| VERB | change | accelerate, speed up, speed, quicken | move faster |
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| change | accelerate, speed, speed up | cause to move faster |
| Sounds | aekseh'lerey.t | |
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| Rhymes | abate ... welterweight: 539 rhymes with eyt... | |
| Meaning | Move faster. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
| Model | These cars won't accelerate | |
| Example | "The car accelerated" | |
| Synonyms | speed up, speed, quicken | |
| Narrower | brisk, brisk up, brisken | Become brisk |
| Broader | intensify, deepen | Become more intense |
| Opposite | decelerate, slow, slow down, slow up, retard | Lose velocity |
| Catalan | accelerar, apressar, fomentar | |
| Spanish | acelerar, apresurar | |
| Adjectives | accelerative, acceleratory | tending to increase velocity |
| Meaning | Cause to move faster. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody; Something ----s something | |
| Example | "He accelerated the car" | |
| Synonyms | speed, speed up | |
| Broader | change, alter, modify | Cause to change |
| Opposite | decelerate, slow down | Reduce the speed of |
| Catalan | accelerar | |
| Spanish | acelerar | |
| Adjectives | accelerative, acceleratory | tending to increase velocity |
| Nouns | acceleration | the act of accelerating |
| acceleration | an increase / increase / increase in rate of change | |
| accelerator | a valve that regulates the supply of fuel to the engine | |
| accelerator | a pedal that controls the throttle valve | |