accelerated

Verb

Plain form accelerate

Third-person singular accelerates

Past tense accelerated

Past participle accelerated

Present participle accelerating

1. The past tense and past participle of accelerate.

Adjective

Positive accelerated

Comparative none

Superlative none

1. If something is accelerated, it is being done faster than it usually is done.

   The child was put into an accelerated education program because she was a fast learner.

Related words

• accelerate
• acceleration
• accelerator