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accelerated

accelerated is the simple past and past participle of accelerate.

Adjective

accelerated (comparative more accelerated, superlative most accelerated)

  1. Moving or progressing faster than is usual.
    • The requirement that students read textual materials before their first class is probably more important for accelerated than intensive courses, but it is relevant for both.2010, Raymond J. Wlodkowski, Margery B. Ginsberg, Teaching Intensive and Accelerated Courses: Instruction that Motivates Learning, →ISBN, page 9
  2. Happening sooner than expected.
    • OMB's November 15 deadline for the PAR submission is earlier than the statutory deadline. OMB's recent memorandum to agency heads on the subject made this accelerated deadline permanent2006, David M. Walker, Performance Budgeting: PART Focuses Attention on Program Performance, But More Can Be Done to Engage Congress, →ISBN, page 41

Meaning of accelerate

Verb

accelerate (third-person singular simple present accelerates, present participle accelerating, simple past and past participle accelerated)

  1. (transitive) To cause to move faster; to quicken the motion of; to add to the speed of.
    Synonyms:
    hasten, expedite, further
  2. (transitive) To quicken the natural or ordinary progression or process of.
    • to accelerate the growth of a plant, the increase of wealth, etc.
  3. (transitive) To cause a change of velocity.
  4. (transitive) To hasten, as the occurrence of an event.
    • to accelerate our departure
    Synonyms:
    advance, forward
  5. (transitive) To enable a student to finish a course of study in less than normal time.
  6. (intransitive) To become faster; to begin to move more quickly.
    • The car began to accelerate as soon as the light turned green.

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Forms of accelerated

comparativemore accelerated
superlativemost accelerated

Words formed from accelerated

Phrases with accelerated

Questions about accelerated

What does accelerated mean?
Accelerated means moving or progressing faster than is usual.
What is accelerated the simple past and past participle of?
Accelerated is the simple past and past participle of accelerate.
What part of speech is accelerated?
Accelerated is an adjective.

Words near accelerated in the dictionary

  1. accelerans
  2. accelerant
  3. accelerants
  4. acceleratable
  5. accelerate
  6. accelerated
  7. accelerated ageing
  8. accelerated aging
  9. accelerated critical illness
  10. accelerated depreciation
  11. accelerated dragon

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