speed up

See also: speed-up and speedup

English

Pronunciation

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Verb

speed up (third-person singular simple present speeds up, present participle speeding up, simple past and past participle speeded up or sped up)

1. (idiomatic, intransitive) To accelerate; to increase speed.

   The car sped up as it went around the corner.

2. (transitive) To increase the speed of something; to make something go faster.

   You shouldn't speed up your car when you go around corners.

Synonyms

• accelerate
• gain momentum
• pick up speed

Antonyms

• slow down

Translations

increase speed (intransitive)

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 加速 (zh) (jiāsù), 加快 (zh) (jiākuài), 變快／变快, 变快 (biànkuài)

• Czech: zrychlit (cs)
• Finnish: kiihdyttää (fi), lisätä vauhtia, nopeutua, vauhdittua
• French: accélérer (fr)
• Georgian: დაჩქარება (dačkareba), აჩქარება (ačkareba)
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• Ido: rapideskar
• Norman: prendre dé l'ièrre
• Romanian: accelera (ro), iuți (ro), grăbi (ro)
• Russian: ускоря́ться (ru) impf (uskorjátʹsja), уско́риться (ru) pf (uskóritʹsja), убыстря́ться (ru) impf (ubystrjátʹsja), убы́стриться (ru) pf (ubýstritʹsja), увели́чивать ско́рость impf (uvelíčivatʹ skórostʹ), увели́чить ско́рость pf (uvelíčitʹ skórostʹ)
• Spanish: acelerar (es), apurarse (es)
• Tagalog: bilisan

increase speed (transitive)

• Belarusian: паскара́ць impf (paskarácʹ), паско́рыць pf (paskórycʹ)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 加速 (zh) (jiāsù), 加快 (zh) (jiākuài)

• Czech: zrychlit (cs)
• Finnish: kiihdyttää (fi), nopeuttaa (fi), vauhdittaa
• French: accélérer (fr)
• Georgian: დაჩქარება (dačkareba)
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• Ido: rapidigar
• Japanese: スピードを出す (スピードをだす, supīdo wo dasu)
• Latin: accelerō
• Romanian: accelera (ro)
• Russian: ускоря́ть (ru) impf (uskorjátʹ), уско́рить (ru) pf (uskóritʹ), убыстря́ть (ru) impf (ubystrjátʹ), убы́стрить (ru) pf (ubýstritʹ)
• Spanish: acelerar (es), apurar (es)
• Tagalog: bilisan

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• Icelandic: ^{(please verify)} auka hraða
• Latin: ^{(please verify)} addō gradum
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• Serbo-Croatian: ^{(please verify)} ubr̀zati (sh) pf, ^{(please verify)} ubrzávati (sh) impf