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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
- 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.
- 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
- You notice that your breathing has speeded up a bit.
- Just the other day, I was almost run over by a two-wheeling speed demon who felt that a four-way stop applied to everyone but him and his Schwinn. Keith Ecker: Bikers vs. Drivers vs. Pedestrians: The War Wages On
- Speed ramps along College Road, put in to try and dissuade boy racers who use the road to cut from one side of the town to the other, have been branded useless.
- Theoretical speed limits for a single processor are being approached.
- 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.
- You may not be able to hurry love, but it seems you can speed up divorce proceedings with the push of a button. Times, Sunday Times
- The bereaved are normally anxious for a speedy conclusion in these tragic cases.
- A 15-year-old boy was killed in front of his father and brother when a speeding stolen car ploughed into him on a pedestrian crossing.