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speed up

speed up
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [speed uhp]
    • /spid ʌp/
    • /spiːd ʌp/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [speed uhp]
    • /spid ʌp/

Definitions of speed up words

  • noun speed up an increasing of speed. 1
  • noun speed up an imposed increase in the rate of production of a worker without a corresponding increase in the rate of pay. 1
  • verb with object speed up to promote the success of (an affair, undertaking, etc.); further, forward, or expedite. 1
  • verb with object speed up to direct (the steps, course, way, etc.) with speed. 1
  • verb with object speed up to increase the rate of speed of (usually followed by up): to speed up industrial production. 1
  • verb with object speed up to bring to a particular speed, as a machine. 1
See all 24 definitions of speed up

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Origin of speed up

First appearance:

before 900
One of the 4% oldest English words
before 900; 1965-70 for def 6; (noun) Middle English spede good luck, prosperity, rapidity, Old English spēd; cognate with Dutch spoed, Old High German spōt; akin to Old English spōwan to prosper, succeed; (v.) Middle English speden to succeed, prosper, go with speed, Old English spēdan to succeed, prosper; cognate with Old Saxon spōdian, Old High German spuoten

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Parts of speech for Speed up

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Full grammatical hierarchy of Speed up

speed up popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 98% 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".

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Synonyms for speed up

verb speed up

  • accelerate — If the process or rate of something accelerates or if something accelerates it, it gets faster and faster.
  • add — ADD is an abbreviation for attention deficit disorder.
  • anesthetize — to cause anesthesia in; give an anesthetic to
  • anesthetized — to render physically insensible, as by an anesthetic.
  • anted — Poker. a fixed but arbitrary stake put into the pot by each player before the deal.
All 76 Synonyms of speed up

Antonyms for speed up

verb speed up

  • drag out — to draw with force, effort, or difficulty; pull heavily or slowly along; haul; trail: They dragged the carpet out of the house.
  • delay — If you delay doing something, you do not do it immediately or at the planned or expected time, but you leave it until later.
All 2 Antonyms of speed up

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