Sekirov Dictionary

speed

/spiːd/

noun 10
verb 11
exclamation 1
forms 7
phrases 4

noun10

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how far someone or something goes in a given time, or how fast something happens
- Speed limits provide information to the drivers about the safe speed to travel in average conditions.
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The state of moving quickly or the capacity for rapid motion.
- How does Usain Bolt run at that speed?
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(slang) Amphetamine or any amphetamine-based drug (especially methamphetamine) used as a stimulant, especially illegally.
- I don’t even like speed. It’s alright if ya wanna stay awake for three days an’ clean yer room, but I’m terrible on no sleep. It just makes me anxious. — 2021
The duration of exposure, the time during which a camera shutter is open (shutter speed).
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(slang) Personal preference.
- We could go to the shore next week, or somewhere else if that's not your speed.
The sensitivity to light of film, plates or sensor.
The largest size of the lens opening at which a lens can be used.
The ratio of the focal length to the diameter of a photographic objective.
A third-order measure of derivative price sensitivity, expressed as the rate of change of gamma with respect to changes in the underlying asset price.
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(no longer used) Luck, success, prosperity.
- St. Francis be my speed, how oft to night / Haue my old feet stumbled at graues? — 1591

verb11

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To go fast.
- The Ferrari was speeding along the road.
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To exceed the speed limit.
- Why do you speed when the road is so icy?
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To cause to make haste; to dispatch with celerity; to drive at full speed; hence, to hasten; to hurry.
- He sped him thence, home to his habitation. — 1600
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To increase the rate at which something occurs.
- It is possible that the uterine contractions speed the sperm along. — 1982
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To hasten to a conclusion; to expedite.
- Judicial acts[…]are sped in open court at the instance of one or both of the parties. — 1726
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(slang) To be under the influence of stimulant drugs, especially amphetamines.
- Jackie is just speeding away / Thought she was James Dean for a day — 1972
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(no longer used) To succeed; to prosper, be lucky.
- 18ᵗʰc., Oliver Goldsmith, Introductory to Switzerland At night returning, every labor sped, / He sits him down the monarch of a shed: / Smiles by his cheerful fire, and round surveys, / His children’s looks, that brighten at the blaze
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(no longer used) To help someone, to give them fortune; to aid or favour.
- God speed, until we meet again.
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(no longer used) To wish success or good fortune to, in any undertaking, especially in setting out upon a journey.
- Welcome the coming, speed the parting guest. — 1726
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(no longer used) To hurry to destruction; to put an end to; to ruin.
- infected with the fashions, full of wingdalls, sped with spavins, rayed with yellows — 1590
(no longer used) To be expedient.

exclamation1

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Called by the soundman when the recording equipment has reached running speed and is ready to go.
- “Speed,” Carlos, the soundman, said. […] “Camera.” “Rolling,” replied Bryce, the cameraman. — 2000

forms

sped · speeded · speddest · speeding · speedeth · speeds · speedest

Phrases with speed

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