speed (English)

Etymology

From - spede||prosperity, good luck, quickness, success|lang=enm, from - sped|spēd|luck, prosperity, success|lang=ang, from - spōdiz|prosperity, success|lang=en, from - spōanan|to prosper, succeed, be happy|lang=en, from - spē-|lang=en
  • Holländska - -
    • - |speed|lang=nl, - - |to speed|lang=de, - - - spōwan|to be successful, succeed|lang=ang.

    Pronunciation

  • /spiːd/

  • en-us-speed.ogg
  • Rhymes: iːd

    • Noun

    the state of moving quickly or the capacity for rapid motion; rapidity

    the rate of motion or action, specifically / the magnitude of the velocity; the rate distance is traversed in a given time

    the sensitivity to light of film, plates.

    any amphetamine drug used as a stimulant, especially illegally, especially methamphetamine

    luck, success, prosperity

    Synonyms

  • velocity

    • Translations

    rapidity

  • Arabiska - سرعة
  • Armenian - արագություն|tr=aragut’yun
  • Basque - abaila
  • Bulgariska - бързина
  • Tjeckiska - rychlost
  • Danska - hastighed
    • , hurtighed
  • Holländska - snelheid
  • Esperanto - rapideco|xs=Esperanto
  • Finska - nopeus
    • , vauhti
  • Franska - vitesse
  • Tyska - Schnelligkeit
  • Haitian Creole - vitès
  • Hebrew - מהירות|f
  • Hindiska - गति
  • Italienska - velocità
  • Italienska - celerità
    • (rare)
  • Mongolian - хурд|tr=khurd|sc=Cyrl
  • Norska - fart
    • , hastighet
  • Old English - ofost|f|xs=Old English
  • Polska - szybkość
  • Portugisiska - velocidade
  • Rumänska - viteză
    • , rapiditate, iuțeală
  • Ryska - скорость
  • Scottish Gaelic - cabhag|f|xs=Scottish Gaelic, - deann|f|xs=Scottish Gaelic
  • Slovenska - hitrost
  • Spanska - rapidez
  • Swahili - kasi
  • Svenska - fart
    • , hastighet
  • Telugu - వడి (vaDi)
  • !Xóõ - ʻǁna̰ã

    • rate of motion

  • Arabic - (súrʕa)
  • Armenian - արագություն|tr=aragut’yun
  • Basque - abiadura
  • Bosnian - brzina|f
  • Bulgariska - скорост
    • (skórost),
  • Chinese: 速度 (sùdù)
  • Kroatiska - brzina
  • Tjeckiska - rychlost
  • Danska - hastighed
    • , fart
  • Holländska - snelheid
  • Esperanto - rapideco|xs=Esperanto, - rapido
  • Estniska - kiirus
  • Finska - vauhti
  • Franska - vitesse
  • Tyska - Geschwindigkeit
    • , Schnelligkeit
  • Haitian Creole - vitès
  • Hebrew - מהירות|f
  • Ungerska - sebesség
  • Italienska - velocità
  • Italienska - celerità
    • (rare)
  • Japanese: 速さ (hayasa)
  • Koreanska - 빠르기
  • Latin - celeritas
  • Norska - hastighet
    • , fart, hurtighet
  • Polska - szybkość
    • , prędkość
  • Portugisiska - velocidade
  • Rumänska - viteză
  • Ryska - скорость
    • (skórost’)

    брзина {{f

  • : Roman: brzina#Serbian|brzina
  • Slovenska - hitrost
  • Spanska - velocidad
  • Swahili - kasi
  • Svenska - hastighet
    • , fart
  • Telugu - వడి (vaDi) (scientific usage), - వేగము (vaegamu)

    • photographic speed

  • Finska - valoherkkyys
  • Tyska - Filmempfindlichkeit
  • Norska - hastighet
  • Rumänska - fotosensibilitate
  • Ryska - чувствительность пленки

    • slang: methamphetamine

  • Holländska - speed
  • Finska - vauhti
    • , piri, spiidi
  • Tyska - Speed
    • , Pep
  • Polish - pl|spid|m
  • Swahili - kasi
  • Svenska - tjack

    • Usage notes

    Units:
  • metric:
  • * metres/meters per second (m/s)
  • * kilometres/kilometers per hour (km/h)
  • nautical:
  • * knot (kt or kn)
  • imperial and U.S. customary:
  • * foot|feet per second (ft/s, ft/sec and fps)
  • * miles per hour (mph)
  • aeronautical:
  • * mach

    • Verb

    archaic

    To succeed; to prosper, be lucky.

    * 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, Le Morte Darthur, Book I:

    *: he and alle his knyghtes haue assayed it and none can spede.

    * 1621, Robert Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy, I.2.4.vii:

    *: Aristotle must find out the motion of Euripus; Pliny must needs see Vesuvius; but how sped they? One loseth goods, another his life.

    archaic

    To help someone, to give them fortune.

  • God speed, until we meet again.

    • To go fast, especially excessively fast.

  • The Ferrari was speeding along the road.

    • To exceed the speed_limit.

  • Why do you speed when the road is so icy?

    • To increase the rate at which something occurs

    * 1982 Carole Offir & Carole Wade, Human sexuality, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, p454

    *: It is possible that the uterine contractions speed the sperm along.

    * 2004 James M. Cypher & James L. Dietz, The process of economic development, Routledge, p359

    *: Such interventions can help to speed the process of reducing CBRs and help countries pass through the demographic transition threshold more quickly ...

    slang

    To be under the influence of stimulant drugs, especially amphetamines.

    Quotations

    Usage notes

    The Cambridge Guide to English Usage indicates that sped is for objects in motion (the race car sped) while speeded is used for activities or processes, but notes that the British English convention does not hold in American English.

    Translations

    to go fast

  • Danska - køre hurtigt
  • Finnish: ajaa (liian) nopea|nopeasti
  • Tyska - rasen
  • Hindiska - भगाना
  • Norska - råkjøre
  • Swahili - kasi
  • Svenska - köra fort
  • Filippinska - mabilis

    • to exceed speed limit

  • Danska - køre for hurtigt
  • Finnish: ajaa ylinopeus|ylinopeutta
  • Norska - råkjøre
    • , kjøre over fartsgrensen, flå
  • Swahili - kasi
  • Svenska - köra för fort

    • nl

    : snellen

    id

    : laju|melaju

    Anagrams

  • deeps#English|deeps, pedes#English|pedes, spede#English|spede
    • zh-min-nan:speed simple:speed

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