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quicken

quick·en
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [kwik-uh n]
    • /ˈkwɪk ən/
    • /ˈkwɪk.ən/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [kwik-uh n]
    • /ˈkwɪk ən/

Definitions of quicken word

  • verb with object quicken to make more rapid; accelerate; hasten: She quickened her pace. 1
  • verb with object quicken to give or restore vigor or activity to; stir up, rouse, or stimulate: to quicken the imagination. 1
  • verb with object quicken to revive; restore life to: The spring rains quickened the earth. 1
  • verb without object quicken to become more active, sensitive, etc.: This drug causes the pulse to quicken. 1
  • verb without object quicken to become alive; receive life. 1
  • verb without object quicken (of the mother) to enter that stage of pregnancy in which the fetus gives indications of life. 1

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Origin of quicken

First appearance:

before 1250
One of the 11% oldest English words
First recorded in 1250-1300, quicken is from the Middle English word quikenen. See quick, -en1

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Parts of speech for Quicken

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

quicken popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 80% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

quicken usage trend in Literature

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Synonyms for quicken

verb quicken

  • speed up — an increasing of speed.
  • hasten — to move or act with haste; proceed with haste; hurry: to hasten to a place.
  • accelerate — If the process or rate of something accelerates or if something accelerates it, it gets faster and faster.
  • open up — not closed or barred at the time, as a doorway by a door, a window by a sash, or a gateway by a gate: to leave the windows open at night.
  • expedite — (transitive) To accelerate the progress of.

Antonyms for quicken

verb quicken

  • slow down — moving or proceeding with little or less than usual speed or velocity: a slow train.
  • decelerate — When a vehicle or machine decelerates or when someone in a vehicle decelerates, the speed of the vehicle or machine is reduced.
  • discourage — to deprive of courage, hope, or confidence; dishearten; dispirit.
  • dissuade — to deter by advice or persuasion; persuade not to do something (often followed by from): She dissuaded him from leaving home.
  • halt — to falter, as in speech, reasoning, etc.; be hesitant; stumble.

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