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Meaning of accelerating in English

Table of contents
  1. Pronunciation
  2. Classifying Adjective
    1. Definitions
  1. Pronunciation

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  1. Classifying Adjective

    accelerating

    Definitions

    1. increasing in speed

    Examples

    • « becoming progressively faster »
    • « the accelerating inflation was cause for great concern »

    Synonyms

    • fast

Famous quotes

  • « I do love television. But the business is accelerating and people are not getting the chance to fail. »
    Dick Wolf
  • « Fully 57 percent of American college students are women. Life insurance companies sell more policies to women than to men. As women continue to draw on experience and education, they're accelerating their numbers in upper management, too. »
    Suzanne Fields
  • « What is sure is that technological change is accelerating in all directions and, like children playing in a fountain, consumers are reveling in the experience. »
    Simon Mainwaring
  • « It seems like the chaos of this world is accelerating, but so is the beauty in the consciousness of more and more people. »
    Anthony Kiedis

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