speed
verb/spiːd/
/spiːd/
In senses 1 and 2 sped /sped/
/sped/
is also used for the past tense and past participle.Verb Forms
Phrasal Verbs| present simple I / you / we / they speed | /spiːd/ /spiːd/ |
| he / she / it speeds | /spiːdz/ /spiːdz/ |
| past simple speeded | /ˈspiːdɪd/ /ˈspiːdɪd/ |
| past participle speeded | /ˈspiːdɪd/ /ˈspiːdɪd/ |
| -ing form speeding | /ˈspiːdɪŋ/ /ˈspiːdɪŋ/ |
- [intransitive] + adv./prep. to move along quickly
- They sped off to get help.
- The car sped along the road towards the village.
- He sped away on his bike.
- the sound of a motorcycle speeding down the street
- We turned and watched a train speeding by.
Extra Examples- He couldn't hear the car that was speeding towards him.
- I sped back to her house as fast as I could, but she had already gone.
- [transitive] speed somebody/something + adv./prep. (formal) to take somebody/something somewhere very quickly, especially in a vehicle
- The cab speeded them into the centre of the city.
- [transitive] speed something (formal) to make something happen more quickly
- The drugs will speed her recovery.
- More is needed to speed the development of a safe and effective vaccine.
- [intransitive] (usually used in the progressive tenses) to drive faster than the speed that is legally allowed
- The police caught him speeding.
- Accident investigators said evidence appeared to suggest that he was not speeding.
- Most drivers speed, at least occasionally.
- Speeding motorists are a danger to others.
move/happen quickly
drive too fast
Word OriginOld English spēd (noun), spēdan (verb), from the Germanic base of Old English spōwan ‘prosper, succeed’, a sense reflected in early usage.
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