Dictionary Entry
accelerate
accelerate is a 10-letter English word with 5 senses as transitive verb and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To cause to move faster; to quicken the motion of; to add to the speed of; -- opposed to retard. Face value is 14 in Scrabble and 17 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
10 letters · Scrabble 14 · Words With Friends 17 · 5 senses
Definitions
- 1transitive verb
To cause to move faster; to quicken the motion of; to add to the speed of; -- opposed to retard.
- 2transitive verb
To quicken the natural or ordinary progression or process of; as, to accelerate the growth of a plant, the increase of wealth, etc.
- 3transitive verb
To hasten, as the occurence of an event; as, to accelerate our departure.
- 4verb
move faster
"The car accelerated"
- 5verb
cause to move faster
"He accelerated the car"
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