Definitions for accelerate

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accelerate ac·cel·er·ate

Spelling: [ak-sel-uh-reyt]

IPA: /ækˈsɛl əˌreɪt/

Accelerate is a 10 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 14 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 17 points.

You can make 270 anagrams from letters in accelerate (aacceeelrt).

Definitions for accelerate

verb (used with object)

1. to cause faster or greater activity, development, progress, advancement, etc., in:
2. to hasten the occurrence of:
3. Mechanics. to change the velocity of (a body) or the rate of (motion); cause to undergo acceleration.
4. to reduce the time required for (a course of study) by intensifying the work, eliminating detail, etc.

verb (used without object)

1. to move or go faster; increase in speed.
2. to progress or develop faster.

Origin of accelerate

1515-25; Latin accelerātus speeded up (past participle of accelerāre), equivalent to ac- ac- + celer swift + -ātus -ate<

Examples for accelerate

“accelerate this process,” said Royce, adding that the Free Syrian Army is the antidote to the ongoing expansion of ISIS in Syria.

As soon as the copter grounded, he could accelerate and escape.

And he was stamping off to accelerate these preparations for departure, when her voice arrested him.

The narrowness serves to concentrate the strength and accelerate the work.

Conservative evangelicalism is losing millennials in gobs, and the World Vision fallout is sure to only accelerate the fallout.

It may accelerate the adoption of laws giving patients more power.

This trend will only accelerate as whites lapse at higher rates than nonwhites.

The small ships were not able to accelerate to the terrific speed needed.

“We have every reason to expect these demographic changes to continue, if not accelerate,” Bonica said.

To accelerate the introduction of the cargo, a grain-elevator was employed.