accelerate

From Wiktionary

Pronunciation[change]

  • (UK) IPA (key): /ək.ˈsɛl.ə.ˌreɪt/ or /æk.ˈsɛl.ə.ˌreɪt/ or /ɪk.ˈsɛl.ə.ˌreɪt/
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  • Hyphenation: ac‧cel‧er‧ate

Verb[change]

Plain form
accelerate

Third-person singular
accelerates

Past tense
accelerated

Past participle
accelerated

Present participle
accelerating

  1. If you are driving and you accelerate your car, you make it go faster.
    They accelerate at the end of the curve.

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