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quicken
What does quicken mean?
quicken (verb): move faster.
Definition: Princeton WordNet 3.1.
How do you use quicken in a sentence?
- I felt my heart quicken. (Tatoeba sentence #3419517 by Hybrid, CC BY 2.0 FR)
How do you pronounce quicken?
/ˈkwɪkən/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
What are synonyms of quicken?
Words related to quicken
From Princeton WordNet 3.1.
Test yourself: do you know “quicken”?
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What does “quicken” mean?
move faster
Right! That's what “quicken” means.
make easier
Not quite: that's what facilitate means.
make impure
Not quite: that's what pollute means.
to wait for
Not quite: that's what await means.
Which word is closest in meaning to “quicken”?
accelerate
Right!
facilitate
Not quite: facilitate means something else.
strengthen
Not quite: strengthen means something else.
substitute
Not quite: substitute means something else.
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