Meaning

10 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)The state of moving quickly or the capacity for rapid motion.

    How does Usain Bolt run at that speed?

    Schnelligkeit, Geschwindigkeit

    ско́ростьskórostʹ

    шви́дкістьšvýdkistʹ

  2. (countable, uncountable)The rate of motion or action, specifically the magnitude of the velocity; the rate distance is traversed in a given time.

    Speed limits provide information to the drivers about the safe speed to travel in average conditions.

    Schnelligkeit, Geschwindigkeit

    ско́ростьskórostʹ

    distance travelled per unit time

  3. (countable, uncountable)The sensitivity to light of film, plates or sensor.

    Filmempfindlichkeit

    светочувстви́тельностьsvetočuvstvítelʹnostʹ

  4. (countable, uncountable)The duration of exposure, the time during which a camera shutter is open (shutter speed).

    вы́держкаvýderžka

  5. (countable, uncountable)The largest size of the lens opening at which a lens can be used.

  6. (countable, uncountable)The ratio of the focal length to the diameter of a photographic objective.

    относи́тельное отве́рстиеotnosítelʹnoje otvérstije

    the ratio of the focal length to the diameter of a (camera) lens system

  7. (slang, uncountable)Amphetamine or any amphetamine-based drug (especially methamphetamine) used as a stimulant, especially illegally.

    Speed, Pep, Amphe

  8. (countable, slang, uncountable)Personal preference.

    We could go to the shore next week, or somewhere else if that's not your speed.

  9. (uncountable)A third-order measure of derivative price sensitivity, expressed as the rate of change of gamma with respect to changes in the underlying asset price.

  10. (archaic, countable, uncountable)Luck, success, prosperity.

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

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
rapidity:
Русский
By meaning 4
rapidity:
photographic sensitivity to light:
exposure time — see also shutter speed:
focal ratio:
Deutsch
By meaning 3
rapidity:
photographic sensitivity to light:
slang: amphetamine:

Origin

From Middle English sped (“prosperity, good luck, quickness, success”), from Old English s

From Middle English sped (“prosperity, good luck, quickness, success”), from Old English spēd (“success”), from Proto-West Germanic *spōdi (“prosperity, success”), from Proto-West Germanic *spōan, from Proto-Germanic *spōaną (“to prosper, succeed, be happy”), from Proto-Indo-European *speh₁- (“to prosper, turn out well”).

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Forms

plural: speeds
Singularspeed
Pluralspeeds

regular

Synonyms

37 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

153 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
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