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How to pronounce “accelerate

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Pronunciation guide for accelerate

Learning goal
Practice the English pronunciation of accelerate with real speech in context.
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8 YouTube examples
Real speech example
TED Explores: A New Climate VisionAnd suddenly things accelerate and accelerate and accelerate.
Definition summary
(transitive) To cause to move faster; to quicken the motion of; to add to the speed of.

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How to pronounce accelerate

TED Explores: A New Climate Vision

And suddenly things accelerate and accelerate and accelerate.

Example Sentences

A Deep Dive Into “accelerate

Meaning

  • [Verb]
  • (transitive) To cause to move faster; to quicken the motion of; to add to the speed of.
  • (transitive) To quicken the natural or ordinary progression or process of.
  • (transitive, physics) To cause a change of velocity.
  • (transitive) To hasten, as the occurrence of an event.
  • (transitive, education) To enable a student to finish a course of study in less than normal time.
  • (intransitive) To become faster; to begin to move more quickly.
  • (intransitive) Grow; increase.
  • [Adjective]
  • (archaic) Accelerated; quickened; hastened; hurried.

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