speed up

Meanings

• Verb

  To make something happen or move faster.

  - "Can you speed up the process please?"
  - "The traffic was moving slowly, but we managed to speed it up."
  - "He asked his assistant to speed up the project."

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Pronunciation

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Antonyms

slow down

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Synonyms

accelerate , gain , momentum , pick up speed

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Rhymes

Words rhyming with speed up
heaps , deeps , keep , seeps

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Variants

List of all variants of speed up that leads to same result
speedup , speedups

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Etymology

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The word 'speed up' comes from the Old English 'spedian' which means 'to hasten'. It is related to the word 'speed' which means 'quickness' or 'rate'.

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Trivia

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1. The world's fastest land animal is the cheetah, which can reach speeds of up to 75 miles per hour.

2. The fastest speed ever recorded for a human is 277.8 mph, achieved by ThrustSSC, a super-sonic car.

3. The term 'speed limit' was first used in the United States in 1901, when the Maximum Speed Limits Act was passed in Ohio.

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Related Concepts

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1. Acceleration: Acceleration is the rate at which the velocity of an object changes. It is a vector quantity, meaning it has both magnitude and direction. Speed up is a synonym for accelerate.

2. Time management: Time management is the process of planning and exercising conscious control of time spent on specific activities, especially to increase effectiveness, efficiency, and productivity.

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Culture

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In literature, the phrase 'speed up' is often used to describe a sense of urgency or excitement. For example, in F. Scott Fitzgerald's novel 'The Great Gatsby', the character Nick Carraway describes the party at Gatsby's mansion as 'a wild and exciting place where you could 'speed up' with anything or anyone'.

How to Memorize "speed up"

1. visualize
   

   - Visualize a car going faster and faster as you say 'speed up'.

2. associate
   

   - Associate the word 'speed up' with the image of a runner in a race, trying to catch up to the leader.

3. mnemonics
   

   - Use the mnemonic 'S-P-E-E-D' to remember the definition: 'S' for 'faster', 'P' for 'process', 'E' for 'everything', 'E' for 'excite', 'D' for 'do'

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