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speed::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | fastness, swiftness |
| Type of | rate, pace |
| Has types | hastiness, execution speed, graduality, gradualness, haste, hurriedness, hurry, precipitation |
| Derivation | speedy |
the project advanced with gratifying speed.
speed::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | amphetamine, pep pill, upper |
| Type of | drug of abuse, stimulant drug, excitant, stimulant, street drug |
| Has types | methamphetamine hydrochloride, methedrine, deoxyephedrine, trash, chicken feed, chalk, benzedrine, dextroamphetamine sulphate, amphetamine sulfate, glass, dexedrine, ice, amphetamine sulphate, meth, methamphetamine, crank, bennie, shabu |
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | accelerate, speed up |
| Type of | modify, alter, change |
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | belt along, bucket along, cannonball along, hasten, hie, hotfoot, pelt along, race, rush, rush along, step on it |
| Type of | travel, locomote, go, move |
| Has types | dart, buck, charge, dash, flash, push forward, scoot, scud, shoot, shoot down, tear, thrust ahead, barge |
| Derivation | speeding |
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | hurrying, speeding |
| Type of | move, movement, motion |
| Has types | speedup, acceleration, scudding, quickening, deceleration, scud |
| Derivation | speedy |
speed::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | f number, focal ratio, stop number |
| Type of | ratio |
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | velocity |
| Type of | rate |
| Has types | steerageway, airspeed, angular velocity, c, escape velocity, groundspeed, hypervelocity, light speed, muzzle velocity, peculiar velocity, radial velocity, speed of light, terminal velocity |
| Derivation | speedy |
Examples of speed
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Know the weather forecast, never travel alone and drive at a safe rate of speed.
From the dailyherald.com
Add the lemon juice and beat on medium-high speed until fluffy, about 2 minutes.
From the dailyherald.com
Participants can make more business contacts at this speed networking breakfast.
From the stltoday.com
By my calculations that equates to a 60 mph speed limit, or one mile per minute.
From the stltoday.com
The four-speed manual transmission even had overdrive in third and fourth gears.
From the washingtontimes.com
You adjust the amount of gasoline sent to the engine to maintain a stable speed.
From the forbes.com
Johnson brings a solid combination of size, speed and confidence to middle-back.
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The small kitchens sometimes helped leaders speed overlong late-morning debates.
From the timesunion.com
Instead, you go speed shopping for something presentable to wear later that day.
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- Distance travelled per unit time
- Rush: move fast; "He rushed down the hall to receive his guests"; "The cars raced down the street"
- Accelerate: move faster; "The car accelerated"
- A rate (usually rapid) at which something happens; "the project advanced with gratifying speed"
- Changing location rapidly
- Travel rapidly: move very fast; "The runner zipped past us at breakneck speed"
- In kinematics, the speed of an object is the magnitude of its velocity (the rate of change of its position); it is thus a scalar quantity. ...
- Speed is a 1936 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer action film starring James Stewart and Wendy Barrie.
- Written and directed by Greg MacGillivray of MacGillivray Freeman Films in 1984, Speed is a documentary which chronicles the development of human technology as part of our desire to go faster than before.
