Meaning

2 senses

  1. (uncountable, usually)Maximum speed on a ship.

    Then he gave it full speed ahead, and shot us into the inlet.

  2. (idiomatic, uncountable)Maximum effort without reservations or delay.

    We got the OK on the conversion project. It's full speed ahead.

Examples

3 sentences

  1. Full speed ahead!

    ruПолный вперёд! — marafon

    deVolle Fahrt voraus! — Pfirsichbaeumchen

    sundown · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · A2Open on TatoebaReport a problem

  2. Things were getting full steam ahead in Algeria.

    Amastan · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · B1Open on TatoebaReport a problem

  3. A top Chinese health official said Friday the country was moving full steam ahead to develop vaccines for the coronavirus.

    Hybrid · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · C1Open on TatoebaReport a problem

Lessons for this word

1 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
fullA1fullnessfullyA2fumble

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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