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sped

/spɛd/

Meanings
  • Verb

    To travel at high speed.

    - "He sped through the city on his motorcycle."
    - "The cheetah is the fastest animal, able to sped up to 70 miles per hour."
  • Verb

    To make something move or happen quickly.

    - "She sped up the process by hiring extra help."
    - "The manager asked the team to sped up production."

Pronunciation
  1. /spɛd/



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Rhymes
Words rhyming with sped
led , bed , red
Variants
List of all variants of sped that leads to same result
SPED , SpEd , sped , speed , speeded , speeder , speeders , speeding , speeds
Etymology
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From the Old English word 'spedan', meaning 'to travel, to proceed'.


Trivia
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  1. The world's fastest land animal, the cheetah, can reach speeds of up to 70 miles per hour.

  2. The term 'sped' is also used in education to describe students with special education needs.


Related Concepts
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  1. Velocity: A vector quantity describing the rate of change of an object's displacement with respect to time.

  2. Speed: The rate at which an object moves or travels.


Culture
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In literature, 'sped' has been used to describe the swift movement or progress of characters or events. In music, 'Sped' is a genre of electronic dance music originating from Spain.

How to Memorize "sped"

  1. visualize

    - Visualize a car moving at high speed or an arrow flying through the air.

  2. associate

    - Associate the word 'sped' with the idea of moving quickly or traveling at high speeds.

  3. mnemonics

    - Create a mnemonic by remembering the word 'sped' as 'Swiftly Propelling Every Day'.


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