speed

Meaning

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable) The state of moving quickly or the capacity for rapid motion.
2. (countable, uncountable) The rate of motion or action, specifically the magnitude of the velocity; the rate distance is traversed in a given time.
3. (countable, uncountable) The sensitivity to light of film, plates or sensor.
4. (countable, uncountable) The duration of exposure, the time during which a camera shutter is open (shutter speed).
5. (countable, uncountable) The largest size of the lens opening at which a lens can be used.
6. (countable, uncountable) 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.
8. (archaic, countable, uncountable) Luck, success, prosperity.
9. (countable, slang, uncountable) Personal preference.
10. (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.

Intj

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

Verb

1. (archaic, intransitive) To succeed; to prosper, be lucky.
2. (archaic, transitive) To help someone, to give them fortune; to aid or favour.
3. (intransitive) To go fast.
4. (intransitive) To exceed the speed limit.
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.

Synonyms

velocity

quickness

haste

rush

swiftness

hurry

pace

rapidity

hasten

rate

race

accelerate

celerity

run

dash

💨

promptness

promptitude

tempo

speed up

rapidness

quicken

expedite

speediness

agility

gallop

dart

🎯

step on it

zip

quick

rush along

fastness

fast

hustle

fleetness

hie

briskness

dispatch

belt along

scoot

run quickly

scurry

impetus

career

strength

tear

upper

hotfoot

sensitivity

bolt

adroitness

Translations

vitesse

Geschwindigkeit

velocità

velocidad

rapidité

snelheid

velocidade

ταχύτητα

Schnelligkeit

Tempo

velocitat

rapidez

vaart

Pronounced as (IPA)

/spiːd/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: spede

Inherited from Old English: spēd

Cognate with Scots: spede

Cognate with Dutch: spoed

Cognate with German: Sput

Cognate with Old English: spōwan

Cognate with Albanian: shpejt

Cognate with Russian: спеши́ть

Cognate with Latin: spēs

Cognate with Ancient Greek: σπεύδω

Inherited from Middle English: speden

Inherited from Old English: spēdan

Cognate with Dutch: spoeden

Cognate with Low German: spoden

Cognate with German: sputen

In summary

From Middle English sped (“prosperity, good luck, quickness, success”), from Old English spēd (“success”), from Proto-West Germanic *spōdi (“prosperity, success”), from Proto-West Germanic *spōan, from Proto-Germanic *spōaną (“to prosper, succeed, be happy”), from Proto-Indo-European *speh₁- (“to prosper, turn out well”).
Cognate with Scots spede, speid (“success, quickness, speed”), Dutch spoed (“haste; speed”), German Low German Spood (“haste; speed; eagerness; success”), German Sput (“progress, acceleration, haste”). Related also to Old English spōwan (“to be successful, succeed”), Albanian shpejt (“to speed, to hurry”) and Russian спеши́ть (spešítʹ, “to hurry”), Latin spēs (“hope, expectation”), spērō (“hope”, verb), perhaps also to Ancient Greek σπεύδω (speúdō, “to urge on, hasten, press on”).