Word: Speed
How to pronounce: spiːd
Noun
Definitions:
1. The rate at which someone or something is able to move or operate.
Example sentences: "We turned onto the runway and began to gather speed"
2. Each of the possible gear ratios of a bicycle or motor vehicle.
3. The light-gathering power or f-number of a camera lens.
Example sentences: "Lens speed indicates how bright the image in the viewfinder will be."
4. An amphetamine drug, especially methamphetamine.
5. Success; prosperity.
Verb
Definitions:
1. Move quickly.
Example sentences: "I got into the car and home we sped"
2. Make prosperous or successful.
Example sentences: "May God speed you"
3. Take or be under the influence of an amphetamine drug.
Synonyms:
velocity
overspeed
pace
tempo
spd
gear
rate
frequency
course
motor
accelerate
pass quickly
hasten
hurtle
quicken
rush
rapidity
quickness
speediness
specific speed
agility
swiftness
rapidness
celerity
fast
haste
hurry
highspeed
dash
whirl
fleetness
fastness
processing speed
step
hurrying
fly
run
amphetamine
travel
Derivations:
speeding
speeder
speeded
speedy
speedup
speedster
speedway
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Speed in Other Languages...
Spanish: Velocidad
German: Geschwindigkeit
French: Vitesse
Italian: Velocita
Turkish: Hız
