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Word: Accelerate
Speech Type: Verb
Etymology:
early 16th century (in the sense ‘hasten the occurrence of’): from Latin accelerat- ‘hastened’, from the verb accelerare, from ad- ‘towards’ + celer ‘swift’
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
əkˈsɛləreɪt
Dialects: British English
Definition:
(especially of a vehicle) begin to move more quickly
Short Definition:begin to move more quickly
Examples:- the car accelerated towards her
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