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Cognate with Dutch ''[[spoed]]''. ===Pronunciation=== * {{IPA|/spiːd/}} * {{audio|en-us-speed.ogg|Audio (US)}} * {{rhymes|iːd}} ===Noun=== {{en-noun}} # the state of moving quickly or the capacity for rapid motion; [[rapidity]] # the rate of motion or action, specifically {{math}}/{{physics}} the magnitude of the [[velocity]]; the rate [[distance]] is traversed in a given [[time]] # {{photography}} the sensitivity to light of [[film]], [[plates]].  # {{slang}} any [[amphetamine]] drug used as a [[stimulant]], especially illegally, especially [[methamphetamine]] # {{archaic}} luck, success, prosperity ====Synonyms==== * [[velocity]] ====Translations==== {{trans-top|rapidity}} * Arabic: {{t|ar|سرعة|f|tr=sara'a|sc=Arab}} * Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|бързина|f|tr=bărzinà|sc=Cyrl}} * Czech: {{t-|cs|rychlost|f}} * Danish: [[hastighed]], [[hurtighed]] * Dutch: {{t+|nl|snelheid|f}} * Finnish: {{t+|fi|nopeus}}, {{t+|fi|vauhti}} * French: {{t+|fr|vitesse|f}} * German: {{t-|de|Schnelligkeit|f}} * Hebrew: {{t-|he|מהירות|f|sc=Hebr}} * Italian: [[velocità]] {{f}}, [[celerità]] {{f}}(rare) {{trans-mid}} * Old English: {{t-|ang|ofost|f|xs=Old English}} * Polish: {{t+|pl|szybkość|f}} * Portuguese: {{t+|pt|velocidade|f}} * Romanian: {{t-|ro|viteză|f}} * Slovene: {{t+|sl|hitrost|f}} * Spanish: {{t+|es|rapidez|f}} * Swahili: {{t+|sw|kasi|xs=Swahili}} * Swedish: {{t+|sv|fart|c}}, {{t+|sv|hastighet|c}} * [[Telugu]]: [[వడి]] (vaDi) {{trans-bottom}} {{trans-top|rate of motion}} * Arabic: {{Arab|[[سرعة]]}} {{unicode|(súrʕa)}} {{f}} * Bosnian: {{t-|bs|brzina|f}} * Bulgarian: [[скорост]] (skórost), {{f}} * Chinese: [[速度]] (sùdù) * Croatian: {{t+|hr|brzina|f}} * Danish: [[hastighed]], [[fart]] * Dutch: {{t+|nl|snelheid|f}} * Estonian: [[kiirus]] * Finnish: {{t+|fi|vauhti}} * French: {{t+|fr|vitesse|f}} * German: {{t+|de|Geschwindigkeit|f}}, {{t-|de|Schnelligkeit|f}} * Hebrew: {{t-|he|מהירות|f|sc=Hebr}} * Hungarian: {{t+|hu|sebesség}} * Italian: [[velocità]] {{f}}, [[celerità]] {{f}} (rare) * Japanese: [[速さ]] (hayasa) {{trans-mid}} * Korean: [[속도]] (sokdo) * Latin: [[celerit]] * Norwegian: {{t+|no|hastighet}}, {{t+|no|fart}}, {{t+|no|hurtighet}} * Polish: {{t+|pl|szybkość|f}}, {{t+|pl|prędkość|f}} * Portuguese: {{t+|pt|velocidade|f}} * Romanian: {{t-|ro|viteză|f}} * Russian: [[скорость]] (skórost’) {{f}} * Serbian: *: Cyrillic: [[брзина#Serbian|брзина]] {{f}} *: Roman: [[brzina#Serbian|brzina]] {{f}} * Slovene: {{t+|sl|hitrost|f}} * Spanish: {{t+|es|velocidad|f}} * Swahili: {{t+|sw|kasi|xs=Swahili}} * Swedish: {{t+|sv|hastighet|c}}, {{t+|sv|fart|c}} * [[Telugu]]: [[వడి]] (vaDi)(scientific usage), [[వేగము]] (vaegamu) {{trans-bottom}} {{trans-top|photographic speed}} * Finnish: [[valoherkkyys]] {{trans-mid}} * German: [[Filmempfindlichkeit]] {{f}} {{trans-bottom}} {{trans-top|slang: methamphetamine}} * Dutch: {{t+|nl|speed}} * Finnish: {{t+|fi|vauhti}}, {{t-|fi|piri}}, {{t+|fi|spiidi}} * German: {{t-|de|Speed|n}} {{trans-mid}} * Polish: {{slang}} [[spid]] {{m}} * Swahili: {{t+|sw|kasi|xs=Swahili}} * Swedish: {{t+|sv|tjack|c}} {{trans-bottom}} {{trans-see|[[luck]], [[success]], [[prosperity]]}} ====Usage notes==== Units: * metric: ** [[metre]]s/[[meter]]s per second ([[m/s]]) ** [[kilometre]]s/[[kilometer]]s per [[hour]] ([[km/h]]) * nautical: ** [[knot]] (kt or kn) * imperial and U.S. customary: ** [[foot|feet]] per [[second]] (ft/s, ft/sec and fps) ** [[mile]]s per [[hour]] ([[mph]]) * aeronautical: ** [[mach]] ===Verb=== {{en-verb|speeds|speeding|'''[[sped]] '''or''' [[speeded]]'''}} # {{context|archaic|intransitive}} To [[prosper]], be lucky. # {{context|archaic|transitive}} To [[help]] someone, to give them fortune. #: ''God '''speed''', until we meet again.'' # To go [[fast]], especially excessively fast. #: ''The Ferrari was '''speeding''' along the road.'' # To exceed the [[speed limit]]. #: ''Why do you '''speed''' when the road is so icy?'' # {{slang}} To be under the [[influence]] of stimulant drugs, especially amphetamines. ====Quotations==== {{seeCites}} ====Usage notes==== The Cambridge Guide to English Usage indicates that ''sped'' is for objects in motion ''(the race car sped)'' while ''speeded'' is used for activities or processes, but notes that the British English convention does not hold in American English.  ====Translations==== {{trans-top|to go fast}} * Danish: [[køre hurtigt]] * Finnish: [[ajaa]] ([[liian]]) [[nopea|nopeasti]] * German: {{t+|de|rasen}} {{trans-mid}} * Swahili: {{t+|sw|kasi|xs=Swahili}} * Swedish: [[köra fort]] {{trans-bottom}} {{trans-top|to exceed speed limit}} * Danish: [[køre for hurtigt]] * Finnish: [[ajaa]] [[ylinopeus|ylinopeutta]] {{trans-mid}} * Swahili: {{t+|sw|kasi|xs=Swahili}} * Swedish: [[köra för fort]] {{trans-bottom}} {{checktrans-top}}  * {{ttbc|Dutch}}: [[snellen]] {{checktrans-mid}} * {{ttbc|Indonesian}}: [[laju|melaju]] {{checktrans-bottom}} ===Anagrams=== * [[deeps]] [[zh-min-nan:speed]] [[ca:speed]] [[de:speed]] [[et:speed]] [[el:speed]] [[fa:speed]] [[fr:speed]] [[ko:speed]] [[io:speed]] [[id:speed]] [[it:speed]] [[kk:speed]] [[sw:speed]] [[lo:speed]] [[hu:speed]] [[nl:speed]] [[pl:speed]] [[pt:speed]] [[ru:speed]] [[simple:speed]] [[fi:speed]] [[sv:speed]] [[ta:speed]] [[te:speed]] [[th:speed]] [[uk:speed]] [[vi:speed]] [[zh:speed]]