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accelerate
What does accelerate mean?
accelerate (verb): move faster.
Definition: Princeton WordNet 3.1.
How do you use accelerate in a sentence?
- The car accelerated. (Princeton WordNet 3.1)
How do you pronounce accelerate?
/ækˈsɛləˌɹeɪt/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does accelerate come from?
Either from Latin accelerātus, perfect passive participle of accelerō (“to accelerate, hasten”), formed from ad + celerō (“to hasten”), which is from celer (“quick”), or back-formation from acceleration.
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
What are synonyms of accelerate?
From Princeton WordNet 3.1.
Test yourself: do you know “accelerate”?
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What does “accelerate” mean?
move faster
Right! That's what “accelerate” means.
to wait for
Not quite: that's what await means.
make easier
Not quite: that's what facilitate means.
to exchange
Not quite: that's what switch means.
Which word is closest in meaning to “accelerate”?
leave
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start
Not quite: start means something else.
speed
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thank
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