"expedite" meaning in English

See expedite in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

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

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

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "text": "The bodies and bogies were built by more than one firm, to expedite the work, and the electrical equipment was supplied by the British Thomson-Houston Co. Ltd.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1960 June, “British cars go by rail: I-The L.M.R. wins new Anglo-Scottish traffic”, in Trains Illustrated, page 335",
          "text": "[…] moreover, there are times of pressure when, to expedite deliveries, cars may be driven in what should otherwise be the running-in period at speeds that do them no good - and over long distances too.",
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        }
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      "glosses": [
        "To accelerate the progress of."
      ],
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        "(transitive) To accelerate the progress of."
      ],
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      "glosses": [
        "To perform (a task) fast and efficiently."
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          "fast",
          "fast"
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          "efficiently"
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, by extension) To perform (a task) fast and efficiently."
      ],
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    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "To perform the duties of an expediter."
      ],
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      ]
    }
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      "ipa": "/ˈɛk.spəˌdaɪt/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
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    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈɛk.spɪˌdaɪt/",
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "uskorjavam",
      "sense": "accelerate progress",
      "word": "ускорявам"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "sposobstvam",
      "sense": "accelerate progress",
      "word": "способствам"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "accelerate progress",
      "word": "versnellen"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "accelerate progress",
      "word": "in vaart brengen"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "accelerate progress",
      "word": "bespoedigen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "accelerate progress",
      "word": "jouduttaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "accelerate progress",
      "word": "kiirehtiä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "accelerate progress",
      "word": "nopeuttaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "accelerate progress",
      "word": "acelerar"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "accelerate progress",
      "word": "apresurar"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "accelerate progress",
      "word": "axilizar"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "accelerate progress",
      "word": "beschleunigen"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "epispévdo",
      "sense": "accelerate progress",
      "word": "επισπεύδω"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "diefkolýno",
      "sense": "accelerate progress",
      "word": "διευκολύνω"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "accelerate progress",
      "word": "éascaigh"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "accelerate progress",
      "word": "expedio"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "accelerate progress",
      "word": "przyspieszyć"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "accelerate progress",
      "word": "acelerar"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "accelerate progress",
      "word": "apressar"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "accelerate progress",
      "word": "agilizar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "potoraplivatʹ",
      "sense": "accelerate progress",
      "word": "поторапливать"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "uskorjátʹ",
      "sense": "accelerate progress",
      "word": "ускоря́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "prodvigátʹ",
      "sense": "accelerate progress",
      "word": "продвига́ть"
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "sposóbstvovatʹ",
      "sense": "accelerate progress",
      "word": "спосо́бствовать"
    },
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "accelerate progress",
      "word": "acelerar"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "accelerate progress",
      "word": "apresurar"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "accelerate progress",
      "word": "agilizar"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "accelerate progress",
      "word": "påskynda"
    },
    {
      "code": "te",
      "lang": "Telugu",
      "roman": "vēgirapeṭṭu",
      "sense": "accelerate progress",
      "word": "వేగిరపెట్టు"
    },
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "izpǎlnjavam bǎrzo",
      "sense": "process fast and efficiently",
      "word": "изпълнявам бързо"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "process fast and efficiently",
      "word": "kiirehtiä"
    },
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      "code": "el",
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      "sense": "process fast and efficiently",
      "word": "επισπεύδω"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "process fast and efficiently",
      "word": "éascaigh"
    },
    {
      "code": "mr",
      "lang": "Marathi",
      "roman": "jalad",
      "sense": "process fast and efficiently",
      "word": "जलद"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "bystro vypolnjátʹ",
      "sense": "process fast and efficiently",
      "word": "быстро выполня́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "bystro spravljátʹsja",
      "sense": "process fast and efficiently",
      "word": "быстро справля́ться"
    }
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}

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        "Expeditious; quick; prompt."
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