English Dictionary

accelerate

IPA（発音記号）

/ək.ˈsɛl.ə.ˌɹeɪt/

動詞

他動詞 自動詞 別表記 異形 廃用

(transitive) To cause to move faster; to quicken the motion of; to add to the speed of. / (transitive) To quicken the natural or ordinary progression or process of.

日本語の意味

物や機械などの速度を増す、速める。 / 運動や進行の速度を上げる、促進する。

The engineer had to accelerate the prototype vehicle to evaluate its handling at high speeds.

エンジニアはプロトタイプ車を加速させて、高速時の操縦性を評価しなければならなかった。

意味（1）

(transitive) To cause to move faster; to quicken the motion of; to add to the speed of.

意味（2）

(transitive) To quicken the natural or ordinary progression or process of.

to accelerate the growth of a plant, the increase of wealth, etc.

意味（3）

(transitive, physics) To cause a change of velocity.

意味（4）

(transitive) To hasten, as the occurrence of an event.

to accelerate our departure

意味（5）

(transitive, education) To enable a student to finish a course of study in less than normal time.

意味（6）

(intransitive) To become faster; to begin to move more quickly.

意味（7）

(intransitive) Grow; increase.

意味（8）

(obsolete) Alternative form of accelerated

accelerates （ present singular third-person ）

accelerating （ participle present ）

accelerated （ participle past ）

accelerated （ past ）