different between accelerate vs urge

English

Etymology

First attested in the 1520s. Either from Latin acceler?tus, perfect passive participle of acceler? (“I accelerate, hasten”), formed from ad + celer? (“I hasten”), which is from celer (“quick”) (see celerity), or back-formation from acceleration.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?k.?s?l.?.??e?t/, /æk.?s?l.?.??e?t/, /?k.?s?l.?.??e?t/

Verb

accelerate (third-person singular simple present accelerates, present participle accelerating, simple past and past participle accelerated)

1. (transitive) To cause to move faster; to quicken the motion of; to add to the speed of.
2. (transitive) To quicken the natural or ordinary progression or process of.
3. (transitive, physics) To cause a change of velocity.
4. (transitive) To hasten, as the occurrence of an event.

5. (transitive, education) To enable a student to finish a course of study in less than normal time.
6. (intransitive) To become faster; to begin to move more quickly.
7. (intransitive) Grow; increase.
8. (obsolete) Alternative form of accelerated

Synonyms

• (to cause to move faster): hasten, quicken, speed up; see also Thesaurus:speed up
• (to quicken progress): expedite, further,
• (to hasten the occurrence of an event): advance, forward

Antonyms

• decelerate
• retard
• unaccelerate

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

Adjective

accelerate

1. (rare) Accelerated; quickened; hastened; hurried.
   • 1662 Thomas Salusbury, Galileo's Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems, Dialogue 2:

     ... a general knowledg of the definition of motion, and of the distinction of natural and violent, even and accelerate, and the like, sufficing.

References

• John A. Simpson and Edward S. C. Weiner, editors (1989) , “accelerate”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, ?ISBN

Italian

Adjective

accelerate

1. feminine plural of accelerato

Verb

accelerate

1. second-person plural present indicative of accelerare
2. second-person plural imperative of accelerare
3. feminine plural of accelerato

Latin

Verb

acceler?te

1. second-person plural present active imperative of acceler?

English

Etymology

From Latin urge? (“urge”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /??d??/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?d??/
• Rhymes: -??(?)d?

Noun

urge (plural urges)

1. A strong desire; an itch to do something.

Translations

Verb

urge (third-person singular simple present urges, present participle urging, simple past and past participle urged)

1. (transitive) To press; to push; to drive; to impel; to force onward.
2. (transitive) To press the mind or will of; to ply with motives, arguments, persuasion, or importunity.
3. (transitive) To provoke; to exasperate.
4. (transitive) To press hard upon; to follow closely.

   • Man?? and for ever?? wretch?! what wouldst thou have?? / Heir urges heir, like wave impelling wave.

5. (transitive) To present in an urgent manner; to insist upon.
6. (transitive, obsolete) To treat with forcible means; to take severe or violent measures with.

7. (transitive) To press onward or forward.
8. (transitive) To be pressing in argument; to insist; to persist.

Synonyms

• animate
• incite
• impel
• instigate
• stimulate
• encourage

Related terms

• urgent

Translations

See also

• surge

Anagrams

• Guer., Ruge, geru, grue, regu

French

Verb

urge

1. third-person singular present indicative of urger

Anagrams

• grue

Italian

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -urd?e

Verb

urge

1. third-person singular present indicative of urgere

Latin

Verb

urg?

1. second-person singular present active imperative of urge?

Portuguese

Verb

urge

1. third-person singular present indicative of urgir
2. second-person singular imperative of urgir

Spanish

Verb

urge

1. Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of urgir.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of urgir.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present indicative form of urgir.