accelerate
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accelerate
- /əkˈsɛl.əˌɹeɪt/ UK
- /ækˈsɛl.əˌɹeɪt/ UK
- /ɪkˈsɛl.əˌɹeɪt/ UK
- /ɪkˈsɛl.əˌɹeɪt/ Canada, US
- /əkˈsɛl.əˌɹeɪt/
- /əkˈsel.əˌɹæɪt/ Australia, New Zealand
Where it comes from
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd
Proto-Italic *ad
Proto-Italic *ad-
Latin ad-
Proto-Indo-European *kel-der.
Latin celer
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂
Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂
Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu.
Proto-Italic *-ājō
Proto-Italic *-āō
Latin -ō
Latin celerō
Latin accelerō
Latin accelerātuslbor.
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Latin accelerō
Proto-Indo-European *-tis
Proto-Indo-European *-Hō
Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō
Proto-Italic *-tiō
Latin -tiō
Latin accelerātiōder.
English accelerationbf.
English accelerate
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.
verb accelerates · accelerating · accelerated
- 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 accelerate the growth of a plant, the increase of wealth, etc.
- To cause a change of velocity.
- To hasten, as the occurrence of an event. to accelerate our departure
- To enable a student to finish a course of study in less than normal time.
- To become faster; to begin to move more quickly. The car began to accelerate as soon as the light turned green.
- Grow; increase.
adjective
- Accelerated; quickened; hastened; hurried. ... a general knowledg of the definition of motion, and of the distinction of natural and violent, even and accelerate, and the like, sufficing.
