to decelerate
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- verb
- /dɪˈsɛləˌreɪt/
- Now, according to these blueprints, this car will accelerate to 85 miles an hour on the straightaways and decelerate to 55 miles an hour on the turns.
- decelerate and accelerate
- decelerated growth
- decelerating expansion
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Watch on YouTubeSo China's productivity growth rate is decelerating just when it needs it to speed up.
- So China's productivity growth rate is decelerating just when it needs it to speed up.
- Our heart rate decelerates, our vascular system, our vessels start to relax.
- The level of appreciation is decelerating.
- So it's going to decelerate more than the whole universe does.
- Now, while inflation is a decelerating, there are red flags.
- So frontal lobe bleed because just decelerating upside down using my head as a break it it isn't good for you.
Examples
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Ritalin, on the other hand, may affect heart rhythms and decelerate heart rates.
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The driver had to decelerate quickly to avoid hitting the deer in the road.
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If you if you decelerate quickly, your body goes forward.
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Do not let him decelerate.
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All hands squared away to decelerate.
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Our heart rate decelerates, our vascular system, our vessels start to relax.
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During deep sleep, our heart rate decelerates, our vascular system, our vessels start to relax.
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So China's productivity growth rate is decelerating just when it needs it to speed up.
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Once at its destination, the spaceship must decelerate to avoid sailing onward in a straight-line trajectory forever.
Academic text (1992) -
To hit a drop shot in badminton and squash, the player quickly decelerates the racquet and arm swing before impact.
Academic text (2005)
Synonyms
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1.0
Make something move or happen at a lower speed
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1.4
To move or act more slowly
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1.0
To make a moving vehicle slow down or stop by pressing a pedal
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2.7
Move or make something move less quickly
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8.4
To make something happen more slowly
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7.2
To reduce the flow of fuel or air to an engine to lower its power
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4.9
Become or make slower, for example the wind
Antonyms
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Surface Forms
Morphology
decelerate = celerate (semi-transparent) = de + celer + ate
The prefix 'de-' contributes a reducing or reversing sense, but the base 'celerate' is rare and not readily recognizable to most learners.
Etymology
Decelerate comes from the parts de- ('down' or 'reverse') and celer ('speed'), the same root you see in accelerate. So to decelerate is to 'slow down' or make something move more slowly.