speed in English
- speed⇄ASA number orspeed
a number giving the sensitivity of a type of photographic film to light according to standards set by the American Standards Association. - speed⇄expr. speed up, to go or cause to go faster; increase in speed; accelerate.
Ex. The United States has agreed to speed up delivery of 36 F-104 Starfighters to Jordan (Manchester Guardian Weekly). - speed⇄noun 1. swift or rapid movement; quickness in moving from one place to another or in doing something.
Ex. to work with speed, the amazing speed with which a cat jumps on a mouse. He could run with the speed of a deer.
(SYN) rapidity, celerit - speed⇄speed, noun, verb, spedorspeeded,speeding.
- speed⇄v.i. 1. to go fast.
Ex. The boat sped over the water.
2. to go faster than is safe or lawful.
Ex. The car sped by the school bus. The car was caught speeding near the school zone.
3. (Archaic.) to succeed; prosper; thrive.speed⇄v.t. 1. to make go fast; hasten.
Ex. to speed a horse. Let's all help speed the work.
2. to send fast; hurry.
Ex. to speed reinforcements to the front.
3. to help forward for further; promote.
Ex. to speed a bill through C
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