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accelerate

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accelerate

(verb)

Meaning

to make something go faster

Example

"The car began to accelerate down the hill."

Synonyms

expediteprecipitatehasten

Antonyms

dawdledecelerate

More about this word

Word origin
From Latin accelerare, meaning to hasten.
Related word forms
  • noun: acceleration
  • adjective: accelerated

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