| query | S____ is a very fast rate at which something happens or is done.Speed is a very fast rate at which something happens or is done. I was amazed at his speed of working. ...the sheer speed of the unification process. |
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| word | speed |
| full-definition | noun The speed of something is the rate at which it moves or travels. He drove off at high speed. With this type of camera, the shutter speed is fixed. An electrical pulse in a wire travels close to the speed of light. Wind speeds reached force five. The speed of something is the rate at which it happens or is done. In the late 1850s the speed of technological change quickened. Each learner can proceed at his own speed. Speed is very fast movement or travel. Speed is the essential ingredient of all athletics. He put on a burst of speed. The car is quite noisy at speed. Speed is a very fast rate at which something happens or is done. I was amazed at his speed of working. ...the sheer speed of the unification process. Speed is an illegal drug such as amphetamine which some people take to increase their energy and excitement . verb If you speed somewhere, you move or travel there quickly, usually in a vehicle. Cars continue to speed through our beautiful village. The engine noise rises only slightly as I speed along. Someone who is speeding is driving a vehicle faster than the legal speed limit. This man was not qualified to drive and was speeding. He was fined for speeding last year. |
| inflections | speedsspeedingspedspeededspeeding |
| cefr-level | B2 |
Tags: oxford5k::cefr-level:b2
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