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- pronunciation:
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- parts of speech:
- transitive verb, intransitive verb
- features:
- Word Combinations (verb), Word Builder, Word Explorer, Word Parts
| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| inflections: |
accelerates, accelerating, accelerated |
| definition 1: |
to cause (a particular activity or process) to happen faster.
He accelerated his college program and received his degree early.- synonyms:
- hasten, speed
- antonyms:
- decelerate, delay, retard, slow
- similar words:
- hurry, hustle, increase, precipitate, quicken
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| definition 2: |
to increase the speed or rate of.
He noisily accelerated his motorcycle as he drove past his friends.
- synonyms:
- quicken, speed up
- antonyms:
- check, decelerate, slow
- similar words:
- gun, race, rev, skyrocket, spur, urge
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| related words: |
advance, fleet, hasten, intensify, speed |
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| part of speech: |
intransitive verb |
| definition 1: |
to increase the speed or rate of something.
She accelerated quickly in order to pass the car safely.- synonyms:
- quicken, speed up
- antonyms:
- check, decelerate, retard
- similar words:
- race, rev, skyrocket
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| definition 2: |
to change speeds from a slower rate to a faster rate.
Be careful on the highway, because this car accelerates slowly.- antonyms:
- decelerate
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| related words: |
increase, intensify, soar, speed, stem |
adverb + (v.)accelerate
greatly, likely, undoubtedly
(v.)accelerate
+ adverb
dramatically, exponentially, fast, gently, quickly, rapidly, sharply, slowly, smoothly, upward
(v.)accelerate
+ noun
acquisition,
adoption,
advance,
aging,
brake,
breakdown,
climate,
collapse,
completion,
consolidation,
conversion,
curve,
cut,
cycle,
decade,
decline,
deduction,
degradation,
delivery,
demise,
departure,
depletion,
depreciation,
destruction,
deterioration,
development,
discovery,
effort,
energy,
erosion,
evolution,
flow,
formation,
growth,
healing,
innovation,
integration,
introduction,
learning,
maturation,
menopause,
mile,
missile,
momentum,
mph,
negotiation,
orbit,
pace,
particle,
process,
progress,
proton,
rate,
recovery,
reduction,
reform,
rpm,
shift,
slide,
speed,
spread,
stop,
timetable,
traffic,
transfer,
transformation,
transition,
turn,
turnover,
velocity,
vesting
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| derivation: |
accelerative (adj.) |
Word Builder: accelerate +
The word accelerate
contains the following parts:
ac-
Latin
prefix
that means to, toward
  More about this word part:
The prefix ac-
occurs in Latin loanwords. It is an assimilated form of ad- used before Latin roots beginning with hard or soft "c" or "q." See ad-.
Example words:
accede, accelerate, accent, accept, acceptable, acceptance, acceptation, access, accessible, accession, accident, accidental, acclaim, acclamation, accommodate, accompany, accomplice, accomplish, accord, account, accredit, accrual, accumulate, accuracy, accurate, accuse, accustom, acquaint, acquire, acquit
celer
Latin
root
that means swift
Example words:
-ate1
Latin
verb-forming suffix
that means to make, cause, do
More about this word part:
The suffix -ate
primarily forms transitive verbs from Latin bases. Many -ate
verbs were loanwords from Latin. Verbs ending in -ate
combine with the suffix -ion to form nouns ending in -ation. These verbs also have corresponding agent nouns ending in -ator (navigator, dictator, elevator).
Example words:
abbreviate, abdicate, abnegate, accelerate, accommodate, accumulate, activate, adequate, adjudicate, administrate, administrative, administrator, advocate, aerate, affiliate, agglomerate, agglutinate, aggravate, agitate, alienate, allocate, alternate, animate, annihilate, annotate, arrogate, aspirate, assimilate, associate, calibrate, capitulate, cerebrate, circulate, collaborate, collocate, commemorate, complicate, concentrate, congregate, consecrate, consummate, cooperate, coordinate, decapitate, decelerate, decerebrate, decimate, dedicate, dehydrate, deliberate, derogate, desecrate, dictate, disintegrate, dislocate, dissimulate, dissociate, divagate, domesticate, dominate, donate, duplicate, educate, elaborate, elevate, elongate, elucidate, emasculate, emigrate, enervate, enunciate, equate, equivocate, eradicate, evacuate, exasperate, exfoliate, expurgate, fluctuate, formulate, generate, gradate, graduate, gyrate, illuminate, illustrate, implicate, incorporate, indoctrinate, innovate, interpellate, interrogate, irradiate, irrigate, legislate, liberate, locate, mediate, motivate, narrate, navigate, negate, nominate, obliterate, operate, orate, originate, ovulate, palpate, participate, placate, populate, prognosticate, proliferate, radiate, regulate, resonate, rotate, segregate, simulate, subjugate, terminate, vacate, validate, contraindicate
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