accelerates

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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