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speed up
speed up vb (adverb) to increase or cause to increase in speed or rate; accelerate n an instance of this; acceleration Usage: The past tense and past participle of speed up is speeded up, not sped upspeed speed upSpeed can be a noun or a verb. 1. used as a nounThe speed of someone or something is the rate at which they move. He increased his speed to 115mph....the speed of light.Speed is often used in prepositional phrases beginning with at or with. You can say that someone or something moves at a particular speed. He goes on driving at the same speed.The bullets hit Ilie Popescu at a speed of 1,350 feet per second.If you want to emphasize how fast something is moving, you can use at and an adjective in front of speed. I drove at great speed to West Bank.A plane flew low over the ship at lightning speed.If you want to emphasize how quickly something happens or is done, you use with and an adjective in front of speed. The shape of their bodies changes with astonishing speed.They have succeeded in expanding their industries with remarkable speed.2. used as a verbIn stories, if someone speeds somewhere, they move or travel there quickly. When speed has this meaning, its past tense and past participle is sped. They sped along Main Street towards the highway.They drove through Port Philip and sped on down south.3. 'speed up'If something speeds up or if you speed it up, it moves, happens, or is done more quickly. They're way ahead of us. Speed up!The past tense and past participle of speed up is speeded up. Tom speeded up and overtook them.The process is now being speeded up.Thesaurus| Verb | 1. |  speed up - move faster; "The car accelerated" accelerate, quicken, speedbrisk, brisk up, brisken - become brisk; "business brisked up"deepen, intensify - become more intense; "The debate intensified"; "His dislike for raw fish only deepened in Japan" | | 2. |  speed up - cause to move faster; "He accelerated the car"accelerate, speedalter, change, modify - cause to change; make different; cause a transformation; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue" |
Translationsspeed (spiːd) noun1. rate of moving. a slow speed; The car was travelling at high speed. 速度 速度2. quickness of moving. 急行 急行 verb1. (past tense, past participles sped (sped) ˈspeeded) to (cause to) move or progress quickly; to hurry. The car sped/speeded along the motorway. 迅速(前進) 迅速（前进） 2. (past tense, past participle ˈspeeded) to drive very fast in a car etc, faster than is allowed by law. The policeman said that I had been speeding. 超速(開車) 超速（开车） ˈspeeding noun driving at (an illegally) high speed. He was fined for speeding. 超速行駛 超速行驶ˈspeedy adjective done, carried out etc quickly. a speedy answer. 迅速的 迅速的ˈspeedily adverb 迅速地 迅速地ˈspeediness noun 敏捷 敏捷ˈspeed bump noun a raised part across the road to make drivers slow down. 減速路障 减速路障ˈspeed trap noun a device used by the police to catch drivers exceeding the speed limit. 汽車超速監視器 汽车超速监视器speedometer (spiːˈdomitə) noun an instrument on a car etc showing how fast one is travelling. 速度 速度speed up – past tense, past participle ˈspeeded – 1. to increase speed. The car speeded up as it left the town. 加速行駛 加速行驶2. to quicken the rate of. We are trying to speed up production. 增加生產 增加生产speed up
speed up1. To increase in speed; to move or function at a faster or higher rate. Be sure to speed up when you're overtaking a vehicle on the road. The automated process began speeding up once I shut down all the other ancillary systems.2. To cause someone or something to increase in speed or rate of activity. A noun or pronoun can be used between "speed" and "up." You want an activity that will gradually speed your heartrate up. We are speeding up production now that we know there is such strong demand from consumers.See also: speed, upspeed someone or something upto cause someone or something to move faster. We tried to speed him up, but he is just a very slow person. We sped up the process, but it still took too long.See also: speed, upspeed upto go faster. Please speed up. We are late.See also: speed, upspeed upAccelerate, expedite, increase the rate, as in The car speeded up as it went downhill, or It's difficult to speed up production without new equipment. [Late 1800s] See also: speed, upspeed upv.1. To increase the speed or rate of something; accelerate something: The company sped up production in order to meet the demand for their product. The conveyor belt is moving too slowly—can you speed it up?2. To move, work, or happen at a faster rate; accelerate: As he hiked uphill, his pulse sped up.See also: speed, upEncyclopediaSeespeedFinancialSeeSpeedspeed up
Related to speed up: Speed testSynonyms for speed upverb move fasterSynonymsRelated Words- brisk
- brisk up
- brisken
- deepen
- intensify
verb cause to move fasterSynonymsRelated Words |