speed up

See also: speedup

English

Verb

speed up (third-person singular simple present speeds up, present participle speeding up, simple past and past participle speeded up or sped up)

(idiomatic, intransitive) To accelerate; to increase speed.
The car sped up as it went around the corner.
(transitive) To increase the speed of something; to make something go faster.
You shouldn't speed up your car when you go around corners.

Synonyms

accelerate
gain momentum
pick up speed

Antonyms

slow down

Translations

increase speed (intransitive)

Chinese:
Mandarin: 加速 (zh) (jiāsù), 加快 (zh) (jiākuài), 變快, 变快 (biànkuài)
Czech: zrychlit (cs)
Finnish: kiihdyttää (fi), lisätä vauhtia, nopeutua, vauhdittua
French: accélérer (fr)
Georgian: დაჩქარება (dačkareba), აჩქარება (ačkareba)

Ido: rapideskar
Norman: prendre dé l'ièrre
Romanian: accelera (ro), iuți (ro), grăbi (ro)
Russian: ускоря́ться (ru) impf (uskorjátʹsja), уско́риться (ru) pf (uskóritʹsja), убыстря́ться (ru) impf (ubystrjátʹsja), убы́стриться (ru) pf (ubýstritʹsja), увели́чивать ско́рость impf (uvelíčivatʹ skórostʹ), увели́чить ско́рость pf (uvelíčitʹ skórostʹ)
Spanish: acelerar (es), apurarse (es)
Tagalog: bilisan

increase speed (transitive)

Belarusian: паскара́ць impf (paskarácʹ), паско́рыць pf (paskórycʹ)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 加速 (zh) (jiāsù), 加快 (zh) (jiākuài)
Czech: zrychlit (cs)
Finnish: kiihdyttää (fi), nopeuttaa (fi), vauhdittaa
French: accélérer (fr)
Georgian: დაჩქარება (dačkareba)

Ido: rapidigar
Japanese: スピードを出す (スピードをだす, supīdo wo dasu)
Romanian: accelera (ro)
Russian: ускоря́ть (ru) impf (uskorjátʹ), уско́рить (ru) pf (uskóritʹ), убыстря́ть (ru) impf (ubystrjátʹ), убы́стрить (ru) pf (ubýstritʹ)
Spanish: acelerar (es), apurar (es)
Tagalog: bilisan

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Icelandic: ^{(please verify)} auka hraða
Latin: ^{(please verify)} addō gradum

Serbo-Croatian: ^{(please verify)} ubr̀zati (sh) pf, ^{(please verify)} ubrzávati (sh) impf