accelerate

accélérer

Se déplacer plus vite ou faire aller un véhicule plus vite.

En anglais simple : To move faster, or make a vehicle move faster.

• The car began to accelerate.
• She accelerated smoothly onto the main road.
• Do not accelerate too hard on wet roads.

Comment l'utiliser : accelerate from A to B (The car accelerated from thirty to sixty miles per hour.)

Synonymes : speed up

Contraires : decelerate

Expressions courantes : accelerate quickly, accelerate the car, accelerate smoothly

accélérer

Faire avancer plus vite un processus ou un changement.

En anglais simple : To make a process or change happen more quickly.

• Warm weather can accelerate plant growth.
• The new machines accelerated production.
• How can we accelerate the recovery process?

Synonymes : speed up, hasten

Contraires : slow, delay

Expressions courantes : accelerate growth, accelerate development, accelerate the process

avancer, hâter

Faire arriver un événement plus tôt que prévu ou que dans le cours normal des choses.

En anglais simple : To make an event happen sooner than it otherwise would.

• The storm accelerated our departure.
• They accelerated the launch by two weeks.
• These events may accelerate a final decision.

Synonymes : hasten, bring forward

Contraires : postpone, delay

Expressions courantes : accelerate our departure, accelerate the launch, accelerate a decision