accelerate

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA ^(key): /ək.ˈsɛl.ə.ˌreɪt/ or /æk.ˈsɛl.ə.ˌreɪt/ or /ɪk.ˈsɛl.ə.ˌreɪt/

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• Hyphenation: ac‧cel‧er‧ate

Verb

Plain form accelerate

Third-person singular accelerates

Past tense accelerated

Past participle accelerated

Present participle accelerating

1. If you are driving and you accelerate your car, you make it go faster.
   • Synonyms: speed up, quicken and speed
   • Antonyms: decelerate, slow down, slow, slow up and retard

   They accelerate at the end of the curve.

Related words

• accelerative
• accelerant
• acceleration
• accelerator
• acceleratory
• accelerometer