"expedite" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

IPA: /ˈɛk.spəˌdaɪt/ [UK], /ˈɛk.spɪˌdaɪt/ [US] Audio: en-us-expedite.ogg [US], en-au-expedite.ogg [Australia] Forms: more expedite [comparative], most expedite [superlative]
Etymology: From Latin expedītus (“unimpeded, unfettered”), perfect passive participle of expediō (“bring forward, set right”). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*ped-}}, {{der|en|la|expedītus||unimpeded, unfettered}} Latin expedītus (“unimpeded, unfettered”), {{m|la|expediō||bring forward, set right}} expediō (“bring forward, set right”) Head templates: {{en-adj}} expedite (comparative more expedite, superlative most expedite)
  1. Free of impediment; unimpeded.
    Sense id: en-expedite-en-adj-axBI9Puc Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 33 11 6 27 23
  2. Expeditious; quick; prompt.
    Sense id: en-expedite-en-adj-tXuQTcTP

Verb [English]

IPA: /ˈɛk.spəˌdaɪt/ [UK], /ˈɛk.spɪˌdaɪt/ [US] Audio: en-us-expedite.ogg [US], en-au-expedite.ogg [Australia] Forms: expedites [present, singular, third-person], expediting [participle, present], expedited [participle, past], expedited [past]
Etymology: From Latin expedītus (“unimpeded, unfettered”), perfect passive participle of expediō (“bring forward, set right”). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*ped-}}, {{der|en|la|expedītus||unimpeded, unfettered}} Latin expedītus (“unimpeded, unfettered”), {{m|la|expediō||bring forward, set right}} expediō (“bring forward, set right”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} expedite (third-person singular simple present expedites, present participle expediting, simple past and past participle expedited)
  1. (transitive) To accelerate the progress of. Tags: transitive Translations (accelerate progress): ускорявам (uskorjavam) (Bulgarian), способствам (sposobstvam) (Bulgarian), versnellen (Dutch), in vaart brengen (Dutch), bespoedigen (Dutch), jouduttaa (Finnish), kiirehtiä (Finnish), nopeuttaa (Finnish), acelerar (Galician), apresurar (Galician), axilizar (Galician), beschleunigen (German), επισπεύδω (epispévdo) (Greek), διευκολύνω (diefkolýno) (Greek), éascaigh (Irish), expedio (Latin), przyspieszyć (Polish), acelerar (Portuguese), apressar (Portuguese), agilizar (Portuguese), поторапливать (potoraplivatʹ) (Russian), ускоря́ть (uskorjátʹ) (Russian), продвига́ть (prodvigátʹ) (Russian), спосо́бствовать (sposóbstvovatʹ) (Russian), acelerar (Spanish), apresurar (Spanish), agilizar (Spanish), påskynda (Swedish), వేగిరపెట్టు (vēgirapeṭṭu) (Telugu)
    Sense id: en-expedite-en-verb-Gd8X~JeV Disambiguation of 'accelerate progress': 84 10 6
  2. (transitive, by extension) To perform (a task) fast and efficiently. Tags: broadly, transitive Translations (process fast and efficiently): изпълнявам бързо (izpǎlnjavam bǎrzo) (Bulgarian), kiirehtiä (Finnish), επισπεύδω (epispévdo) (Greek), éascaigh (Irish), जलद (jalad) (Marathi), быстро выполня́ть (bystro vypolnjátʹ) (Russian), быстро справля́ться (bystro spravljátʹsja) (Russian)
    Sense id: en-expedite-en-verb-FzQnSiOi Disambiguation of 'process fast and efficiently': 0 92 8
  3. To perform the duties of an expediter.
    Sense id: en-expedite-en-verb-Twh~P5Q2
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: expede [obsolete], expedience, expediency, expedient, expedition, expediter, expeditious, expeditiously

Adverb [Latin]

IPA: /ek.speˈdiː.teː/ [Classical], [ɛks̠pɛˈd̪iːt̪eː] [Classical], /ek.speˈdi.te/ (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical), [ekspeˈd̪iːt̪e] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) Forms: expedītē [canonical], expedītius [comparative], expedītissimē [superlative]
Etymology: From expedītus (“unimpeded, unfettered”), perfect passive participle of expediō (“liberate, free”). Etymology templates: {{m|la|expedītus||unimpeded, unfettered}} expedītus (“unimpeded, unfettered”), {{m|la|expediō||liberate, free}} expediō (“liberate, free”) Head templates: {{la-adv|expedītē}} expedītē (comparative expedītius, superlative expedītissimē)
  1. freely, without impediment.
    Sense id: en-expedite-la-adv-F5U3CoF4
  2. readily, promptly, quickly
    Sense id: en-expedite-la-adv-X8~6y4Jl Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 30 70
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: expediō, expedītus

Verb [Spanish]

Head templates: {{head|es|verb form}} expedite
  1. second-person singular voseo imperative of expedir combined with te Tags: form-of, imperative, object-second-person, object-singular, second-person, singular, with-voseo Form of: expedir
    Sense id: en-expedite-es-verb-nemKvhaz
  2. inflection of expeditar: Tags: first-person, form-of, present, singular, subjunctive, third-person Form of: expeditar
    Sense id: en-expedite-es-verb-Nts-FOmq Categories (other): Spanish entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Spanish entries with incorrect language header: 11 58 31
  3. inflection of expeditar: Tags: form-of, imperative, singular, third-person Form of: expeditar
    Sense id: en-expedite-es-verb-pp9AN501

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "ref": "1960 June, “British cars go by rail: I-The L.M.R. wins new Anglo-Scottish traffic”, in Trains Illustrated, page 335",
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      "sense": "accelerate progress",
      "word": "beschleunigen"
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      "sense": "accelerate progress",
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      "word": "expedio"
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      "sense": "accelerate progress",
      "word": "przyspieszyć"
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      "word": "जलद"
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form_of": [
        {
          "word": "expeditar"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "inflection of expeditar:\n## first/third-person singular present subjunctive\n## third-person singular imperative",
        "first/third-person singular present subjunctive"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "expeditar",
          "expeditar#Spanish"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "inflection of expeditar:\n"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "form-of",
        "present",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form_of": [
        {
          "word": "expeditar"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "inflection of expeditar:\n## first/third-person singular present subjunctive\n## third-person singular imperative",
        "third-person singular imperative"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "expeditar",
          "expeditar#Spanish"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "inflection of expeditar:\n"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "form-of",
        "imperative",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "expedite"
}
{
  "called_from": "form_descriptions/2013",
  "msg": "more than one value in \"roman\": epispévdo vs. epispévdo",
  "path": [
    "expedite"
  ],
  "section": "English",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "expedite",
  "trace": ""
}

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