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Meaning of 'speed'
Meaning of 'speed' (Webster Dictionary)
1. Speed 
[ n.]
- Prosperity in an undertaking; favorable issue; success. [ n.]- The act or state of moving swiftly; swiftness; velocity; rapidly; rate of motion; dispatch; as, the speed a horse or a vessel.
- One who, or that which, causes or promotes speed or success.
- To go; to fare.
- To experience in going; to have any condition, good or ill; to fare.
- To fare well; to have success; to prosper.
- To make haste; to move with celerity.
- To be expedient.
2. Speed [ v. t.]
- To cause to be successful, or to prosper; hence, to aid;
to favor. [ v. t.]- To cause to make haste; to dispatch with celerity; to drive at full speed; hence, to hasten; to hurry.
- To hasten to a conclusion; to expedite.
- To hurry to destruction; to put an end to; to ruin; to undo.
- To wish success or god fortune to, in any undertaking, especially in setting out upon a journey.
Meaning of 'speed' (Princeton's WordNet)
1. speed [ n]
[ n]Meaning (1):
- a rate (usually rapid) at which something happens
- a rate (usually rapid) at which something happens
Example in sentence:
- the project advanced with gratifying speed
2. speed [ v]
[ v]Meaning (2):
- cause to move faster
- cause to move faster
Example in sentence:
- He accelerated the car
Meaning (3):
- move hurridly
- move hurridly
Example in sentence:
- He rushed down the hall to receive his guests;
- The cars raced down the street
Meaning (4):
- travel at an excessive or illegal velocity
- travel at an excessive or illegal velocity
Example in sentence:
- I got a ticket for speeding
Meaning (5):
- move faster
- move faster
Example in sentence:
- The car accelerated
Meaning (6):
- move very fast
- move very fast
Example in sentence:
- The runner zipped past us at breakneck speed
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