verb · academic
accelerate
UK/əkˈseləreɪt/US/ækˈsɛləreɪt/ac·CEL·er·ate
to increase in speed or make something increase in speed or rate
Examples
“After the new investment, the growth of exports accelerated.”
“Automation can accelerate production rates.”
“The decline accelerated in the final quarter.”
Band 8 sentence
“Following regulatory reform, investment inflows accelerated, boosting capital formation.”
Collocations
- accelerate growth / accelerate the pace
- accelerate rapidly
Word family
Common mistakes
accelerate the growth up→accelerate growth
the economy accelerated to 5%→the economy accelerated to a growth rate of 5% / growth accelerated to 5%
Say it for a higher band
5speed up→6pick up→7+accelerate
Synonyms
speed up
pick up
Easily confused
speed up
“The company decided to speed up production to meet demand.”
pick up
“Sales began to pick up after the advertisement campaign.”
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