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speed
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /spi?d/
- Rhymes: -i?d
Etymology 1
From Middle English spede (“prosperity, good luck, quickness, success”), from Old English sp?d (“luck, prosperity, success”), from Proto-West Germanic *sp?di (“prosperity, success”), from Proto-West Germanic *sp?an, Proto-Germanic *sp?an? (“to prosper, succeed, be happy”), from Proto-Indo-European *speh?- (“to prosper, turn out well”). Cognate with Scots spede, speid (“success, quickness, speed”), Dutch spoed (“haste; speed”), German Low German Spood (“haste; speed; eagerness; success”), German Sput (“progress, acceleration, haste”). Related also to Old English sp?wan (“to be successful, succeed”), Albanian shpejt (“to speed, to hurry”) and Russian ???????? (spešít?, “to hurry”), Latin sp?s (“hope, expectation”), sp?r? (“hope”, verb), perhaps also to Ancient Greek ?????? (speúd?, “to urge on, hasten, press on”).
Noun
speed (countable and uncountable, plural speeds)
- The state of moving quickly or the capacity for rapid motion.
- Synonyms: celerity, rapidity, velocity
- (mathematics, physics) The rate of motion or action, specifically the magnitude of the velocity; the rate distance is traversed in a given time.
- Hyponyms: lightspeed, speed of light, speed of sound
- (photography) The sensitivity to light of film, plates or sensor.
- (photography) The duration of exposure, the time during which a camera shutter is open (shutter speed).
- (photography) The largest size of the lens opening at which a lens can be used.
- (photography) The ratio of the focal length to the diameter of a photographic objective.
- (slang, uncountable) Amphetamine or any amphetamine-based drug (especially methamphetamine) used as a stimulant, especially illegally.
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:methamphetamine
- (archaic) Luck, success, prosperity.
- (slang) Personal preference.
- (finance, uncountable) 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.
- Synonyms: DgammaDspot, gamma of the gamma
- Hypernym: Greeks
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
See also
Units for measuring speed: metres/meters per second, m/s, kilometres/kilometers per hour, km/h (metric); knot, kt, kn (nautical); feet per second, ft/s, ft/sec and fps, miles per hour, mph (imperial and U.S. customary); mach (aeronautical)
Etymology 2
From Middle English speden, from Old English sp?dan (“to speed, prosper, succeed, have success”), from Proto-West Germanic *sp?dijan (“to succeed”). Cognate with Scots spede, speid (“to meet with success, assist, promote, accomplish, speed”), Dutch spoeden (“to hurry, rush”), Low German spoden, spöden (“to hasten, speed”), German sputen, spuden (“to speed”).
Verb
speed (third-person singular simple present speeds, present participle speeding, simple past and past participle sped or (mostly UK) speeded)
- (intransitive, archaic) To succeed; to prosper, be lucky.
- 1596-97, William Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice, Act V, Scene i[1]:
- We have been praying for our husbands' healths,
- Which speed, we hope, the better for our words.
- Are they returned?
- 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;
- 1596-97, William Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice, Act V, Scene i[1]:
- (transitive, archaic) To help someone, to give them fortune; to aid or favour.
- with rising gales that sped their happy flight
- (intransitive) To go fast.
- (intransitive) To exceed the speed limit.
- (transitive) To increase the rate at which something occurs.
- 1982, Carole Offir & Carole Wade, Human sexuality, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, p.454:
- It is possible that the uterine contractions speed the sperm along.
- 2004, James M. Cypher & James L. Dietz, The process of economic development, Routledge, p.359:
- Such interventions can help to speed the process of reducing CBRs and help countries pass through the demographic transition threshold more quickly […].
- 1982, Carole Offir & Carole Wade, Human sexuality, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, p.454:
- (intransitive, slang) To be under the influence of stimulant drugs, especially amphetamines.
- 2008, Christos Tsiolkas, The Slap, Allen and Unwin, p.46:
- If Hector had not been speeding, it was possible that his next thought would have hurt: he loves his uncle unconditionally, in a way he will never love me.
- 2008, Christos Tsiolkas, The Slap, Allen and Unwin, p.46:
- (obsolete) To be expedient.
- (archaic) To hurry to destruction; to put an end to; to ruin.
- (archaic) To wish success or good fortune to, in any undertaking, especially in setting out upon a journey.
- 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.
- To hasten to a conclusion; to expedite.
- 1726, John Ayliffe, Parergon juris canonici Anglicani
- Judicial acts […] are sped in open court at the instance of one or both of the parties.
- 1726, John Ayliffe, Parergon juris canonici Anglicani
Usage notes
- The Cambridge Guide to English Usage indicates that sped is for objects in motion (the race car sped) while speeded is used for activities or processes, but notes that the British English convention does not hold in American English.
- Garner's Modern American Usage (2009) indicates that speeded is incorrect, except in the phrasal verb, speed up. Most American usage of speeded conforms to this.
- Sped is about six times more common in American English (COCA) than speeded. Sped is twice as common in UK English (BNC).
Quotations
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:speed.
Derived terms
- speed up
- Godspeed
Translations
Anagrams
- Peeds, deeps, pedes, spede
French
Noun
speed m (plural speeds)
- speed (amphetamine)
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speel
English
Alternative forms
- speil, spele, speal, spiel, spael
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Old Scots speill (“to climb”), of obscure origin. From or akin to Old Scots spelare (“acrobat, tumbler”). Probably from Middle Dutch spelen (“to play, walk a tight rope, do gymnastic tricks, juggle, perform as an actor or clown”), see spiel. Alternately, representing a continuation of Middle English spilen, from Old English spilian (“to play”).
Verb
speel (third-person singular simple present speels, present participle speeling, simple past and past participle speeled)
- (dialect, Scottish and Northern English) To climb.
- 1832 March 5, Memoirs of a Paisley Baillie, The Day: A Journal of Literature, Fine Arts, Fashions, &c., Glasgow, page 218,
- This I thocht at the time when he was speeling up the ladder before me in the Hie Kirk steeple ; but good breeding, at that particular time, keeped me from taking ony correck view of how things stood in that quarter.
- 1841, Humorous Traits of an Old Highland Gentleman, Chambers? Edinburgh Journal, Volume 9, Numbers 317-318, page 94,
- They were catched speeling up the lamp-posts and taking oot the cruizes and drinking the ulye, wick and a?.
- 1860, Hugh MacDonald, Days at the Coast: A Series of Sketches Descriptive of the Firth of Clyde, Glasgow, page 255,
- There is a comfortable inn at this picturesque spot, where those who purpose speeling the lofty Ben generally prepare for their arduous undertaking.
- 1832 March 5, Memoirs of a Paisley Baillie, The Day: A Journal of Literature, Fine Arts, Fashions, &c., Glasgow, page 218,
Etymology 2
From English dialectal speel (“talk; lingo; patter”), short for bonspiel. Related to spiel.
Verb
speel (third-person singular simple present speels, present participle speeling, simple past and past participle speeled)
- To talk at length, to spiel.
- 1972, Sven Berlin, Pride of the Peacock: The Evolution of an Artist, page 91,
- Old Saxon, who was so sweet and gentle despite his long years on the halls, smiled at me and suggested I should do some speeling. Yedo gave me a megaphone. I held it to my mouth but there was silence.
- 1973, Irene Baird, Waste Heritage, Macmillan of Canada, page 262,
- “I must close now or I shall go on speeling all night. […] ”
- 1972, Sven Berlin, Pride of the Peacock: The Evolution of an Artist, page 91,
Etymology 3
Verb
speel (third-person singular simple present speels, present participle speeling, simple past and past participle speeled)
- (dialect, Australia) To run.
Etymology 4
Probably from Afrikaans speel. Compare Middle English spel (“a story; tale; narrative”). Doublet of spell and shpiel.
Noun
speel (plural speels)
- (chiefly South Africa) A story; a spiel.
Etymology 5
Possibly related to spile.
Alternative forms
- spool (dialectal, obsolete)
Noun
speel (plural speels)
- (dialect) A splinter; a strip of wood or metal.
Etymology 6
Perhaps continuing Middle English spilen (“to revel, play”), from Old English spilian (“to revel, play”), from Proto-West Germanic *spil?n. Cognate with Dutch spelen (“to play”), German spielen (“to play”), Luxembourgish spillen (“to play”), Icelandic spila (“to play”), Faroese spæla (“to play”), Swedish spela (“to play”), Danish spille (“to play”), Norwegian spille (“to play”).
Verb
speel (third-person singular simple present speels, present participle speeling, simple past and past participle speeled)
- (dialectal, rural, Northern England, Scotland) To lake, play, sport, take amusement.
Derived terms
- spieler
- ba-spiel
References
- The Dictionary of the Scots Language
- The English dialect dictionary
Etymology 7
From Proto-West Germanic *spil (“dance, game”).
Noun
speel (plural speels)
- (dialectal, rural, Northern England, Scotland) A game.
References
- The Dictionary of the Scots Language
Anagrams
- LEEPs, Leeps, Lepes, peels, sleep
Afrikaans
Alternative forms
- speul (archaic)
Etymology
From Dutch spelen, from Middle Dutch sp?len, from Old Dutch *spilon, from Proto-West Germanic *spil?n.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sp???l/
Verb
speel (present speel, present participle spelende, past participle gespeel)
- (transitive, intransitive) to play
Derived terms
- speler
Dutch
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -e?l
Verb
speel
- first-person singular present indicative of spelen
- imperative of spelen
Anagrams
- sleep, slepe, spele
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