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Definition of 'SPEED'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) speed
rapidity in moving, traveling, performing, etc.; swiftness.

2.  speed
relative rate of motion or progress:
the speed of light.

3.  speed
a gear ratio in a motor vehicle or bicycle.

4.  speed
the sensitivity of a photographic film or paper to light.

5.  speed
the length of time a shutter is opened to expose film.

6.  speed
the largest opening at which a lens can be used.

7.  speed
Slang. a stimulating drug, esp. methamphetamine or amphetamine.

8.  speed
a person, thing, activity, etc., that suits one's ability, inclinations, or personality:
Quiet, easygoing people are more my speed.

9.  speed
Archaic. success or prosperity.

10. (v.t.) speed
to promote the success of; further, forward, or expedite.

11.  speed
to direct (the course, way, etc.) with speed.

12.  speed
to increase the rate of speed of (usu. fol. by up):
to speed up production.

13.  speed
to cause to move or go with speed.

14.  speed
Archaic. to cause to succeed or prosper.

15. (v.i.) speed
to go or proceed with rapidity.

16.  speed
to drive a vehicle at a rate that exceeds the legal limit.

17.  speed
to increase the rate of speed (usu. fol. by up).

18.  speed
to get on or fare in a specified or particular manner.

19.  speed
Archaic. to succeed or prosper.

20.  speed
at the greatest speed possible.

21.  speed
to the maximum of one's capabilities.

22.  speed
operating at full or optimum speed.

23.  speed
functioning at an anticipated or competitive level:
a new firm not yet up to speed.

Etymology: (bef. 900; (n.) ME spede good luck, prosperity, rapidity, OE spēd, c. OS spōd, OHG spuot)

Definition of 'SPEED'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) speed, velocity
distance travelled per unit time

2. (noun) speed, swiftness, fastness
a rate (usually rapid) at which something happens
"the project advanced with gratifying speed"

3. (noun) speed, speeding, hurrying
changing location rapidly

4. (noun) focal ratio, f number, stop number, speed
the ratio of the focal length to the diameter of a (camera) lens system

5. (verb) amphetamine, pep pill, upper, speed
a central nervous system stimulant that increases energy and decreases appetite; used to treat narcolepsy and some forms of depression

6. (verb) rush, hotfoot, hasten, hie, speed, race, pelt along, rush along, cannonball along, bucket along, belt along, step on it
move fast
"He rushed down the hall to receive his guests"; "The cars raced down the street"

7. (verb) accelerate, speed up, speed, quicken
move faster
"The car accelerated"

8. (verb) travel rapidly, speed, hurry, zip
move very fast
"The runner zipped past us at breakneck speed"

9. (verb) speed
travel at an excessive or illegal velocity
"I got a ticket for speeding"

10. (verb) accelerate, speed, speed up
cause to move faster
"He accelerated the car"

Definition of 'SPEED'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (noun) speed
the pace or rate of movement
a maximum speed of 70 miles per hour; wind speed

2.  speed
an illegal drug
to be on speed

3. (verb) speed
to drive a vehicle faster than is permitted by law
Many accidents occur as a result of people speeding.

4.  speed
to increase the speed with which sth happens
research intended to speed the development of new vaccines

5.  speed
to move somewhere very quickly
She sped down the hall.

Definition of 'SPEED'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) SPEED
prosperity in an undertaking; favorable issue; success

2. (noun) SPEED
the act or state of moving swiftly; swiftness; velocity; rapidly; rate of motion; dispatch; as, the speed a horse or a vessel

3. (noun) SPEED
one who, or that which, causes or promotes speed or success

4. (noun) SPEED
to go; to fare

5. (noun) SPEED
to experience in going; to have any condition, good or ill; to fare

6. (noun) SPEED
to fare well; to have success; to prosper

7. (noun) SPEED
to make haste; to move with celerity

8. (noun) SPEED
to be expedient

9. (verb) SPEED
to cause to be successful, or to prosper; hence, to aid; to favor

10. (verb) SPEED
to cause to make haste; to dispatch with celerity; to drive at full speed; hence, to hasten; to hurry

11. (verb) SPEED
to hasten to a conclusion; to expedite

12. (verb) SPEED
to hurry to destruction; to put an end to; to ruin; to undo

13. (verb) SPEED
to wish success or god fortune to, in any undertaking, especially in setting out upon a journey

Translation of 'SPEED'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: rate of moving a slow speed; The car was travelling at high speed.
Afrikaans: spoed	Arabic: سُرْعَه	Bulgarian: скорост
Brazilian: velocidade	Czech: rychlost	German: die Geschwindigkeit
Danish: fart; hastighed	Greek: ταχύτητα	Spanish: velocidad
Estonian: kiirus	Farsi: سرعت	Finnish: nopeus
French: vitesse	Hebrew: מְהִירוּת	Hindi: चाल, गति
Croatian: brzina	Hungarian: sebesség	Indonesian: kecepatan
Icelandic: hraði	Italian: velocità	Japanese: 速度
Korean: 속도	Lithuanian: greitis	Latvian: ātrums
Malay: kelajuan	Dutch: snelheid	Norwegian: hastighet, fart
Polish: prędkość	Persian: سرعت	Pashto: سرعت
Portuguese: velocidade	Romanian: viteză	Russian: скорость
Slovak: rýchlosť	Slovenian: hitrost, brzina	Serbian: brzina
Swedish: hastighet, fart	Thai: อัตราความเร็ว	Turkish: hız, sürat
Taiwanese: 速度	Ukrainian: швидкість	Urdu: شرح رفتار
Vietnamese: tốc độ	Chinese: 速度
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