speed

/spid/ v [I/T] (past tense and past participle sped /sped/ or speeded)

Definition

› to move, go, or happen fast, or to cause something to happen fast: [I] The train sped along at over 120 miles per hour. [I] This year seems to be speeding by/past. [T] Ambulances sped the injured people (= moved them quickly) away from the scene.

(Definition of speed v from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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