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speeding

speeding

2 2.7
Driving faster than the legal speed limit
  • noun
  • /ˈspiːdɪŋ/
translation icon : exceso de velocidad
  • Many accidents are caused by speeding through residential neighborhoods where children play.
  • speeding ticket

She pulled me over for speeding When not speeding.

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Examples

  • Speeding is the number one cause of traffic fatalities, you know.

    Surveillance (2008)

  • Many of us obey speeding laws for precisely that reason.

    YaleCourses

  • We're also going to eliminate pulling people over for speeding anywhere in this state.

    Meet Kevin

  • Speeding is against the law, hence a speed limit.

    Blog text (11)

  • Speeding is probably the only infraction that is so ubiquitous that it can pay to have a human being do the enforcing.

    Blog text (19)

  • JIMMY KING RECEIVED A SPEEDING TICKET DRIVING A MOTOR HOME.

    Ready to Rumble (2000)

  • A CAR LIKE HIS WAS SEEN SPEEDING AWAY FROM KRAUS' GARAGE.

    Betrayed (1988)

  • MR. DAWES, YOU'RE CHARGED WITH SPEEDING,

    Breaker! Breaker! (1977)

  • Speeding is the act of driving faster than the posted speed limit on the speeding highway.

  • He received a ticket for speeding after being caught on camera driving at 85 miles per hour in a 55 zone.

Antonyms

slowing
13 2.7

A decrease in how fast something moves or happens

Compounds

speeding ticket
  • US
28 2.2

An official notice from the police that says you drove too fast

Surface Forms

speeding singular
speedings plural

Morphology

speeding = speed (transparent) = speed + ing

Formed by the verb 'speed' + '-ing' as a gerund/nominalization meaning 'the act of speeding', which is directly derivable.

Etymology

Speeding comes from the word speed, which in old English first meant 'success' or 'good fortune' and later changed to mean 'moving quickly'. So speeding is the act of going faster than allowed, and you can see the same speed in everyday words like speedometer and speed limit.