expedite
See also: expedité
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Latin expedītus (“unimpeded, unfettered”), perfect passive participle of expediō (“bring forward, set right”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈɛk.spəˌdaɪt/
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈɛk.spɪˌdaɪt/
Audio (US): (file) Audio (General Australian): (file) - Hyphenation: ex‧pe‧dite
Verb
[edit]expedite (third-person singular simple present expedites, present participle expediting, simple past and past participle expedited)
- (transitive) To accelerate the progress of.
- He expedited the search by alphabetizing the papers.
- 1950 October, “Notes and News: Early Multiple-Unit Trains, C.L.R.”, in Railway Magazine, page 712:
- The bodies and bogies were built by more than one firm, to expedite the work, and the electrical equipment was supplied by the British Thomson-Houston Co. Ltd.
- 1960 June, “British cars go by rail: I-The L.M.R. wins new Anglo-Scottish traffic”, in Trains Illustrated, page 335:
- […] moreover, there are times of pressure when, to expedite deliveries, cars may be driven in what should otherwise be the running-in period at speeds that do them no good - and over long distances too.
- (transitive, by extension) To perform (a task) fast and efficiently.
- To perform the duties of an expediter.
- (transitive, obsolete) To free from impediment; to release or set at liberty.
Antonyms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]to accelerate the progress of
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to perform (a task) fast and efficiently
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to perform the duties of an expediter
See also
[edit]Adjective
[edit]expedite (comparative more expedite, superlative most expedite)
- Free of impediment; unimpeded.
- 1594, Richard Hooker, edited by J[ohn] S[penser], Of the Lawes of Ecclesiastical Politie, […], 3rd edition, London: […] Will[iam] Stansby [for Matthew Lownes], published 1611, →OCLC, book III, page 91:
- […] to make the way plaine and expedite […]
- Expeditious; quick; prompt.
- 1671, John Tillotson, “Sermon IV. The Advantages of Religion to Particular Persons. Psalm XIX. 11.”, in The Works of the Most Reverend Dr. John Tillotson, Late Lord Archbishop of Canterbury: […], London: […] B. Aylmer, […]; [a]nd W. Rogers, […], published 1696, →OCLC:
- nimble and expedite […] in its operation
- 1689 (indicated as 1690), [John Locke], “Of other simple Modes”, in An Essay Concerning Humane Understanding. […], London: […] Eliz[abeth] Holt, for Thomas Basset, […], →OCLC, book II, § 7, page 111:
- […] Speech in general (which is a very ſhort and expedite way of conveying their Thoughts one to another) […]
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- Douglas Harper (2001–2025), “expedite”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From expedītus (“unimpeded, unfettered”), perfect passive participle of expediō (“liberate, free”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ɛk.spɛˈdiː.teː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ek.speˈdiː.te]
Adverb
[edit]expedītē (comparative expedītius, superlative expedītissimē)
Related terms
[edit]References
[edit]- “expedite”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “expedite”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “expedite”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Spanish
[edit]Verb
[edit]expedite
- second-person singular voseo imperative of expedir combined with te
- inflection of expeditar:
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