MEANING
Become faster, or cause something to happen at a faster rate.
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Words that belong together
- accelerate growth
- accelerate change
On the page
The new method accelerated the analysis of large samples.
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Opposite meanings
Word forms
- Base
- accelerate
- Past tense
- accelerated
- Past participle
- accelerated
- Present participle
- accelerating
Full tense & aspect guide
- Present
- accelerate
- Present continuous
- am/is/are accelerating
- Present perfect
- have/has accelerated
- Present perfect continuous
- have/has been accelerating
- Past
- accelerated
- Past continuous
- was/were accelerating
- Past perfect
- had accelerated
- Past perfect continuous
- had been accelerating
- Future
- will accelerate
- Future continuous
- will be accelerating
- Future perfect
- will have accelerated
- Future perfect continuous
- will have been accelerating
Choose the auxiliary that agrees with your subject. These are constructions of one word, not separate entries.
Usage notes
Primary category: academic / formal. Forms: accelerate; accelerates; accelerated; accelerated; accelerating Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: analysis, explanation, evaluation. Commonness: moderately common. Third-person singular: accelerates.
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