speed

CEFRA1

/spiːd/

noun · verb

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  1. 01

    noun

    How fast someone or something moves or happens.

  2. 02

    verb

    To move or cause something to move quickly.

Examples

  • Watch out for sharp bends and adjust your speed accordingly.

  • We should observe the speed limit.

At a glance

Sits at A1 on the CEFR scale

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noun

Extra meanings

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

  2. The sensitivity to light of film, plates or sensor.

  3. The state of moving quickly or the capacity for rapid motion.

More examples

In context

  • How does Usain Bolt run at that speed?

  • Speed limits provide information to the drivers about the safe speed to travel in average conditions.

  • We could go to the shore next week, or somewhere else if that's not your speed.

Synonyms

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Origin

noun

From Middle English sped (“prosperity, good luck, quickness, success”), from Old English spēd (“success”), from Proto-West Germanic *spōdi (“prosperity, success”), from Proto-West Germanic *spōan, from Proto-Germanic *spōaną (“to prosper, succeed, be happy”), from Proto-Indo-European *speh₁- (“to prosper, turn out well”). Cognate with Scots spede, speid (“success, quickness, speed”), Dutch spoed (“haste; speed”), German Low German Spood (“haste; speed; eagerness; success”), German Sput (“progress, acceleration, haste”). Related also to Old English spōwan (“to be successful, succeed”), Albanian shpejt (“to speed, to hurry”) and Russian спеши́ть (spešítʹ, “to hurry”), Latin spēs (“hope, expec...