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View synonyms for speed-up

speed-up

[ speed-uhp ]

noun

  1. an increasing of speed.
  2. an imposed increase in the rate of production of a worker without a corresponding increase in the rate of pay.


speed up

verb

  1. to increase or cause to increase in speed or rate; accelerate
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


noun

  1. an instance of this; acceleration
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Usage

The past tense and past participle of speed up is speeded up , not sped up
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Word History and Origins

Origin of speed-up1

First recorded in 1920–25; noun use of verb phrase speed up
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Idioms and Phrases

Accelerate, expedite, increase the rate, as in The car speeded up as it went downhill , or It's difficult to speed up production without new equipment . [Late 1800s]
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Example Sentences

The rest of us get meaningful information that may speed up the development of the next great medical intervention.

As a result, a satellite passing over a higher-mass region would speed up very slightly, and slow down over a lower-mass one.

The administration has been trying to speed up the delivery of F-16 fighter jets and 24 Apache helicopters to Iraq.

The Food and Drug Administration has taken steps to speed up the process for approving cancer drugs.

But the most bizarre aspect was how time seemed to slow down and speed up without warning.

Sara Lee heard his car going at its usual breakneck speed up the street, and went to the door.

He climbed up the hand-and footholds the sea-monster lamp disclosed, wishing the mermen ahead would speed up.

He pulled his throttle back, shot the speed up, rumbling down the hill, toward the village.

He frowned and bit his moustache, and in the annoyance of the moment spurred his horse full speed up the castle road.

It was indeed Blant, making desperate speed up the steep slope.

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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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