The policy will only accelerate inflation.
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Accelerate
//əkˈsɛl.əˌɹeɪt//
Synonyms for "accelerate" (101 found)
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4 entriesSynonyms
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1 entrieshas context
2 entriesmanner of
2 entriesrelated to
14 entriesTranslations
158 translations across 45 languages.
Albanian
1 entries- përshpejtoj verb (to cause to move faster)
Arabic
3 entries- أَسْرَعَ verb (to become faster)
- اِسْتَعْجَلَ verb (to hasten)
- سَرَّعَ verb (to cause to move faster)
Armenian
1 entries- արագացնել verb (to cause to move faster)
Asturian
2 entries- acelerar verb (to cause to move faster)
- acelerar verb (to quicken natural or ordinary progression or process)
Belarusian
4 entries- паскара́цца verb (to quicken natural or ordinary progression or process)
- паскара́цца verb (to become faster)
- паскара́ць verb (to cause to move faster)
- паскара́ць verb (to hasten)
Bulgarian
3 entries- ускоря́вам verb (to cause to move faster)
- ускоря́вам verb (to quicken natural or ordinary progression or process)
- ускоря́вам се verb (to become faster)
Catalan
1 entries- accelerar verb (to cause to move faster)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 加速 verb (to cause to move faster)
- 加速 verb (to quicken natural or ordinary progression or process)
- 加速 verb (to hasten)
- 變快 /变快 verb (to quicken natural or ordinary progression or process)
Czech
4 entries- urychlit verb (to quicken natural or ordinary progression or process)
- zrychlit verb (to cause to move faster)
- zrychlit se verb (to become faster)
- zrychlovat verb (to cause to move faster)
Danish
1 entries- accelerere verb (to cause to move faster)
Dutch
4 entries- bespoedigen verb (to hasten)
- haasten verb (to hasten)
- sneller gaan verb (to become faster)
- versnellen verb (to cause to move faster)
Esperanto
4 entries- akceli verb (to cause to move faster)
- akceli verb (to quicken natural or ordinary progression or process)
- akceli verb (to hasten)
- akceliĝi verb (to become faster)
Finnish
4 entries- kiihdyttää verb (to cause to move faster)
- kiihdyttää verb (to quicken natural or ordinary progression or process)
- kiihtyä verb (to become faster)
- nopeuttaa verb (to cause to move faster)
French
4 entries- accélérer verb (to cause to move faster)
- accélérer verb (to quicken natural or ordinary progression or process)
- accélérer verb (to hasten)
- accélérer verb (to become faster)
Galician
2 entries- acelerar verb (to cause to move faster)
- acelerar verb (to quicken natural or ordinary progression or process)
German
4 entries- beschleunigen verb (to cause to move faster)
- beschleunigen verb (to quicken natural or ordinary progression or process)
- beschleunigen verb (to become faster)
- eilen verb (to hasten)
Hebrew
4 entries- האיץ verb (to cause to move faster)
- האיץ verb (to become faster)
- זירז verb (to quicken natural or ordinary progression or process)
- זירז verb (to hasten)
Hungarian
2 entries- gyorsul verb (to become faster)
- gyorsít verb (to cause to move faster)
Ido
2 entries- rapideskar verb (to become faster)
- rapidigar verb (to cause to move faster)
Indonesian
3 entries- mempercepat verb (to cause to move faster)
- mempercepatkan verb (to cause to move faster)
- mengakselerasikan verb (to cause to move faster)
Irish
1 entries- luathaigh verb (to cause to move faster)
Italian
4 entries- accelerare verb (to cause to move faster)
- accelerare verb (to quicken natural or ordinary progression or process)
- accelerare verb (to become faster)
- affrettare verb (to hasten)
Japanese
4 entries- 促進する verb (to quicken natural or ordinary progression or process)
- 加速する verb (to cause to move faster)
- 加速する verb (to hasten)
- 加速する verb (to become faster)
Khmer
1 entries- ពន្លឿន verb (to cause to move faster)
Latin
1 entries- accelerō verb (to cause to move faster)
Luxembourgish
1 entries- acceleréieren verb (to cause to move faster)
Mongolian
3 entries- хурдасгах verb (to cause to move faster)
- хурдасгах verb (to quicken natural or ordinary progression or process)
- хурдсах verb (to become faster)
Norwegian
4 entries- akselerere verb (to cause to move faster)
- påskynde verb (to quicken natural or ordinary progression or process)
- påskynde verb (to hasten)
- sette opp farten verb (to become faster)
Persian
1 entries- شتافتن verb (to cause to move faster)
Polish
4 entries- przyśpieszać verb (to cause to move faster)
- przyśpieszać verb (to hasten)
- przyśpieszać się verb (to quicken natural or ordinary progression or process)
- przyśpieszać się verb (to become faster)
Portuguese
4 entries- acelerar verb (to cause to move faster)
- acelerar verb (to quicken natural or ordinary progression or process)
- acelerar verb (to hasten)
- acelerar verb (to become faster)
Romanian
1 entries- accelera verb (to cause to move faster)
Russian
4 entries- уско́рить verb (to cause to move faster)
- уско́рить verb (to hasten)
- уско́риться verb (to quicken natural or ordinary progression or process)
- уско́риться verb (to become faster)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- ubrzávati verb (to cause to move faster)
- ubr̀zati verb (to cause to move faster)
- ubr̀zati verb (to quicken natural or ordinary progression or process)
- ubr̀zati verb (to hasten)
Slovak
2 entries- zrýchliť verb (to cause to move faster)
- zrýchľovať verb (to cause to move faster)
Spanish
4 entries- accelerar verb (to cause to move faster)
- acelerar verb (to cause to move faster)
- acelerar verb (to quicken natural or ordinary progression or process)
- acelerar verb (to hasten)
Swedish
4 entries- accelerera verb (to cause to move faster)
- accelerera verb (to quicken natural or ordinary progression or process)
- gasa verb (to cause to move faster)
- ge mer gas verb (to cause to move faster)
Tagalog
2 entries- darasigin verb (to cause to move faster)
- ibilis verb (to cause to move faster)
Thai
1 entries- เร่ง verb (to cause to move faster)
Turkish
3 entries- hızlandırmak verb (to cause to move faster)
- hızlanmak verb (to become faster)
- ivmelenmek verb (to become faster)
Ukrainian
2 entries- приско́рювати impf приско́рити verb (to cause to move faster)
- приско́рюватися verb (to quicken natural or ordinary progression or process)
Uyghur
4 entries- ئىلداملاتماق verb (to cause to move faster)
- ئىلداملىماق verb (to become faster)
- تېزلەشتۈرمەك verb (to cause to move faster)
- تېزلەشمەك verb (to become faster)
Vietnamese
1 entries- tăng tốc verb (to cause to move faster)
Welsh
4 entries- cyflymu verb (to cause to move faster)
- cyflymu verb (to quicken natural or ordinary progression or process)
- cyflymu verb (to hasten)
- cyflymu verb (to become faster)
West-Frisian
1 entries- fersnelje verb (to cause to move faster)
Sample sentences
17 total sentences available.
It is of great significance in this experiment to accelerate the particle M in the horizontal direction.
Source: tatoeba (58799)
In 2011, Toyota recalled two million vehicles which, they alleged, had gas pedals that could jam and cause the car to accelerate uncontrollably.
Source: tatoeba (841317)
Put it in first and slowly let out the clutch while you gradually accelerate.
Source: tatoeba (2463823)
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