ACCELERATE


Meaning of ACCELERATE in English

(~s, accelerating, ~d)

1.

If the process or rate of something ~s or if something ~s it, it gets faster and faster.

Growth will ~ to 2.9 per cent next year...

The government is to ~ its privatisation programme.

VERB: V, V n

2.

When a moving vehicle ~s, it goes faster and faster.

Suddenly the car ~d...

She ~d away from the kerb.

VERB: V, V prep/adv

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