accelerate (accelerates 3rd person present) (accelerating present participle) (accelerated past tense & past participle )
1 verb If the process or rate of something accelerates or if something accelerates it, it gets faster and faster.
Growth will accelerate to 2.9 per cent next year... V
The government is to accelerate its privatisation programme. V n
2 verb When a moving vehicle accelerates, it goes faster and faster.
Suddenly the car accelerated... V
She accelerated away from the kerb. V prep/adv