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speeding

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speed·ing  (spdng)
adj.
Moving with speed.
n.
The act or an instance of driving especially a motor vehicle faster than is allowed by law.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.speedingspeeding - 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"
speedup, acceleration, quickening - the act of accelerating; increasing the speed
deceleration - the act of decelerating; decreasing the speed; "he initiated deceleration by braking"
scud, scudding - the act of moving along swiftly (as before a gale)
Translations
speeding [ˈspiːdɪŋ] N (Aut) → exceso m de velocidad
he was fined for speedingle pusieron una multa por exceso de velocidad

speeding [ˈspiːdɪŋ]
n (= breaking the speed limit) → excès m de vitesse
He was fined for speeding → Il a reçu une contravention pour excès de vitesse.
modif [fine, conviction] → pour excès de vitesse; [offence] → d'excès de vitesse
speed limit n
What's the speed limit in built-up areas? → Quelle est la vitesse réglementaire en zone habitée?
The speed limit is 70 mph → La vitesse est limitée à cent dix kilomètres à l'heure.
to break the speed limit → faire un excès de vitesse
to exceed the speed limit → dépasser la vitesse autorisée
A motorist was caught exceeding the speed limit → Un automobiliste a été pris en excès de vitesse.
to observe the speed limit, to stick to the speed limit → respecter la limitation de vitesse

speeding

speeding [ˈspiːdɪŋ] n (Aut) → eccesso di velocità
speeding [ˈspiːdɪŋ] n (Aut) → eccesso di velocità

speeding زيادة السرعة zrychlování fartoverskridelse Geschwindigkeitsüberschreitung υπερβολική ταχύτητα exceso de velocidad ylinopeus excès de vitesse prebrza vožnja eccesso di velocità 高速進行 속도내기 het te hard rijden fartsoverskridelse przekroczenie (dozwolonej) prędkości excesso de velocidade езда с недозволенной скоростью fortkörning อัตราความเร็ว hız yapmak chạy quá tốc độ cho phép 超速


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Far away, across the meadows, they could now see two tiny specks, speeding one after the other; and they knew these specks must be the Griffin and the Saw-Horse.
Gilbert's answer was not in words; but I am afraid that both of them forgot poor Leslie speeding her lonely way across the fields to a house that was neither a palace nor the fulfillment of a dream.
 
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