beschleunigen — meaning in English
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English meaning
- accelerate verb To go faster, or to make something go faster.
- expedite verb To make a process happen faster.
- hasten verb To move or act quickly, or to make something happen sooner.
- hastening noun The process of becoming quicker, or making something happen sooner.
- precipitate verb To cause something to happen suddenly, often before it is ready to.
Senses
beschleunigen is used for these senses in English:
- accelerate (transitive) To cause to move faster; to quicken the motion of; to add to the speed of.
- accelerate (transitive) To quicken the natural or ordinary progression or process of.
- accelerate (intransitive) To become faster; to begin to move more quickly.
- expedite (transitive) To accelerate the progress of.
- hasten (transitive) To make someone speed up or make something happen quicker.
- hastening The act of speeding up; a growing faster.
- precipitate (transitive) To make something happen suddenly and quickly.
- speed up (idiomatic, intransitive) To accelerate; to increase speed.
accelerate — full definition
- verb To go faster, or to make something go faster.
- verb To make something happen sooner or more quickly than planned.
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