expedite
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 18
- Words With Friends
- 19
- Letters
- 8
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Definition of expedite
6 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
verb
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(transitive)To accelerate the progress of.
“He expedited the search by alphabetizing the papers.”
“The bodies and bogies were built by more than one firm, to expedite the work, and the electrical equipment was supplied by the British Thomson-Houston Co. Ltd.”
“[…] moreover, there are times of pressure when, to expedite deliveries, cars may be driven in what should otherwise be the running-in period at speeds that do them no good - and over long distances too.”
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verb
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(transitive)To accelerate the progress of.
“He expedited the search by alphabetizing the papers.”
“The bodies and bogies were built by more than one firm, to expedite the work, and the electrical equipment was supplied by the British Thomson-Houston Co. Ltd.”
“[…] moreover, there are times of pressure when, to expedite deliveries, cars may be driven in what should otherwise be the running-in period at speeds that do them no good - and over long distances too.”
- (broadly, transitive)To perform (a task) fast and efficiently.
- To perform the duties of an expediter.
- (obsolete, transitive)To free from impediment; to release or set at liberty.
adj
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Free of impediment; unimpeded.
“[…] to make the way plaine and expedite […]”
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Expeditious; quick; prompt.
“nimble and expedite […] in its operation”
“[…]Speech in general (which is a very ſhort and expedite way of conveying their Thoughts one to another)[…]”
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From Latin expedītus (“unimpeded, unfettered”), perfect passive participle of expediō (“bring forward, set right”).
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