How do you use the word "accelerator" in a sentence?

Here are real-life examples of using "accelerator": I stepped on the accelerator carefully. I stepped carefully on the accelerator.

Accelerator Meaning

/əkˈsɛl.əˌɹeɪ.tɚ/

Definition, CEFR level C2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.

Definition

nounOne who, or that which, accelerates.

nounA device for causing acceleration.

Sentence Examples

I stepped on the accelerator carefully.

I stepped carefully on the accelerator.

The Large Hadron Collider is the world's largest particle accelerator.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms:

gas gun catalyst

Antonyms:

None

CEFR Practice Quiz

To merge onto the highway safely, she pressed the ____ with her right foot firmly.

CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)

He pressed his foot down on the ____ to speed up the car.

Word Origin & History

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Proto-Indo-European *kel-der. Latin celer Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin celerō Latin accelerō Latin accelerātuslbor. ▲ Latin accelerō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin accelerātiōder. English accelerationbf. English accelerate Proto-Indo-European *-tōr Proto-Italic *-tōr Latin -tor Latin -ātor Old French -eorbor. Middle English -our ▲ Latin -torlbor. English -or English accelerator * First attested in 1611. * (motor vehicle): First attested in 1900. * accelerate + -or

Literary Quotations & Historical Citations

"If they had allowed single-character accelerators, Windows wouldn't be able to determine whether the character was input or a shortcut." — 2002, Davis Howard Chapman, Sams Teach Yourself Visual C++ .NET in 21 Days, page 187:

"In the nineties, before the accelerator era, startups were usually launched by mid-career engineers or repeat entrepreneurs, who sought millions in venture capital and then labored in secret on something complicated that took years to launch." — 2016 October 3, Tad Friend, “Sam Altman’s Manifest Destiny”, in The New Yorker:

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