accelerate
gb/æksˈɛlɚˌeɪt/ us/æksˈɛlɚˌeɪt/
B1
إنجليزي
~ 4200
المعاني
0 معنى
فعل
B1
action
1
Increase speed or move faster
To start going faster or make something go faster.
نمط الاستخدام:
to accelerate [something]
غلطة شائعة:
Learners sometimes confuse 'accelerate' with 'exaggerate' due to similar sounds, but they have completely different meanings.
مرادفات
speed up (More informal and commonly used in everyday speech.)
أضداد
slow down (Means to reduce speed, the opposite of accelerating.)
تراكيب شائعة
accelerate quickly
|accelerate rapidly
|accelerate smoothly
|accelerate sharply
مواضيع
transportation
|physics
|daily life
|daily_life
|core_vocabulary
أمثلة
- The car accelerated as it entered the highway.
- She pressed the gas pedal to accelerate.
- The train accelerated out of the station, gaining speed quickly.
- Cyclists can accelerate faster on lighter bikes.
- The runner accelerated in the final 100 meters.
أمثلة للمتعلمين
- The car accelerated on the road.
- Please accelerate after the light turns green.
- The bike accelerates when you push hard.
- The bus accelerated to pass the truck.
فعل
B2
action
2
Make something happen faster
To make something happen faster or earlier.
نمط الاستخدام:
to accelerate [a process/event]
غلطة شائعة:
Learners may only associate 'accelerate' with physical speed, not realizing it can also apply to processes or events.
مرادفات
hasten (Slightly more formal; often used in written or literary contexts.)
أضداد
delay (Means to make something happen later, the opposite of accelerating a process.)
تراكيب شائعة
accelerate growth
|accelerate development
|accelerate progress
|accelerate change
مواضيع
business
|science
|technology
|work
|core_vocabulary
أمثلة
- The new policy will accelerate economic growth.
- Technology has accelerated the pace of communication.
- The treatment can accelerate recovery time.
- They hope to accelerate the approval process.
- Climate change is accelerating the melting of glaciers.
أمثلة للمتعلمين
- The new plan will accelerate work.
- Good tools accelerate learning.
- This medicine will accelerate healing.
- We want to accelerate the project.
فعل
technical
C1
action
3
Increase rate of acceleration
In science, to change how fast something moves, including speed and direction.
مرادفات
gain velocity (Technical term focusing on vector quantity in physics.)
أضداد
decelerate (Technical opposite referring to a decrease in velocity over time.)
تراكيب شائعة
accelerate uniformly
|accelerate at a constant rate
مواضيع
physics
|science
أمثلة
- An object accelerates when a net force is applied.
- The spacecraft accelerated as it left Earth's gravity.
- In free fall, objects accelerate due to gravity.
- The particle accelerates in the magnetic field.
أمثلة للمتعلمين
- A ball accelerates when it rolls down a hill.
- In space, rockets accelerate slowly at first.
- Gravity makes things accelerate when they fall.
القواعد
الصيغة المعجمية
accelerate
IPA
GB/æksˈɛlɚˌeɪt/
US/æksˈɛlɚˌeɪt/
المقاطع والنبر
ac - cel - er - ate (٤ مقاطع)
Stress on 2nd syllable (cel)
تصريفات الكلمة
Verb
- Base: accelerate
- 3rd Person Singular: accelerates
- Present Participle: accelerating
- Past: accelerated
عيلة الكلمة
Forms
accelerates
verb
accelerating
verb
accelerated
verb
Core family
acceleration
noun B1
accelerator
noun
Negative and opposite forms
decelerate
verb B2
deceleration
noun
Advanced or less common
accelerant
noun C1
تعبيرات
accelerate development
1/æksˈɛlɚˌeɪt dɪvˈɛləpmənt/
fixed phrase
Speed up development process
To make something new or better more quickly.
أمثلة
- Government funding can accelerate development of new drugs.
- They are working hard to accelerate development of the app.
accelerate growth
1/æksˈɛlɚˌeɪt ɡɹˈoʊθ/
fixed phrase
Make growth happen faster
To help something grow or develop more quickly.
أمثلة
- Investing in education can accelerate growth in the economy.
- The company is using technology to accelerate growth.
accelerate progress
1/æksˈɛlɚˌeɪt pɹˈɑɡɹɛs/
fixed phrase
Make progress faster
To make it easier or quicker to reach a goal.
أمثلة
- International cooperation can accelerate progress on climate goals.
- Better training will accelerate progress in skill development.