Meaning

4 senses
  1. (transitive)To accelerate the progress of.

    He expedited the search by alphabetizing the papers.

    beschleunigen

    поторапливатьpotoraplivatʹ, ускоря́тьuskorjátʹ, продвига́тьprodvigátʹ

    speed up the progress of; facilitate

  2. (broadly, transitive)To perform (a task) fast and efficiently.

    быстро выполня́тьbystro vypolnjátʹ, быстро справля́тьсяbystro spravljátʹsja

    process fast and efficiently

  3. To perform the duties of an expediter.

  4. (obsolete, transitive)To free from impediment; to release or set at liberty.

Examples

12 sentences
  1. We're trying to expedite the process.

    ruМы пытаемся ускорить процесс.

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  2. Would you like to expedite this order?

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  3. I'll drop out and grab my tank to expedite this.

    deIch wechsle auf meinen Tank, um das hier zu beschleunigen.

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  4. I created this automatic program to expedite the banal task of sorting these images.

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  5. Expedited delivery will cost an additional ten dollars.

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Translations

6 languages
Русский
By meaning 2
to accelerate the progress of:
to perform (a task) fast and efficiently:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
to accelerate the progress of:

Origin

From Latin expedītus (“unimpeded, unfettered”), perfect passive participle of expediō (“br

From Latin expedītus (“unimpeded, unfettered”), perfect passive participle of expediō (“bring forward, set right”).

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Forms

expedites, expediting, expedited, expedited
Base formexpedite · to expedite
3rd person singularexpedites
Present participleexpediting
Past simpleexpedited
Past participleexpedited

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyexpedite
he, she, itexpedites

Past simpleLesson

all personsexpedited

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave expedited
he, she, ithas expedited

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill expedite

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • speed up the progress of; facilitate:hasten

Antonyms

2 antonyms

Word family

13 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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