speed
(spēd)n.
1. Physics The rate or a measure of the rate of motion, especially:
a. Distance traveled divided by the time of travel.
b. The limit of this quotient as the time of travel becomes vanishingly small; the first derivative of distance with respect to time.
c. The magnitude of a velocity.
2. Swiftness of action: He wrote the first chapter with great speed.
3.
a. The act of moving rapidly: finished the race in a burst of speed.
b. The state of being in rapid motion; rapidity: The river's speed made a rescue difficult.
4. A transmission gear or set of gears in a motor vehicle: What speed is the car in now?
5.
a. A numerical expression of the sensitivity of a photographic film, plate, or paper to light.
b. The capacity of a lens to accumulate light at an appropriate aperture.
c. The length of time required or permitted for a camera shutter to open and admit light.
6. Slang A stimulant drug, especially amphetamine or methamphetamine.
7. Slang One that suits or appeals to a person's inclinations, skills, or character: Living in a large city is not my speed.
8. Archaic Prosperity; luck.
v. sped (spĕd) or speed·ed, speed·ing, speeds
v.intr.
1.
a. To go, move, or proceed quickly: sped to the rescue.
b. To drive at a speed exceeding a legal limit: was speeding on the freeway.
2. To pass quickly: The days sped by. The months have sped along.
3. To move, work, or happen at a faster rate; accelerate: His pulse speeded up.
4. Slang To be under the influence of a stimulant drug.
5. Archaic
a. To prove successful; prosper.
b. To get along in a specified manner; fare.
v.tr.
Idioms: 1. To cause to move or proceed quickly; hasten: no wind to speed the boat.
2. To increase the speed or rate of; accelerate. Often used with up: speed up a car; sped up production.
3. To further, promote, or expedite (a legal action, for example).
4. Archaic To help to succeed or prosper; aid.
at speed
At high speed: added a spoiler to the car to reduce lift when operating at speed.
up to speed
1. Operating at maximum speed. Producing something or performing at an acceptable rate or level.
2. Informal Fully informed; conversant: I'm not up to speed on these issues yet.
Synonyms: speed, hurry, hasten, quicken, accelerate
These verbs mean to proceed or cause to proceed rapidly or more rapidly. Speed refers to swift motion or action: The train sped through the countryside. Postal workers labored overtime to speed delivery of the holiday mail. Hurry implies a markedly faster rate than usual, often with concomitant confusion or commotion: Hurry, or you'll miss the plane! Don't let anyone hurry you into making a decision. Hasten suggests urgency and often eager or rash swiftness: My doctor hastened to reassure me that the tests were negative. His off-color jokes only hastened his dismissal. Quicken and especially accelerate refer to increase in rate of activity, growth, or progress: The skater's breathing quickened as he neared the end of his routine. The runner quickened her pace as she drew near the finish line. The economic expansion has continued but is no longer accelerating. Heat greatly accelerates the deterioration of perishable foods. See Also Synonyms at haste.
These verbs mean to proceed or cause to proceed rapidly or more rapidly. Speed refers to swift motion or action: The train sped through the countryside. Postal workers labored overtime to speed delivery of the holiday mail. Hurry implies a markedly faster rate than usual, often with concomitant confusion or commotion: Hurry, or you'll miss the plane! Don't let anyone hurry you into making a decision. Hasten suggests urgency and often eager or rash swiftness: My doctor hastened to reassure me that the tests were negative. His off-color jokes only hastened his dismissal. Quicken and especially accelerate refer to increase in rate of activity, growth, or progress: The skater's breathing quickened as he neared the end of his routine. The runner quickened her pace as she drew near the finish line. The economic expansion has continued but is no longer accelerating. Heat greatly accelerates the deterioration of perishable foods. See Also Synonyms at haste.
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speed
(spiːd)n
1. the act or quality of acting or moving fast; rapidity
2. the rate at which something moves, is done, or acts
3. (General Physics) physics a scalar measure of the rate of movement of a body expressed either as the distance travelled divided by the time taken (average speed) or the rate of change of position with respect to time at a particular point (instantaneous speed). It is measured in metres per second, miles per hour, etc
4. (Mechanical Engineering) a rate of rotation, usually expressed in revolutions per unit time
5. (Mechanical Engineering)
a. a gear ratio in a motor vehicle, bicycle, etc
b. (in combination): a three-speed gear.
6. (Photography) photog a numerical expression of the sensitivity to light of a particular type of film, paper, or plate. See also ISO rating
7. (Photography) photog a measure of the ability of a lens to pass light from an object to the image position, determined by the aperture and also the transmitting power of the lens. It increases as the f-number is decreased and vice versa
8. (Recreational Drugs) a slang word for amphetamine
9. archaic prosperity or success
10. at speed quickly
11. up to speed
a. operating at an acceptable or competitive level
b. in possession of all the relevant or necessary information
vb, speeds, speeding, sped or speeded
12. to move or go or cause to move or go quickly
13. (Law) (intr) to drive (a motor vehicle) at a high speed, esp above legal limits
14. (Automotive Engineering) (intr) to drive (a motor vehicle) at a high speed, esp above legal limits
15. (tr) to help further the success or completion of
16. (Recreational Drugs) (intr) slang to take or be under the influence of amphetamines
17. (Mechanical Engineering) (intr) to operate or run at a high speed
18. archaic
a. (intr) to prosper or succeed
b. (tr) to wish success to
[Old English spēd (originally in the sense: success); related to spōwan to succeed, Latin spēs hope, Old Slavonic spěti to be lucky]
ˈspeeder n
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speed
(spid)n., v. sped speed•ed, speed•ing. n.
1. rapidity in moving, traveling, performing, etc.; swiftness.
2. relative rate of motion or progress: the speed of light.
3. a gear ratio in a motor vehicle or bicycle.
4.
a. the sensitivity of a photographic film or paper to light.
b. the length of time a shutter is opened to expose film.
c. the largest opening at which a lens can be used.
5. Slang. a stimulating drug, esp. methamphetamine or amphetamine.
6. a person, thing, activity, etc., that suits one's ability, inclinations, or personality: Quiet, easygoing people are more my speed.
7. Archaic. success or prosperity.
v.t. 8. to promote the success of; further, forward, or expedite.
9. to direct (the course, way, etc.) with speed.
10. to increase the rate of speed of (usu. fol. by up): to speed up production.
11. to cause to move or go with speed.
12. Archaic. to cause to succeed or prosper.
v.i. 13. to go or proceed with rapidity.
14. to drive a vehicle at a rate that exceeds the legal limit.
15. to increase the rate of speed (usu. fol. by up).
16. to get on or fare in a specified or particular manner.
17. Archaic. to succeed or prosper.
Idioms: 1. at full or top speed,
a. at the greatest speed possible.
b. to the maximum of one's capabilities.
2. up to speed,
a. operating at full or optimum speed.
b. functioning at an anticipated or competitive level: a new firm not yet up to speed.
[before 900; (n.) Middle English spede good luck, prosperity, rapidity, Old English spēd, c. Old Saxon spōd, Old High German spuot]
speed′er, n.
syn: speed, velocity, celerity refer to swift or energetic movement or operation. speed may apply to human or nonhuman activity; it emphasizes the rate in time at which something travels or operates: the speed of an automobile; the speed of thought. velocity, a more technical term, is commonly used to refer to high rates of speed: the velocity of a projectile. celerity, a somewhat literary term, usu. refers to human movement or operation, and emphasizes dispatch or economy in an activity: the celerity of his response.
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Speed
See Also: RUNNING
- (Poems have become) as instant as coffee or onion soup mix —Donald Hall
- (They’ll whip her back … ) as quick as shit through a goose —Derek Lambert
- As swift as meditation, or the thoughts of love —William Shakespeare
- As swiftly as a reach of still water is crisped by the wind —Rudyard Kipling
- Be not in a hurry, like the almond, first to blossom and last to ripen. Be rather like the mulberry, last to blossom and first to ripen —The Holy Bible/Apocrypha
- The crowd was moving fast … like a big spread ravelling, and the separate threads disappeared down the dark street —Flannery O’Connor
- Drive [a car] like the hounds of hell —Rosamund Pilcher
- Fast as a bird on the wing —Anon
- Fast as a cat scurrying up a tree at the approach of a strange dog —Anon
- Fast as a cook cracks eggs —Thomas Nash
- Fast as a heartbeat —John D. MacDonald
- Fast as a jet —Mark Helprin
- Fast as a pickpocket —Anon
- Fast as a propeller —Bertold Brecht
- (Scrambles into the room,) fast as a spider —Robert Silverberg
- Fast as greased lightning —American colloquialism
- Fast as the blink of an eye —Anon
- Fast-moving as the gray fox that climbs trees after squirrels —Marge Piercy
- (Little and) fleet as a terrier running beside a bloodhound —Erich Maria Remarque
- (To vanish,) fleet as days and months and years, fleet as the generations of mankind —William Wordsworth
- Flying like ice in a sleet storm —Ben Ames Williams
- Fly like a donkey with pepper up its behind —Aharon Megged
- Galloped through [religious mass] like a man with witches after him —Edith Wharton
- Goes like a ship-lash flicked across a horse’s neck —Rudyard Kipling
- Going like flames —Samuel Beckett
- Going like sixty —F. D. Reeve
- Go like a house afire —Anon
One of many “Go like” similes that have worked their way into the American language mainstream since the late 1830s. Some other examples: “Go like a shot,” “Go like hell” and “Go like mad.”
- Go through like a dose of salts —American colloquialism
While purgative salts are pretty much a thing of the past, the simile endures as a way to describe a very rapid pace. With the penchant for brand names, “Go through like Ex-Lax” has become a common alternative.
- Go through them [reading materials] like a kid through potato chips —James Crumley
- He rushed past her like a football tackle —James Thurber
- (Wedding plans were) hurtling along like a train on tracks —Paul Reidinger
- Insectlike swiftness —Saul Bellow
- It must be done like lightning —Ben Jonson
- Just a glance, like passing your eyes over the spines of books without being able to read the title … that quick —Arthur A. Cohen
See Also: LOOKS
- (Scurried off, his) legs going like a windmill —Paige Mitchell
See Also: MOVEMENT
- Like a sunbeam, swift and bright —Sir Walter Scott
- Move with the speed of a Grand Prix Racer —Anon
- Moving fast as a train —Anon
- My days are swifter than a weaver’s shuttle —The Holy Bible/Job
While this simile is not much used these days, it is the one that has seeded the many contemporary variations.
- Quick and nimble, more like a bear than a squirrel —Henry G. Bohn’s Handbook of Proverbs
- Quick as a lizard —Anthony Trollope
- Quick as an attack dog —Gloria Norris
- (Acted) quick as a knife —Penelope Gilliatt
- (The wolf … ate her up as) quick as a slap —Anne Sexton
- Quick as a striking snake —George Garrett
- Quick as a weasel —Robert B. Parker
- Quick as a wink —Anon
While variations such as “Quick as dust” and “Quick as scat” have faded from the American vocabulary, “Quick as a wink” endures to the point of overuse.
- (Goes) quick as light —Noël Coward, lyrics for “Chase Me Charlie”
- Quick as lightning —Frances Sheridan
The American adaption of the simile first used by Sheridan in a play named Discovery is “Quick as greased lightning.”
- Quick as mercury —Marguerite Yourcenar
- (Slipped down) quick as minnows —Marge Piercy
- (Barry’s eye was as) quick as sound —Frank Swinnerton
- Quicker than a crab underwater —John Updike
- Quicker than boiling asparagus —Caesar Augustus
According to Stevenson’s Proverbs, Maxims and Famous Sayings, Augustus used this expression whenever he wanted anything to be done fast.
- Quick on his feet as a running deer —Stephen Vincent Benét
- (Lavella’s brain) raced like a trapped rabbit —William Beechcroft
- (Feet) rapid as the river —Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
- Rash as fire —William Shakespeare
- (Raleigh) rushed through (these hypotheses) like rosary beads —Michael Malone
- (Men) rushing like they were bolt out of a cannon —Richard Ford
- Rushing wildly from room to room like a flustered hen —Christopher Isherwood
- Scurried like a crab —Michael Malone
- She was so swift … it was like having a small cute dog with you —Isak Dinesen
- Some people are too fast for their own good, like Asahel in the Book of Samuel —Saul Bellow
- Sped around like intergalactic missiles —Lisa Harris
Harris’s simile describes the activity of the Lubavitcher women in Crown Heights, the subject of her book The World of a Hasidic Family.
- (The game) speeds along like a fast freight —W. P. Kinsella
The game speeding along is baseball, the background for The Iowa Baseball Confederacy and other Kinsella novels.
- Speedy as a steam roller —George Ade
- Started for me (as to attack) like a streak of lightning —Rex Stout
- Swift as a cloud between sea and sky —Percy Bysshe Shelley
- Swift as a greyhound —Ouida
- Swift as a mugger —David Leavitt
- Swift as an arrow —Anon
This has been attributed to numerous sources dating back to the early seventeenth century.
- Swift as a plunging knife —Rudyard Kipling
- Swift as a shadow —William Shakespeare
- Swift as desire —Mary Pix
- Swift as fear —Thomas Parnell
- Swift as the eagle (flieth) —The Holy Bible/Deuteronomy
- Swift as the waters —The Holy Bible/Job
- Swift as thought —William Shakespeare
- Swift as unbridled rage —Henry Abbey
- Swifter than the wind —William Shakespeare
- Swift in motion as a ball —William Shakespeare
- (Fluttering her bristly black lashes as) swiftly as butterflies’ wings —Margaret Mitchell
The girl fluttering her lashes is Scarlett O’Hara of Gone with the Wind fame.
- Travelling fast as a wish —Elizabeth Bishop
- (The race) went by like an express train —Enid Bagnold
- (She dressed and) went off like a top with the whip behind it —Vicki Baum
- Went past … like lightning past a hill —Jessamyn West
- Went through it like a clown through a paper hoop —Temole Scott
- Went through like shit through a tin horn —American colloquialism
Similes Dictionary, 1st Edition. © 1988 The Gale Group, Inc. All rights reserved.
speed
Fast, quick, rapid, and swift are all used to say taht something moves or happens with great speed. Rapid and swift are not usually used in conversation.
Fast is used both as an adjective and an adverb. There is no adverb 'fastly'.
...fast communications.
I ran as fast as I could.
1. 'quick'
Quick is an adjective. You do not usually used it as an adverb. Instead you use the adverb quickly.
It is this muscle which gives us our quick, springing movements.
I walked quickly up the passage.
In conversation, you can use the comparative form quicker as an adverb.
I swam on a bit quicker.
Goats could ruin a farmer's field quicker than baboons.
He began to speak more quickly.
You can use the superlative form quickest as an adverb in speech or writing.
...and Freedman reacted quickest to head the ball into the net.
2. 'rapid' and 'swift'
Rapid and swift are adjectives. The corresponding adverbs are rapidly and swiftly.
Jobs tend to be plentiful at a time of rapid economic growth.
They walked rapidly past the churchyard.
...a swift decision.
He walked swiftly towards home.
3. asking about speed
Fast is the word you usually use when you are asking about the speed of something.
How fast is the fish swimming?
...looking out of the window to see how fast we were going.
4. vehicles
You use fast to say that a vehicle is capable of moving with great speed.
...a fastcar.
5. people
You do not usually use fast to talk about people, but you can use it in front of words like driver and runner to say that someone drives quickly or is capable of running quickly.
Not being a fast runner, I was glad I had parked close to the hall.
6. changes
When you are talking about the speed at which something increases or decreases, you usually use rapid.
People are worried about the rapid and massive increase in military spending.
7. no delay
Fast, immediate, quick, rapid, and swift are all used to say that something happens without any delay.
I only got a fast return on my investment once.
My immediate reaction was just disgust.
They are pressing for a quick resumption of arms negotiations.
... managers plagued by demands for rapid decisions.
The response was swift and intense.
8. short duration
You can use quick, rapid, or swift to say that something lasts only a short time.
...a quick visit.
You are likely to make a rapid recovery.
...the swift descent from tentility to near-poverty.
speed
– speed upSpeed can be a noun or a verb.
1. used as a noun
The speed of someone or something is the rate at which they move.
He increased his speed to 115mph.
...the speed of light.
Speed is often used in prepositional phrases beginning with at or with.
You can say that someone or something moves at a particular speed.
He goes on driving at the same speed.
The bullets hit Ilie Popescu at a speed of 1,350 feet per second.
If you want to emphasize how fast something is moving, you can use at and an adjective in front of speed.
I drove at great speed to West Bank.
A plane flew low over the ship at lightning speed.
If you want to emphasize how quickly something happens or is done, you use with and an adjective in front of speed.
The shape of their bodies changes with astonishing speed.
They have succeeded in expanding their industries with remarkable speed.
2. used as a verb
In stories, if someone speeds somewhere, they move or travel there quickly. When speed has this meaning, its past tense and past participle is sped.
They sped along Main Street towards the highway.
They drove through Port Philip and sped on down south.
3. 'speed up'
If something speeds up or if you speed it up, it moves, happens, or is done more quickly.
They're way ahead of us. Speed up!
The past tense and past participle of speed up is speeded up.
Tom speeded up and overtook them.
The process is now being speeded up.
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speed
Past participle: speeded/sped
Gerund: speeding
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
| Noun | 1. |  speed - distance travelled per unit time angular velocity - (physics) the rate of change of the angular position of a rotating body; usually expressed in radians per second or radians per minute airspeed - the speed of an aircraft relative to the air in which it is flying escape velocity - the minimum velocity needed to escape a gravitational field groundspeed - the speed of an aircraft relative to the ground hypervelocity - excessive velocity; "the meteorites struck the earth with hypervelocity impacts" muzzle velocity - the velocity of a projectile as it leaves the muzzle of a gun peculiar velocity - velocity with respect to the local standard of rest radial velocity - velocity along the line of sight toward or away from the observer light speed, speed of light, c - the speed at which light travels in a vacuum; the constancy and universality of the speed of light is recognized by defining it to be exactly 299,792,458 meters per second steerageway - (nautical) the minimum rate of motion needed for a vessel to be maneuvered terminal velocity - the constant maximum velocity reached by a body falling through the atmosphere under the attraction of gravity rate - a magnitude or frequency relative to a time unit; "they traveled at a rate of 55 miles per hour"; "the rate of change was faster than expected" |
| 2. | speed - a rate (usually rapid) at which something happens; "the project advanced with gratifying speed" pace, rate - the relative speed of progress or change; "he lived at a fast pace"; "he works at a great rate"; "the pace of events accelerated" haste, hastiness, hurriedness, hurry, precipitation - overly eager speed (and possible carelessness); "he soon regretted his haste" execution speed - (computer science) the speed with which a computational device can execute instructions; measured in MIPS graduality, gradualness - the quality of being gradual or of coming about by gradual stages | |
| 3. |  speed - changing location rapidly movement, move, motion - the act of changing location from one place to another; "police controlled the motion of the crowd"; "the movement of people from the farms to the cities"; "his move put him directly in my path" deceleration - the act of decelerating; decreasing the speed; "he initiated deceleration by braking" | |
| 4. | speed - the ratio of the focal length to the diameter of a (camera) lens system ratio - the relative magnitudes of two quantities (usually expressed as a quotient) | |
| 5. |  speed - a central nervous system stimulant that increases energy and decreases appetite; used to treat narcolepsy and some forms of depressionamphetamine sulfate, amphetamine sulphate - a sulfate derivative of amphetamine that is used as a stimulant for the central nervous system bennie, Benzedrine - a form of amphetamine Dexedrine, dextroamphetamine sulphate - an isomer of amphetamine (trade name Dexedrine) used as a central nervous system stimulant drug of abuse, street drug - a drug that is taken for nonmedicinal reasons (usually for mind-altering effects); drug abuse can lead to physical and mental damage and (with some substances) dependence and addiction deoxyephedrine, meth, methamphetamine, methamphetamine hydrochloride, Methedrine, shabu, chicken feed, crank, chalk, trash, glass, ice - an amphetamine derivative (trade name Methedrine) used in the form of a crystalline hydrochloride; used as a stimulant to the nervous system and as an appetite suppressant | |
| Verb | 1. |  speed - move fast; "He rushed down the hall to receive his guests"; "The cars raced down the street"belt along, bucket along, cannonball along, hie, hotfoot, pelt along, race, rush, rush along, step on it, hasten go, locomote, move, travel - change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically; "How fast does your new car go?"; "We travelled from Rome to Naples by bus"; "The policemen went from door to door looking for the suspect"; "The soldiers moved towards the city in an attempt to take it before night fell"; "news travelled fast" shoot down, tear, buck, charge, shoot - move quickly and violently; "The car tore down the street"; "He came charging into my office" |
| 2. |  speed - move faster; "The car accelerated" | |
| 3. |  speed - move very fast; "The runner zipped past us at breakneck speed"go, locomote, move, travel - change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically; "How fast does your new car go?"; "We travelled from Rome to Naples by bus"; "The policemen went from door to door looking for the suspect"; "The soldiers moved towards the city in an attempt to take it before night fell"; "news travelled fast" dart, fleet, flit, flutter - move along rapidly and lightly; skim or dart; "The hummingbird flitted among the branches" run - move fast by using one's feet, with one foot off the ground at any given time; "Don't run--you'll be out of breath"; "The children ran to the store" | |
| 4. | speed - travel at an excessive or illegal velocity; "I got a ticket for speeding" go, locomote, move, travel - change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically; "How fast does your new car go?"; "We travelled from Rome to Naples by bus"; "The policemen went from door to door looking for the suspect"; "The soldiers moved towards the city in an attempt to take it before night fell"; "news travelled fast" | |
| 5. |  speed - cause to move faster; "He accelerated the car" |
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speed
noun
2. velocity, swiftness, acceleration, precipitation, rapidity, quickness, fastness, briskness, speediness, precipitateness Speed is the essential ingredient of all athletics.
verb
1. race, rush, hurry, zoom, career, bomb (along), tear, flash, belt (along) (slang), barrel (along) (informal, chiefly U.S. & Canad.), sprint, gallop, hasten, press on, quicken, lose no time, get a move on (informal), burn rubber (informal), bowl along, put your foot down (informal), step on it (informal), make haste, go hell for leather (informal), exceed the speed limit, go like a bomb (Brit. & N.Z. informal), go like the wind, go like a bat out of hell The engine noise rises only slightly as I speed along.
race creep, crawl, take your time, dawdle, tarry
race creep, crawl, take your time, dawdle, tarry
2. exceed the speed limit, drive too fast, break the speed limit This man was not qualified to drive and was speeding.
speed something up accelerate, promote, hasten, help along, further, forward, advance Excessive drinking will speed up the ageing process.
Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002
speed
noun2. Rapidness of movement or activity:
1. To increase the speed of.Also used with up:
2. To move swiftly:
bolt, bucket, bustle, dart, dash, festinate, flash, fleet, flit, fly, haste, hasten, hurry, hustle, pelt, race, rocket, run, rush, sail, scoot, scour, shoot, sprint, tear, trot, whirl, whisk, whiz, wing, zip, zoom.
Chiefly British: nip.
Idioms: get a move on, get cracking, go like lightning, go like the wind, hotfoot it, make haste, make time, make tracks, run like the wind, shake a leg, step on it.
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Translations
سرعةسُرْعَةسُرْعَة الحَرَكَهسُرْعَهيُسْرِع
бързина
rychlostuhánětpřekročit povolenou rychlost
hastighedkøre for hurtigtkøre hurtigtfart
nopeuspirispiidivauhti
brzina
sebesség
fara of hrattflÿta; òjótahraîi
速さ
속도
greičio matuoklisgreičio ribojimo gūbrelisgreičio viršijimasviršyti greitį
ātrumsjoņotpārsniegt ātrumutraukties
snelheidspeed
viteză
prekročiť povolenú rýchlosť
hitrostodbrzetipospešitiprehitro voziti
hastighettjackfart
ความเร็ว
sự nhanh nhẹn
speed
[spiːd] (sped or speeded (vb: pt, pp))A. N
1. (= rate of movement) → velocidad f, rapidez f; (= rapidity, haste) → rapidez f, prisa f
shorthand/typing speed → velocidad f en taquigrafía/mecanografía
my typing speed is 60 words per minute → mecanografío 60 palabras por minuto
at speed → a gran velocidad
at a speed of 70km/h → a una velocidad de 70km por hora
what speed were you doing? (Aut) → ¿a qué velocidad ibas?
at full speed → a toda velocidad, a máxima velocidad
full speed ahead! → ¡avante toda!
to gather speed → acelerar, cobrar velocidad
the speed of light → la velocidad de la luz
the maximum speed is 120km/h → la velocidad máxima es de 120km por hora
to pick up speed → acelerar, cobrar velocidad
the speed of sound → la velocidad del sonido
at top speed → a toda velocidad, a máxima velocidad
to be up to speed (= well-informed) → estar al día, estar al corriente; (= functioning properly) → estar a punto, funcionar a pleno rendimiento
to bring sb up to speed → poner a algn al día or al corriente
to bring sth up to speed → poner algo a punto
see also full A3
shorthand/typing speed → velocidad f en taquigrafía/mecanografía
my typing speed is 60 words per minute → mecanografío 60 palabras por minuto
at speed → a gran velocidad
at a speed of 70km/h → a una velocidad de 70km por hora
what speed were you doing? (Aut) → ¿a qué velocidad ibas?
at full speed → a toda velocidad, a máxima velocidad
full speed ahead! → ¡avante toda!
to gather speed → acelerar, cobrar velocidad
the speed of light → la velocidad de la luz
the maximum speed is 120km/h → la velocidad máxima es de 120km por hora
to pick up speed → acelerar, cobrar velocidad
the speed of sound → la velocidad del sonido
at top speed → a toda velocidad, a máxima velocidad
to be up to speed (= well-informed) → estar al día, estar al corriente; (= functioning properly) → estar a punto, funcionar a pleno rendimiento
to bring sb up to speed → poner a algn al día or al corriente
to bring sth up to speed → poner algo a punto
see also full A3
2. (Aut, Tech) (= gear) → velocidad f
a three-speed bike → una bicicleta de tres marchas or velocidades
a five-speed gearbox → una caja de cambios de cinco velocidades
a three-speed bike → una bicicleta de tres marchas or velocidades
a five-speed gearbox → una caja de cambios de cinco velocidades
3. (Phot) → velocidad f
4. (Drugs) → speed m, anfetamina f
B. VI
1. (sped (pt, pp)) (= go fast) → correr a toda prisa; (= hurry) → darse prisa, apresurarse
he sped down the street → corrió a toda prisa por la calle
to speed along → ir a gran velocidad
the years sped by → pasaron los años volando
to speed off → marcharse a toda prisa
he sped down the street → corrió a toda prisa por la calle
to speed along → ir a gran velocidad
the years sped by → pasaron los años volando
to speed off → marcharse a toda prisa
2. (speeded (pt, pp)) (Aut) (= exceed speed limit) → conducir or (LAm) manejar por encima del límite de velocidad permitido
D. CPD speed bump N → banda f sonora
speed cop N → policía m de tráfico, policía m de tránsito
speed limit N → velocidad f máxima, límite m de velocidad
a 50km/h speed limit → velocidad máxima (permitida) de 50km por hora
to exceed the speed limit → exceder la velocidad permitida or el límite de velocidad
speed merchant N → corredor(a) m/f
speed restriction N → limitación f de velocidad
speed skater N → patinador(a) m/f de velocidad
speed skating N → patinaje m de velocidad
speed trap N (Aut) sistema policial para detectar infracciones de velocidad
speed cop N → policía m de tráfico, policía m de tránsito
speed limit N → velocidad f máxima, límite m de velocidad
a 50km/h speed limit → velocidad máxima (permitida) de 50km por hora
to exceed the speed limit → exceder la velocidad permitida or el límite de velocidad
speed merchant N → corredor(a) m/f
speed restriction N → limitación f de velocidad
speed skater N → patinador(a) m/f de velocidad
speed skating N → patinaje m de velocidad
speed trap N (Aut) sistema policial para detectar infracciones de velocidad
speed up (speeded up (pt, pp))
A. VI + ADV [person] → apresurarse, apurarse (LAm); [process] → acelerarse
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speed
[ˈspiːd] n
(= rate of movement or action) → vitesse f
None of us grows at the same speed → Personne ne grandit à la même vitesse.
at full speed, at top speed → à toute vitesse, à toute allure
at a speed of 70 km/h → à une vitesse de 70 km/h
shorthand speeds → nombre m de mots à la minute en sténographie
typing speed → vitesse f de frappe
to be up to speed on sth (= in touch with developments) → être à la page sur qch
None of us grows at the same speed → Personne ne grandit à la même vitesse.
at full speed, at top speed → à toute vitesse, à toute allure
at a speed of 70 km/h → à une vitesse de 70 km/h
shorthand speeds → nombre m de mots à la minute en sténographie
typing speed → vitesse f de frappe
to be up to speed on sth (= in touch with developments) → être à la page sur qch
(= fast movement or action) → vitesse f
the pleasure associated with speed → le plaisir associé à la vitesse
with remarkable speed (= very quickly) → avec une promptitude remarquable
She answered my letter with remarkable speed → Elle a répondu à ma lettre avec une promptitude remarquable.
at speed → à vive allure
the pleasure associated with speed → le plaisir associé à la vitesse
with remarkable speed (= very quickly) → avec une promptitude remarquable
She answered my letter with remarkable speed → Elle a répondu à ma lettre avec une promptitude remarquable.
at speed → à vive allure
(PHOTOGRAPHY) → vitesse f
(= gear) → vitesse f
a five-speed gearbox → une boîte cinq vitesses
a three-speed bike → un vélo à trois vitesses
a five-speed gearbox → une boîte cinq vitesses
a three-speed bike → un vélo à trois vitesses
(= drug) → speed m
vi [sped] [ˈspɛd] (pt, pp)
(AUTOMOBILES) (= exceed speed limit) → être en excès de vitesse
speed up
[speeded up] (pt, pp) vi
[vehicle, driver, walker] → accélérer
[process, activity] → s'accélérer
vt sep → accélérer
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speed
vb: pret, ptp <sped or speeded>n
→ Geschwindigkeit f; (= esp fast speed) → Schnelligkeit f; (of moving object or person) → Tempo nt, → Geschwindigkeit f; at speed → äußerst schnell; at high/low speed → mit hoher/niedriger Geschwindigkeit; at full or top speed → mit Höchstgeschwindigkeit; at a speed of 50 mph → mit einer Geschwindigkeit or einem Tempo von 50 Meilen pro Stunde; the speed of light/sound → die Licht-/Schallgeschwindigkeit; at the speed of light → mit Lichtgeschwindigkeit; walking speed → Schritttempo nt; to pick up or gather speed → beschleunigen, schneller werden; (fig, development) → sich beschleunigen; (person) → schneller werden; to lose speed → (an) Geschwindigkeit verlieren; to be up to speed (inf: = informed) → auf dem neuesten Stand sein; to bring a factory/system up to speed → eine Fabrik/ein System auf den neuesten Stand bringen; to bring somebody up to speed (inf) → jdn auf den neuesten Stand bringen; what speed were you doing? → wie schnell sind Sie gefahren?; her typing/shorthand speed is good → sie kann schnell Maschine schreiben/stenografieren; what is her typing/shorthand speed? → wie viele Anschläge/Silben (pro Minute) schreibt sie?; with all possible speed → so schnell wie möglich; with such speed → so schnell; full speed ahead! (Naut) → volle Kraft voraus!
(Aut, Tech: = gear) → Gang m; three-speed bicycle → Fahrrad mit Dreigangschaltung; a three-speed gear → ein Dreiganggetriebe nt
(inf: = drug) → Speed nt (sl)
vt to speed somebody on his way (person) → jdn verabschieden; (iro) → jdn hinauskomplimentieren; (good wishes etc) → jdn auf seinem Weg begleiten; if you fetch the visitors’ coats it may speed them on their way → wenn du die Mäntel der Gäste holst, machen sie sich vielleicht auf den Weg; God speed you! (old) → Gott (sei) mit dir! (old)
vi
pret, ptp <sped> (= move quickly) → jagen, flitzen; (arrow) → sausen, flitzen; the years sped by → die Jahre verflogen or vergingen wie im Fluge; God speed (old) → Gott mit dir (old)
pret, ptp <speeded> (Aut: = exceed speed limit) → zu schnell fahren, die Geschwindigkeitsbegrenzung überschreiten
speed
:speedboat
n → Renn- or Schnellboot nt
speed bump
n → Fahrbahnschwelle f, → Aufpflasterung f (form)
speed camera
n (Police) → Blitzgerät nt
speed counter
n (esp Aut) → Drehzahlmesser m
speed
:speed limit
speed merchant
speed
:speed ramp
n (Mot) → Bodenschwelle f
speed skater
n → Eisschnellläufer(in) m(f)
speed skating
n → Eisschnelllauf m
speed
:speed table
n (US Mot) → Bodenschwelle f
speed trap
n → Radarfalle f (inf)
speed-up
n (inf) → schnelleres Tempo (inf) → (in bei), Beschleunigung f (→ in +gen); (in research) → Vorantreiben nt (→ in +gen); (in rate of inflation) → Steigerung f (→ in +gen)
speedway
n
(Sport) → Speedwayrennen nt; (= track) → Speedwaybahn f
speedwell
n (Bot) → Ehrenpreis m or nt, → Veronika f
speedwriting
n → Schnellschreiben nt
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speed
[spiːd]1. n
a. (rate of movement) → velocità; (rapidity, haste) → rapidità; (promptness) → prontezza
at speed (Brit) → velocemente
at full speed, at top speed → a tutta velocità
at a speed of 70 km/h → a una velocità di 70 km all'ora
the speed of light/sound → la velocità della luce/del suono
what speed were you doing? (Aut) → a che velocità andavi?
to pick up or gather speed (car) → acquistare velocità (project, work) → procedere più speditamente
the speed of his reactions → la sua prontezza di riflessi
shorthand/typing speeds → numero di parole al minuto in stenografia/dattilografia
at speed (Brit) → velocemente
at full speed, at top speed → a tutta velocità
at a speed of 70 km/h → a una velocità di 70 km all'ora
the speed of light/sound → la velocità della luce/del suono
what speed were you doing? (Aut) → a che velocità andavi?
to pick up or gather speed (car) → acquistare velocità (project, work) → procedere più speditamente
the speed of his reactions → la sua prontezza di riflessi
shorthand/typing speeds → numero di parole al minuto in stenografia/dattilografia
c. (Phot) (of film) → sensibilità; (of shutter) → tempo di apertura
2. vi
a. (sped (pt, pp)) to speed along (car, work) → procedere velocemente
to speed away or off (car, person) → sfrecciare via
the years sped by → gli anni sono volati
to speed away or off (car, person) → sfrecciare via
the years sped by → gli anni sono volati
speed up (speeded up (pt, pp))
1. vi + adv (gen) → andare più veloce (Aut) → accelerare; (walker/worker/train) → camminare/lavorare/viaggiare più veloce; (engine, machine) → girare più veloce; (production) → accelerare
2. vt + adv → accelerare
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
speed
(spiːd) noun1. rate of moving. a slow speed; The car was travelling at high speed.
2. quickness of moving.
verb1. (past tense, past participles sped (sped) ˈspeeded) to (cause to) move or progress quickly; to hurry. The car sped/speeded along the motorway.
2. (past tense, past participle ˈspeeded) to drive very fast in a car etc, faster than is allowed by law. The policeman said that I had been speeding.
ˈspeeding noun driving at (an illegally) high speed. He was fined for speeding.
ˈspeedy adjective done, carried out etc quickly. a speedy answer.
ˈspeedily adverbˈspeediness noun
ˈspeed bump noun
a raised part across the road to make drivers slow down.
ˈspeed trap noun a device used by the police to catch drivers exceeding the speed limit.
speedometer (spiːˈdomitə) noun an instrument on a car etc showing how fast one is travelling.
speed up – past tense, past participle ˈspeeded –
1. to increase speed. The car speeded up as it left the town.
2. to quicken the rate of. We are trying to speed up production.
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speed
→ سُرْعَة rychlost hastighed Geschwindigkeit ταχύτητα velocidad nopeus vitesse brzina velocità 速さ 속도 snelheid hastighet szybkość velocidade скорость hastighet ความเร็ว hız sự nhanh nhẹn 速度Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009
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speed
n (fam) metanfetaminaEnglish-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.