ALL meanings of decelerate
de·cel·er·ate
D d - verb decelerate When a vehicle or machine decelerates or when someone in a vehicle decelerates, the speed of the vehicle or machine is reduced. 3
- verb decelerate When the rate of something such as inflation or economic growth decelerates, it slows down. 3
- verb decelerate to slow down or cause to slow down 3
- verb transitive decelerate to reduce the speed (of); slow down 3
- verb with object decelerate to decrease the velocity of: He decelerates the bobsled when he nears a curve. 1
- verb with object decelerate to slow the rate of increase of: efforts to decelerate inflation. 1
- verb without object decelerate to slow down: The plane decelerated just before landing. 1
- noun decelerate (of a vehicle, machine, or process) reduce speed; slow down. 1
- intransitive verb decelerate reduce speed, slow down 1
- verb decelerate to reduce the velocity of something. 0
- verb decelerate to reduce the rate of advancement of something, such as a disease. 0
- verb decelerate (Intransitive Verb) to go slower. 0