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US
/ˈspid/
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[ UK /spˈiːd/ ]
[ UK /spˈiːd/ ]
NOUN
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a rate (usually rapid) at which something happens
the project advanced with gratifying speed - distance travelled per unit time
- the ratio of the focal length to the diameter of a (camera) lens system
- changing location rapidly
- a central nervous system stimulant that increases energy and decreases appetite; used to treat narcolepsy and some forms of depression
VERB
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move very fast
The runner zipped past us at breakneck speed -
move faster
The car accelerated -
cause to move faster
He accelerated the car -
travel at an excessive or illegal velocity
I got a ticket for speeding -
move hurridly
He rushed down the hall to receive his guests
The cars raced down the street
How To Use speed In A Sentence
- However Its normally an extra mit full of cash in the pot from me as I try and turbo speed goffer the place dry This doesn't sound like a good deal. Army Rumour Service
- Our interneuronal connections in our brain, for example, process information at chemical signaling speeds of a few hundred feet per second, compared to a billion feet per second for electronics - electronics is a million times faster.
- You notice that your breathing has speeded up a bit.
- Distrust naturally creates distrust, and by nothing is good-will and kind conduct more speedily changed than by invidious jealousies and uncandid imputations, whether expressed or implied.
- The bereaved are normally anxious for a speedy conclusion in these tragic cases.
- Polar Instruments has added a flex-rigid PCB design option to the Speedstack PCB layer-stackup design system. Electronicstalk - electronics industry news
- The long punishing jaws of a borzoi can snatch up small and not-so-small varmints both wild or domestic with lightning speed.
- Concorde was the first supersonic passenger jet - capable of flying faster than the speed of sound. Times, Sunday Times
- Data costs about $0.05 per MB and it is pretty reliable and fastish I got about 380kbit/s connection speed. 2008 January « My Life in Kharkov
- As a streaming technology, tape drives work best when data is coming to them at their rated speed.
