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ACCELERATE

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 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Move faster

Example:

The car accelerated

Synonyms:

accelerate; quicken; speed; speed up

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "accelerate" is one way to...):

deepen; intensify (become more intense)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "accelerate"):

brisk; brisk up; brisken (become brisk)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Sentence example:

These cars won't accelerate

Antonym:

decelerate (lose velocity; move more slowly)

Derivation:

accelerative; acceleratory (tending to increase velocity)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Cause to move faster

Example:

He accelerated the car

Synonyms:

accelerate; speed; speed up

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "accelerate" is one way to...):

alter; change; modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something

Antonym:

decelerate (reduce the speed of)

Derivation:

acceleration (the act of accelerating; increasing the speed)

acceleration (an increase in rate of change)

accelerative (tending to increase velocity)

accelerator (a valve that regulates the supply of fuel to the engine)

accelerator (a pedal that controls the throttle valve)

acceleratory (tending to increase velocity)

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 Context examples: 

A relatively new method of targeting specific DNA sequences in zebrafish could dramatically accelerate the discovery of gene function and the identification of disease genes in humans.

(A new role for zebrafish: larger scale gene function studies, NIH)

Nonenzymatically glycosylated proteins or lipids which accumulate in vascular tissue during aging and at an accelerated rate in diabetes.

(Advanced Glycation End Product, NCI Thesaurus)

A WHO grade III malignant glioma of ependymal origin with accelerated growth and an unfavorable clinical outcome, particularly in children.

(Anaplastic Ependymoma, NCI Thesaurus/Adapted from WHO)

Together these processes may accelerate skin healing and tissue repair.

(Amnion-derived Cellular Cytokine Solution, NCI Thesaurus)

A member of the class of particle accelerator devices in which charged particles are accelerated electrically to high speeds while kept confined in a circular path by a strong electromagnet.

(Cyclotron, NCI Thesaurus)

A unit of force in the CGS system defined as the force that accelerates a mass of one gram at the rate of one centimeter per second squared.

(Dyne, NCI Thesaurus)

This agent also serves as a reducing cofactor with the hydroperoxidase moiety of cyclooxygenase and accelerates the conversion of arachidonic acid into precursors of PGI2.

(Nafazatrom, NCI Thesaurus)

Translocations involving the gene, including t(7;17)(p15;q23) with HOXA9 and t(7;17)(q32-34;q23) with an unknown partner, are associated with the accelerated phase of chronic myeloid leukemia accelerated phase.

(MSI2 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

In the presence of a high electric field, peptide ions are accelerated down an evacuated flight tube.

(Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption/Ionization-Time of Flight Mass Spectrometry, NCI Thesaurus)

To that end it supports the development of resources and technology that will accelerate genome research and its application to human health.

(National Human Genome Research Institute, NCI Thesaurus)