ALL meanings of accelerate
ac·cel·er·ate
A a - verb accelerate If the process or rate of something accelerates or if something accelerates it, it gets faster and faster. 3
- verb accelerate When a moving vehicle accelerates, it goes faster and faster. 3
- verb accelerate to go, occur, or cause to go or occur more quickly; speed up 3
- verb accelerate to cause to happen sooner than expected 3
- verb accelerate to increase the velocity of (a body, reaction, etc); cause acceleration 3
- verb transitive accelerate to increase the speed of 3
- verb transitive accelerate to cause to develop or progress more quickly 3
- verb transitive accelerate to cause a change in the velocity of (a moving body) 3
- verb transitive accelerate to cause to happen sooner 3
- intransitive verb accelerate to go, progress, or develop faster 3
- verb with object accelerate to cause faster or greater activity, development, progress, advancement, etc., in: to accelerate economic growth. 1
- verb with object accelerate to hasten the occurrence of: to accelerate the fall of a government. 1
- verb with object accelerate Mechanics. to change the velocity of (a body) or the rate of (motion); cause to undergo acceleration. 1
- verb with object accelerate to reduce the time required for (a course of study) by intensifying the work, eliminating detail, etc. 1
- verb without object accelerate to move or go faster; increase in speed. 1
- verb without object accelerate to progress or develop faster. 1
- noun accelerate (of a vehicle or other physical object) Begin to move more quickly. 1
- transitive verb accelerate hasten 1
- intransitive verb accelerate go faster 1
- intransitive verb accelerate speed up: in car 1
- verb accelerate (Transitive Verb) To cause to move faster; to quicken the motion of; to add to the speed of. 0
- verb accelerate (Transitive Verb) To quicken the natural or ordinary progression or process of. 0
- verb accelerate (Transitive Verb) (physics) To cause a change of velocity. 0
- verb accelerate (Transitive Verb) To hasten, as the occurrence of an event. 0
- verb accelerate (Transitive Verb) (education) To enable a student to finish a course of study in less than normal time. 0
- verb accelerate (Intransitive Verb) To become faster; to begin to move more quickly. 0
- verb accelerate (Intransitive Verb) Grow; increase. 0
- verb accelerate (Obsolete (No longer in use)) Alternative form of accelerated. 0
- adjective accelerate (rare) Accelerated; quickened; hastened; hurried. 0