expedite;+speed

  • 1speed — 1. noun 1) the speed of their progress Syn: rate, pace, tempo, momentum 2) the speed with which they responded Syn: rapidity, swiftness, speediness, quickness, dispatch, promptness, immediacy …

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  • 2Speed — Speed, v. t. 1. To cause to be successful, or to prosper; hence, to aid; to favor. Fortune speed us! Shak. [1913 Webster] With rising gales that speed their happy flight. Dryden. [1913 Webster] 2. To cause to make haste; to dispatch with… …

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  • 3expedite — I verb accelerate, accomplish promptly, advance, aid, assist, dear the way, dispatch, drive on, ease, encourage, expedire, facilitate, forward, foster, further, give a start, hasten, help, hurry, maturare, move up, pave the way, precipitate,… …

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  • 4expedite — [v] make happen faster accelerate, advance, assist, cut the red tape*, dispatch, facilitate, fast track*, forward, grease wheels*, hand carry, handle personally, hand walk*, hasten, hurry, precipitate, press, promote, quicken, railroad*, run… …

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  • 5expedite — [eks′pə dīt΄] vt. expedited, expediting [< L expeditus, pp. of expedire, lit., to free one caught by the feet, hence hasten, dispatch < ex , out + pes (gen. pedis), FOOT] 1. to speed up or make easy the progress or action of; hasten;… …

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  • 6speed — [n] rate of motion, often a high rate acceleration, activity, agility, alacrity, breeze, briskness, celerity, clip, dispatch, eagerness, expedition, fleetness, gait, haste, headway, hurry, hustle, legerity, lick, liveliness, momentum, pace,… …

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  • 7speed — index dispatch (promptness), dispatch (send off), expedite, haste, help, precipitate (hasten), promote …

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  • 8speed up — index expedite, facilitate, precipitate (hasten) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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  • 9speed — speedful, adj. speedfully, adv. speedfulness, n. speedingly, adv. speedingness, n. speedless, adj. /speed/, n., v., sped or speeded, speeding. n. 1. rapidity in moving, going, traveling, proceeding, or performing; swiftness; celerity: the …

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  • 10speed — /spid / (say speed) noun 1. rapidity in moving, going, travelling, or any proceeding or performance; swiftness; celerity. 2. the ratio of the distance covered by a moving body to the time taken. 3. the speed that can be generated by a particular… …