Galician: acelerar (gl)
  • German: beschleunigen (de)
  • Hebrew: האיץ (he) (heíts)
  • Hungarian: gyorsít (hu)
  • Ido: rapidigar (io)
  • Indonesian: mempercepat (id), mempercepatkan (id), mengakselerasikan (id)
  • Irish: luathaigh
  • Italian: accelerare (it)
  • Japanese: 加速する (ja) (かそくする, kasoku suru)
  • Khmer: ពន្លឿន (pʊənlɨən)
  • Latin: accelerō
  • Luxembourgish: acceleréieren
  • Middle Persian: [script needed] (awštāftan~ōštāftan)
  • Mongolian: хурдасгах (mn) (xurdasgax)
  • Norwegian: akselerere (no)
  • Persian: شتافتن (fa) (šetâftan)
  • Polish: przyśpieszać (pl) impf, przyśpieszyć (pl) pf
  • Portuguese: acelerar (pt)
  • Romanian: accelera (ro)
  • Russian: ускоря́ть (ru) impf (uskorjátʹ), уско́рить (ru) pf (uskóritʹ)
  • Serbo-Croatian:
    Cyrillic: убр̀зати
    Roman: ubr̀zati (sh), ubrzávati (sh) impf
  • Slovak: zrýchľovať impf, zrýchliť pf
  • Spanish: acelerar (es), embalar (es)
  • Swedish: accelerera (sv), ge mer gas (1, about motorized vehicles), gasa (sv) (1, same as latter)
  • Tagalog: ibilis, darasigin
  • Thai: เร่ง (th) (reng)
  • Turkish: hızlandırmak (tr)
  • Ukrainian: приско́рювати impf (pryskórjuvaty) приско́рити pf (pryskóryty)
  • Vietnamese: tăng tốc (vi)
  • Welsh: cyflymu (cy)
  • West Frisian: fersnelje
to quicken natural or ordinary progression or process
  • Asturian: acelerar
  • Belarusian: паскара́цца impf (paskarácca), паско́рыцца pf (paskórycca)
  • Bulgarian: ускоря́вам (bg) (uskorjávam)
  • Chinese:
    Mandarin: 加速 (zh) (jiāsù), 變快 / 变快 (biànkuài)
  • Czech: urychlit (cs)
  • Dutch: versnellen (nl)
  • Esperanto: akceli
  • Finnish: kiihdyttää (fi)
  • French: accélérer (fr)
  • Galician: acelerar (gl)
  • German: beschleunigen (de)
  • Hebrew: זירז (zeréz)
  • Italian: accelerare (it)
  • Japanese: 促進する (ja) (そくしんする, sokushin suru)
  • Mongolian: хурдасгах (mn) (xurdasgax)
  • Norwegian: påskynde (no)
  • Polish: przyśpieszać się impf, przyśpieszyć się pf
  • Portuguese: acelerar (pt), apressar (pt)
  • Russian: ускоря́ться (ru) impf (uskorjátʹsja), уско́риться (ru) pf (uskóritʹsja)
  • Serbo-Croatian:
    Cyrillic: убр̀зати
    Roman: ubr̀zati (sh)
  • Spanish: acelerar (es)
  • Swedish: accelerera (sv)
  • Ukrainian: приско́рюватися impf (pryskórjuvatysja)
  • Welsh: cyflymu (cy)
to hasten
  • Arabic: اِسْتَعْجَلَ (istaʕjala)
  • Belarusian: паскара́ць impf (paskarácʹ), паско́рыць pf (paskórycʹ)
  • Chinese:
    Mandarin: 加速 (zh) (jiāsù), 變快 / 变快 (biànkuài)
  • Dutch: bespoedigen (nl), haasten (nl)
  • Esperanto: akceli
  • Finnish: nopeuttaa (fi)
  • French: accélérer (fr)
  • German: eilen (de), sich beeilen (de)
  • Hebrew: זירז (zeréz)
  • Italian: affrettare (it)
  • Japanese: (Kasoku suru) (加速する), 加速する ((Kasoku suru))
  • Norwegian: påskynde (no)
  • Polish: przyśpieszać (pl) impf, przyśpieszyć (pl) pf
  • Portuguese: acelerar (pt), apressar (pt)
  • Russian: ускоря́ть (ru) impf (uskorjátʹ), уско́рить (ru) pf (uskóritʹ)
  • Serbo-Croatian:
    Cyrillic: убр̀зати
    Roman: ubr̀zati (sh)
  • Spanish: acelerar (es), apresurar (es)
  • Swedish: påskynda (sv)
  • Welsh: cyflymu (cy)
to become faster
  • Arabic: أَسْرَعَ (ʔasraʕa)
  • Belarusian: паскара́цца impf (paskarácca), паско́рыцца pf (paskórycca)
  • Bulgarian: ускоря́вам се (uskorjávam se)
  • Chinese:
    Mandarin: 變快 / 变快 (biànkuài)
  • Czech: zrychlovat se impf, zrychlit se (cs) pf
  • Dutch: versnellen (nl), sneller gaan
  • Esperanto: akceliĝi
  • Finnish: nopeutua (fi), kiihtyä (fi)
  • French: accélérer (fr)
  • German: schneller werden, beschleunigen (de)
  • Hebrew: האיץ (he) (heíts)
  • Hungarian: gyorsul (hu)
  • Ido: rapideskar
  • Italian: accelerare (it)
  • Japanese: 加速する (ja) (かそくする, kasoku suru)
  • Mongolian: хурдсах (mn) (xurdsax)
  • Norwegian: sette opp farten
  • Polish: przyśpieszać się impf, przyśpieszyć się pf
  • Portuguese: acelerar (pt)
  • Russian: ускоря́ться (ru) impf (uskorjátʹsja), уско́риться (ru) pf (uskóritʹsja)
  • Serbo-Croatian:
    Cyrillic: убр̀зати
    Roman: ubr̀zati (sh)
  • Spanish: acelerarse (es), embalarse (es)
  • Turkish: hızlanmak (tr)
  • Welsh: cyflymu (cy)
The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.
Translations to be checked
  • Indonesian: (please verify) mempercepat (id)
  • Interlingua: (please verify) accelerar
  • Woiwurrung: (please verify) woonudongnak

Adjective

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accelerate (not comparable)

  1. (archaic) Accelerated; quickened; hastened; hurried.
    • 1662, Thomas Salusbury, Galileo's Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems, Dialogue 2:
      ... a general knowledg of the definition of motion, and of the distinction of natural and violent, even and accelerate, and the like, sufficing.

References

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  1. ^ Elliott K. Dobbie, C. William Dunmore, Robert K. Barnhart, et al. (editors), Chambers Dictionary of Etymology (Chambers Harrap Publishers Ltd, 2004 [1998], →ISBN), page 6
  • John A. Simpson and Edmund S. C. Weiner, editors (1989), “accelerate”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN.

Italian

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Etymology 1

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Adjective

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accelerate f pl

  1. feminine plural of accelerato

Participle

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accelerate f pl

  1. feminine plural of accelerato

Etymology 2

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Verb

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accelerate

  1. inflection of accelerare:
    1. second-person plural present indicative
    2. second-person plural imperative

Latin

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Verb

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accelerāte

  1. second-person plural present active imperative of accelerō
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