to speed
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1.0
- verb
- /spiːd/
- Isn't there any way we can speed this up?
- speed the process
- speed up development
- speed economic growth
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Watch on YouTubeSlow down, you speed it up to three mph.
- Slow down, you speed it up to three mph.
- Goodell, we need to speed the game up.
- And inhale emphasize breathing will speed your heart up.
- Like you have to have time, slow down to speed the whole team up.
- Cool, let's go Webley speed it up my pond asked.
- How do we have a bias to speed action and learning?
- That must have speed up the introduction of HIV into the UK.
Examples
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In this article, we review new genomic technologies that will speed up the investigation of avian genome function.
Academic text (2008) -
"Is there nothing that can be done to speed up the process?" she asked.
Fiction book (1992) -
Listen, it takes time to speed the train up.
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Can we do anything to speed this up?
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I think I can speed this up.
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Can we speed it up?
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Can we speed this up?
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Goodell, we need to speed the game up.
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Ergonomic and conflict improvements can reduce process variance, boost quality, and speed up field service and maintenance.
Academic text (2011) -
The teacher asked us to find ways to speed up the project workflow.
Synonyms
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1.0
To move or act more quickly to avoid being late
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6.7
To hurry so you do something faster, often to avoid being late
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1.6
To move very quickly in one direction
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3.7
To move faster or make something happen faster
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1.0
To make a person or thing move quickly
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2.5
To make something move or happen faster
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4.6
Make something happen sooner
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4.0
To move or work faster
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4.1
To move or happen faster
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1.0
To make someone move or work faster than they want
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4.4
To try harder or work faster to reach a goal
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3.9
Move or work faster to finish sooner
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Compounds
- Specialized
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3.8
A constant speed at which light travels in empty space, about 300,000 kilometres per second
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3.0
A sport where people race on ice skates around an oval track to get the fastest time
- Offensive
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9.6
A person who often uses drugs that make you more active, like amphetamines
- Specialized
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4.1
How fast one object moves compared to another, for example two cars
- Specialized
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5.3
A very hard metal used for cutting tools that stays hard when hot
- Specialized
A machine that pulls and slightly twists fibers to make a loose rope for spinning
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Etymology
Speed can also mean 'to make something faster', from the same old root spēd. To speed a process or a vehicle is simply to cause it to happen or move more quickly.