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Accelerated

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Adjective

1. accelerated

speeded up, as of an academic course

Example Sentences:
'in an accelerated program in school'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Accelerated

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verb
1. 
to go, occur, or cause to go or occur more quickly; speed up
2. (transitive)
to cause to happen sooner than expected
3. (transitive)
to increase the velocity of (a body, reaction, etc); cause acceleration

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Accelerated

see synonyms of accelerated
verb transitiveWord forms: acˈcelerˌated or acˈcelerˌating
1. 
to increase the speed of
2. 
to cause to develop or progress more quickly
3.  Physics
to cause a change in the velocity of (a moving body)
4. 
to cause to happen sooner
verb intransitive
5. 
to go, progress, or develop faster

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Accelerated

see synonyms of accelerated
v. ac·cel·er·at·ed, ac·cel·er·at·ing, ac·cel·er·ates
v. tr.
1.
a. To increase the speed of: accelerated the engine. See Synonyms at speed.
b. Physics To change the velocity of.
2. To cause to occur sooner than expected: accelerated his retirement by a year.
3. To cause to develop or progress more quickly: a substance used to accelerate a fire.
4.
a. To reduce the time required for (an academic course, for example); compress into a shorter period.
b. To make it possible for (a student) to finish an academic course faster than usual.
v. intr.
1. To move or act faster.
2. Physics To undergo a change in velocity.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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