Definizione monolingua

speed

speed (third-person singular simple present speeds, present participle speeding, simple past and past participle sped (especially US) or speeded (mostly UK))

1. (intransitive, archaic) To succeed; to prosper, be lucky.
   • 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, Le Morte Darthur, Book I:

     he and alle his knyghtes haue assayed it and none can spede.

   • 1621, Robert Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy, I.2.4.vii:

     Aristotle must find out the motion of Euripus; Pliny must needs see Vesuvius; but how sped they? One loseth goods, another his life.

2. (transitive, archaic) To help someone, to give them fortune.

   God speed, until we meet again.

3. (intransitive) To go fast, especially excessively fast.

   The Ferrari was speeding along the road.

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
   • 1982 Carole Offir & Carole Wade, Human sexuality, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, p454

     It is possible that the uterine contractions speed the sperm along.

   • 2004 James M. Cypher & James L. Dietz, The process of economic development, Routledge, p359

     Such interventions can help to speed the process of reducing CBRs and help countries pass through the demographic transition threshold more quickly [...]

6. (intransitive, slang) To be under the influence of stimulant drugs, especially amphetamines.

speed (plural speeds)

1. the state of moving quickly or the capacity for rapid motion; rapidity
2. the rate of motion or action, specifically (mathematics)/(physics) the magnitude of the velocity; the rate distance is traversed in a given time
3. (photography) the sensitivity to light of film, plates.
4. (slang) any amphetamine drug used as a stimulant, especially illegally, especially methamphetamine
5. (archaic) luck, success, prosperity

Definizione dizionario speed

	velocità
	rapidity
	rate of motion
	A scalar measure of the rate of movement of a body expressed either as the distance travelled divided by the time taken (average speed) or the rate of change of position with respect to time at a particular point (instantaneous speed). It is measured in metres per second, miles per hour, etc. (Source: CED)

	celerità
	rapidity
	rate of motion

andatura

rapidità

fretta

accelerare

affrettarsi

apparenza

aria

aspetto

marcia

numero dei giri

rattezza

regime

sensibilità

sensibilità alla luce

sollecitudine

sveltezza

tempo

velocità media

volare

Altri significati:

(intransitive, slang) To be under the influence of stimulant drugs, especially amphetamines.

photographic speed

(intransitive) To go fast, especially excessively fast.

speed (per hour)

the state of moving quickly or the capacity for rapid motion; rapidity

the rate of motion or action, specifically (mathematics)/(physics) the magnitude of the velocity; the rate distance is traversed in a given time

(intransitive, archaic) To succeed; to prosper, be lucky.

to go fast

(slang) any amphetamine drug used as a stimulant, especially illegally, especially methamphetamine

(photography) the sensitivity to light of film, plates.

(transitive, archaic) To help someone, to give them fortune.

to exceed speed limit

slang: methamphetamine

(archaic) luck, success, prosperity

(transitive) To increase the rate at which something occurs

(intransitive) To exceed the speed limit.