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How to pronounce decelerate in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms slow down
Type of modify, alter, change
Has types moderate, retard, fishtail
Derivation deceleration
Type Words
Synonyms retard, slow, slow down, slow up
Type of decrease, diminish, fall, lessen
Has types slow up, delay, detain, hold up, slow, slow down
Derivation deceleration


The car decelerated.

Examples of decelerate

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It's popular with international backpackers and travelers looking to decelerate.
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This layer allows vehicles to decelerate and stop more quickly without skidding.
From the newscientist.com
Commodity prices are expected to fall, and investment is expected to decelerate.
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Moreover, the plane can decelerate from this speed to zero-hover in 17 seconds.
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The goal is to use the abdominal muscles to accelerate and decelerate the ball.
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He can be running at top speed and then just decelerate to quickly make a cut.
From the dailyherald.com
Shorter or longer proton half-lives will accelerate or decelerate the process.
From the en.wikipedia.org
The rockets must have generated more thrust than this to decelerate the craft.
From the newscientist.com
During the descent, Spirit deployed parachutes and fire retrorockets to decelerate.
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More examples
  • Lose velocity; move more slowly; "The car decelerated"
  • Reduce the speed of; "He slowed down the car"
  • (deceleration) a decrease in rate of change; "the deceleration of the arms race"
  • (deceleration) (physics) a rate of decrease in velocity
  • To reduce the velocity of something; to reduce the rate of advancement of something, such as a disease; to go slower
  • (deceleration) The act or process of decelerating; The amount by which a speed or velocity decreases (and so a scalar quantity or a vector quantity)
  • (Decelerating) Describes a rhythm that decreases in speed.
  • (deceleration) A drop in baseline fetal heart rate as indicated by the fetal monitor. Early deceleration is a drop in fetal heart rate that coincides with uterine contraction. Variable deceleration is a drop in fetal heart rate that doesn't occur at a consistent point during contractions. ...
  • (Deceleration) 1. A decrease in velocity or speed. 2. To allow the vehicle to coast to idle speed from a high speed.