MEANING
To make a procedure or task move toward completion more quickly.
Use it for
Words that belong together
- expedite approval
- expedite delivery
On the page
A single contact point expedited the approval process.
Nearby words
Opposite meanings
Word forms
- Base
- expedite
- Past tense
- expedited
- Past participle
- expedited
- Present participle
- expediting
Full tense & aspect guide
- Present
- expedite
- Present continuous
- am/is/are expediting
- Present perfect
- have/has expedited
- Present perfect continuous
- have/has been expediting
- Past
- expedited
- Past continuous
- was/were expediting
- Past perfect
- had expedited
- Past perfect continuous
- had been expediting
- Future
- will expedite
- Future continuous
- will be expediting
- Future perfect
- will have expedited
- Future perfect continuous
- will have been expediting
Choose the auxiliary that agrees with your subject. These are constructions of one word, not separate entries.
Usage notes
Primary category: academic / formal. Forms: expedite; expedites; expedited; expedited; expediting 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. Commonness: moderately common. Third-person singular: expedites.
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