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- DictionarySpeed/spēd/
noun
- 1. the rate at which someone or something is able to move or operate: "we turned onto the runway and began to gather speed"
- 2. each of the possible gear ratios of a bicycle or motor vehicle.
verb
- 1. move quickly: "I got into the car and home we sped"
- 2. make prosperous or successful: archaic "may God speed you"
Speed most often describes acceleration or a high rate of motion. When something picks up too much speed, it can run off course, like a kid on a bike zooming uncontrollably down a steep hill. Speed can be a noun or verb. As a noun, it's an indicator of pace, as in the speed of a car.
5 days ago · speed in British English. 1. 2. a scalar measure of the rate of movement of a body expressed either as the distance travelled divided by the time taken ( average speed) or the rate of change of position with respect to time at a particular point ( instantaneous speed ).
noun. uk / spiːd / us. speed noun (HOW FAST) Add to word list. B1. how fast something moves or happens: high/ low speed. He was travelling at a speed of 90 mph. Fewer examples. We were driving at full speed. He's been working to improve his speed. There's always a trade-off between speed and quality. They rounded the corner at high speed.
Definition of speed noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. speed. noun. /spiːd/ Idioms. rate of movement/action. [countable, uncountable] the rate at which somebody/something moves or travels. at … speed at high/low/full/top speed. The five-door version has a maximum speed of 130 mph. a fast/slow speed.
SPEED meaning: 1 : the rate at which someone or something moves or travels; 2 : the rate at which something happens or is done
Speed is the magnitude of velocity (a vector), which indicates additionally the direction of motion. Speed has the dimensions of distance divided by time. The SI unit of speed is the metre per second (m/s), but the most common unit of speed in everyday usage is the kilometre per hour (km/h) or, in the US and the UK, miles per hour (mph).
speed. (spēd) n. 1. Physics The rate or a measure of the rate of motion, especially: a. Distance traveled divided by the time of travel. b. The limit of this quotient as the time of travel becomes vanishingly small; the first derivative of distance with respect to time. c. The magnitude of a velocity. 2.
