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accelerating

v.
B2 Upper Intermediate US //ækˈsɛɫɝˌeɪtɪŋ// UK //ɐksˈɛləɹˌeɪtɪŋ// ac·cel·er·at·ing

v. to move faster and faster. You use this when something increases its speed over time, not just once.

v. to increase in speed, rate, or intensity. Transitive or intransitive; often used in the progressive form to describe ongoing change.


SIMPLE

The car is accelerating on the highway.

CONTEXTUAL

The train began accelerating as it left the station.

COMPLEX

The accelerating pace of technological change requires workers to adapt their skills continuously.

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Can be transitive (accelerating a process) or intransitive (accelerating in speed).

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