If (when)....it...
accelerate
1 accelerate accelerates accelerating accelerated
If the process or rate of something accelerates, it gets faster and faster.
Growth will accelerate to 2.9 per cent next year.
The government is to accelerate its privatisation programme.
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2 accelerate accelerates accelerating accelerated
When a moving vehicle accelerates, it goes faster and faster.
Suddenly the car accelerated.
She accelerated away from the kerb.
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