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accelerate (ak SEL uh rayt"), accelerate; accelerated; accelerating (verbs)
1. To cause anything in motion or process to go or to move faster; to speed up: "To avoid being hit by the truck from behind, he had to accelerate his car."
2. To cause to happen sooner; hasten: "Resting often accelerates a person’s recovery from an illness."
3. To change the speed or velocity of a moving object: "The car accelerated down the highway."
2. To cause to happen sooner; hasten: "Resting often accelerates a person’s recovery from an illness."
3. To change the speed or velocity of a moving object: "The car accelerated down the highway."
accelerated (adjective)
1. A reference to something that is moved increasingly faster, or which causes something to move faster.
2. A descriptive term for something that has happened or developed faster, or that which was pushed to happen or to develop faster.
2. A descriptive term for something that has happened or developed faster, or that which was pushed to happen or to develop faster.
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“accelerated”
A rapid ventricular rhythm, approximately 60 to 110 beats per minute: "Accelerated idioventricular rhythm usually results from premature beats or an escape rhythm generated by the slowing of the sinus pacemaker or acceleration of a ventricular pacemaker."
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celer-
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rhythm-, rhythmo- +
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vent-
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ventricul-, ventriculo- +
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“accelerated”
accelerate (ak SEL uh rayt") (verb), accelerates; accelerated; accelerating
To speed up; to cause to occur sooner than expected; to cause to develop or to progress more quickly: "As she stepped on the gas, we could see the car accelerate faster than it should in such weather conditions."
"He is sure that cutting taxes will help to accelerate economic growth."
From Latin ad-, "to" + celerare, "to hasten"; which came from celer, "quick".
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English Words in Action, Group A +
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(the spread of information with the "wiring" of the world has improved communications between people and accelerated the pace of scientific discoveries as well as greater efficiency in the exchange of technical knowledge and applications)