speed up
To accelerate; to increase speedTo accelerate; to increase speed.
Meaning
2 senses(idiomatic, intransitive)To accelerate; to increase speed.
The car sped up as it went around the corner.
beschleunigen
ускоря́тьсяuskorjátʹsja, уско́ритьсяuskóritʹsja, убыстря́тьсяubystrjátʹsja
приско́рюватиpryskórjuvaty, приско́ритиpryskóryty, пришви́дшуватиpryšvýdšuvaty
(transitive)To accelerate (something): to increase its speed, to make it go faster.
You shouldn't speed up your car when you go around corners.
move faster
Examples
74 sentencesSpeed it up.
Прискорся. — deniko
Let's try to speed things up.
I need to speed things up.
Let's try to speed things up, okay?
Let's try to speed things up, OK?
Translations
8 languagesBy meaning 1
By meaning 2
By meaning 1
Forms
speeds up, speeding up, speeded up, speeded up| Base form | speed up · to speed up |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | speeds up |
| Present participle | speeding up |
| Past simple | speeded up / sped up |
| Past participle | speeded up / sped up |
irregular · Lesson
Synonyms
18 synonyms- move faster:acceleratespeedquicken
- cause to move faster:acceleratespeed
Antonyms
11 antonymsWord family
4 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, irregular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Phrasal verbs: introduction — Because it is a phrasal verb
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary 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.