HOW TO PRONOUNCE
accelerate
/ɪkˈsɛl.əˌɹeɪt/
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What does accelerate mean?
verb
- To cause to move faster; to quicken the motion of; to add to the speed of.
- To quicken the natural or ordinary progression or process of.
- To cause a change of velocity.
More meanings (5)
verb
- To hasten, as the occurrence of an event.
- To enable a student to finish a course of study in less than normal time.
- To become faster; to begin to move more quickly.
- Grow; increase.
adjective
- (archaic) Accelerated; quickened; hastened; hurried.
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IPA pronunciation
/ɪkˈsɛl.əˌɹeɪt/
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Leave to the diamond its ages to grow, nor expect to accelerate the births of the eternal.
One simple way to accelerate the "healing" of an anaerobic box is to fluff it up with your hand cultivator.
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The flowers and accessories may heighten and accelerate the effect, but they should not contradict it.
New discoveries in the domains of plant composition and animal nutrition and the improved methods of rapid and accurate valuation will accelerate this tendency.