accelerate

US: /ækˈsɛɫɝˌeɪt/
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