speed

noun · interjection · verbA2

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noun

Plural noun:

speeds

1.
(countable, uncountable)The state of moving quickly or the capacity for rapid motion.
How does Usain Bolt run at that speed?
Đồng nghĩa: celerity, rapidity, velocity
2.
(countable, uncountable)(mathematics, physics) The rate of motion or action, specifically the magnitude of the velocity; the rate distance is traversed in a given time.
Speed limits provide information to the drivers about the safe speed to travel in average conditions.
3.
(countable, uncountable)(photography) The sensitivity to light of film, plates or sensor.
4.
(countable, uncountable)(photography) The duration of exposure, the time during which a camera shutter is open (shutter speed).
5.
(countable, uncountable)(photography) The largest size of the lens opening at which a lens can be used.
6.
(countable, uncountable)(photography) The ratio of the focal length to the diameter of a photographic objective.
7.
(slang, uncountable)Amphetamine or any amphetamine-based drug (especially methamphetamine) used as a stimulant, especially illegally.
Đồng nghĩa: chalk, crank, crystal, crystal meth, fire, glass, go fast, go-fast, gogo, ice, jib, meth, methamphetamine, methedrine, methylamphetamine, poor man's cocaine, quartz, shabu, shards, speed, T, tina, tweak
8.
(archaic, countable, uncountable)Luck, success, prosperity.
9.
(countable, slang, uncountable)Personal preference.
We could go to the shore next week, or somewhere else if that's not your speed.
10.
(uncountable)(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.
Đồng nghĩa: DgammaDspot, gamma of the gamma

interjection

1.
(film) Called by the soundman when the recording equipment has reached running speed and is ready to go.

Động từ

verb

V_es/s

speeds

V_ing/Gerund

speeding

V_ed/pp

spedspeeded

1.
(archaic, intransitive)To succeed; to prosper, be lucky.
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;
2.
(archaic, transitive)To help someone, to give them fortune; to aid or favour.
God speed, until we meet again.
3.
(intransitive)To go fast.
The Ferrari was speeding along the road.
Đồng nghĩa: zing
4.
(intransitive)To exceed the speed limit.
Why do you speed when the road is so icy?
5.
(transitive)To increase the rate at which something occurs.
6.
(intransitive, slang)To be under the influence of stimulant drugs, especially amphetamines.
7.
(obsolete)To be expedient.
8.
(archaic)To hurry to destruction; to put an end to; to ruin.
9.
(archaic)To wish success or good fortune to, in any undertaking, especially in setting out upon a journey.
10.
To cause to make haste; to dispatch with celerity; to drive at full speed; hence, to hasten; to hurry.
11.
To hasten to a conclusion; to expedite.

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Đồng nghĩa

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Nguồn gốc từ

ine-pro From Middle English sped (prosperity, good luck, quickness, success), from Old English spēd (success), from *spōdi (prosperity, success), from *spōan, from Proto-Germanic *spōaną (to prosper, succeed, be happy), from Proto-Indo-European *speh₁- (to prosper, turn out well).