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🇩🇪German Source WordCode: DE

beschleunigen

Pronunciation / Transliteration: /bəˈʃlɔɪnɪɡn̩/

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Expedite/ˈɛk.spə.daɪt/
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🇩🇪 Example Sentence in German:

"Wir müssen die Lieferung beschleunigen."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As verb
  1. 1

    To make an action or process happen sooner or be accomplished more quickly.

    "We need to expedite the delivery of these documents to meet the strict deadline."
  2. 2

    To speed up the progress of a specific procedure or administrative task.

    "The manager agreed to expedite the passport renewal process for the traveling employee."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Latin expedītus, past participle of expedīre meaning 'to release the feet from fetters,' thus 'to disengage or set free.' Over time, the meaning evolved via Late Latin into facilitating or speeding up a process or action.

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