accelerate
US: /ækˈsɛɫɝˌeɪt/
UK: /ɐksˈɛləɹˌeɪt/
UK: /ɐksˈɛləɹˌeɪt/
English Vietnamese dictionary
accelerate /æk'seləreit/
- ngoại động từ
- làm nhanh thêm; làm chóng đến; thúc mau, giục gấp
- rảo (bước)
- to accelerate the pace: bước mau hơn, rảo bước
- nội động từ
- tăng nhanh hơn; mau hơn, bước mau hơn, rảo bước
- gia tốc
Advanced English dictionary
+ verb
1 to happen or to make sth happen faster or earlier than expected: [V] Inflation continues to accelerate. + [VN] Exposure to the sun can accelerate the ageing process.
2 [V] (of a vehicle or person) to start to go faster: The runners accelerated smoothly around the bend. + The car accelerated to overtake me.
Antonym: DECELERATE
Collocation dictionary
1 go faster
ADV.
hard, quickly | smoothly
The runners accelerated smoothly round the bend.
| suddenly | away
The car purred into life and accelerated away.
2 develop quickly
ADV.
dramatically, greatly, rapidly, sharply
The Aids epidemic is accelerating dramatically.
Concise English dictionary
accelerates|accelerated|acceleratingæk'seləreɪt
verb
+move faster
+cause to move faster
