word | accelerate |
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definition | verb If the process or rate of something accelerates or if something accelerates it, it gets faster and faster. Growth will accelerate to 2.9% next year. The government is to accelerate its privatisation programme. When a moving vehicle accelerates, it goes faster and faster. Suddenly the car accelerated. She accelerated away from us. |
inflections | acceleratesacceleratingaccelerated |
cefr-level | C1 |
Tags: oxford5k::cefr-level:c1
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