Meaning

11 senses
  1. (intransitive)To go fast.

    The Ferrari was speeding along the road.

    rasen

    нести́сьnestísʹ, мчатьсяmčatʹsja

    move very fast

  2. (intransitive)To exceed the speed limit.

    Why do you speed when the road is so icy?

  3. (transitive)To increase the rate at which something occurs.

  4. (intransitive, slang)To be under the influence of stimulant drugs, especially amphetamines.

  5. To cause to make haste; to dispatch with celerity; to drive at full speed; hence, to hasten; to hurry.

  6. To hasten to a conclusion; to expedite.

  7. (archaic, intransitive)To succeed; to prosper, be lucky.

  8. (archaic, transitive)To help someone, to give them fortune; to aid or favour.

    God speed, until we meet again.

  9. (obsolete)To be expedient.

  10. (archaic)To hurry to destruction; to put an end to; to ruin.

  11. (archaic)To wish success or good fortune to, in any undertaking, especially in setting out upon a journey.

Examples

723 sentences
  1. The driver maintained a high speed.

    Водій підтримував високу швидкість. — aandrusiak

    deDer Fahrer behielt eine hohe Geschwindigkeit bei. — kriskelvin

  2. Don't go above the speed limit.

    Не перевищуй швидкість. — triantafillou

    ruНе превышай скорость. — al_ex_an_der

    deNicht die Höchstgeschwindigkeit überschreiten! — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  3. Don't go over the speed limit.

    Не перевищуй швидкість. — triantafillou

    ruНе превышайте скорость. — odexed

    deNicht die Höchstgeschwindigkeit überschreiten! — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  4. You should drive at a safe speed.

    Ви мусите вести машину із безпечною швидкістю. — deniko

  5. There's no speed limit.

    Обмеження швидкості немає. — deniko

    ruОграничения по скорости нет. — urusu_tom

    deEs gibt keine Geschwindigkeitsbegrenzung. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

Translations

7 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
to go fast:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
to go fast:

Origin

From Middle English speden, from Old English spēdan (“to speed, prosper, succeed, have suc

From Middle English speden, from Old English spēdan (“to speed, prosper, succeed, have success”), from Proto-West Germanic *spōdijan (“to succeed”).

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Forms

speeds, speeding, sped, sped
Base formspeed · to speed
3rd person singularspeeds
Present participlespeeding
Past simplesped / speeded
Past participlesped / speeded

irregular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyspeed
he, she, itspeeds

Past simpleLesson

all personssped

Present perfectLesson

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

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill speed

Synonyms

18 synonyms

Word family

8 related words

Collocations

11 patterns
  • the speed limit
  • speed limit
  • over the speed
  • speed limit is
  • speed things up
  • a speeding ticket
  • speeding ticket
  • to speed things
  • got a speeding
  • high speed
  • speed things

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
speed — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto