Past tense of accelerate
regular verb
The past tense of accelerate is accelerated. The past participle is also accelerated.
Forms of accelerate
| Base form (V1) | accelerate /əkˈsɛl.əˌɹeɪt/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | accelerated |
| Past participle (V3) | accelerated |
| Present participle | accelerating |
| Third person singular | accelerates |
Accelerated in a sentence
- As they accelerated onto the motorway, the wind tore the plywood off the car's roof-rack.From the entry wind
- They skidded around the corner and accelerated up the street.From the entry skid
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:accelerated.From the entry accelerated
- The van accelerated squealingly around the corner.From the entry squealingly
- Because the Chernobyl reactor had a large positive void coefficient, the reaction accelerated rapidly once the coolant water started to boil.From the entry void coefficient
Meaning of accelerate
- verb To cause to move faster; to quicken the motion of; to add to the speed of.
- verb To quicken the natural or ordinary progression or process of.
- verb To cause a change of velocity.
Questions about the past tense of accelerate
- What is the past tense of accelerate?
- The past tense of accelerate is accelerated.
- What is the past participle of accelerate?
- The past participle of accelerate is accelerated.
- Is accelerate a regular or irregular verb?
- Accelerate is a regular verb: its past tense adds -d.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: accelerate (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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