accelerate
has definitions from the field of grammar
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[ verb ] move faster
Examples "The car accelerated" Used in print (Philip Reaves, "Who Rules the Marriage Bed?"...)Virtually everyone agrees , however , that the trend toward female sexual aggressiveness was tremendously accelerated with the postwar rush to the suburbs . (Morton A. Kaplan and Nicholas de B. Katzenbach,...)National identification was not new , but it was accelerating in intensity and scope throughout Europe as new unifications occurred . Related terms |
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[ verb ] (grammar) cause to move faster
Examples "He accelerated the car" Used in print (Rhode Island Development Council. Annual Report 1960....)Recent events - particularly the necessity of providing planning information for the statewide origin / destination study of the Department of Public_Works - indicate that this schedule will have to be accelerated . Related terms decelerate modify speed accelerator acceleration acceleration |
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