accelerates
USik-SEL-uh-rayts/ɪkˈsɛl.əˌɹeɪts/UKuhk-SEL-uh-rayts/əkˈsɛl.əˌɹeɪts/
- 1Third-person singular present of accelerate.
The sprinter accelerates out of the blocks at the sound of the gun.
Heat accelerates the rate at which the two chemicals react.
Note
One spelling carries every use of the verb, with or without an object: a car accelerates on its own, while heat accelerates a reaction and a school accelerates a gifted student through its course. It follows only a singular subject in the present (she accelerates, the decline accelerates) and gives way to the bare accelerate after a modal: it will accelerate, never will accelerates.
accelerates is a form of accelerate
accelerate, verb: To gain speed; to begin moving more quickly. Full entry
- Forms
- accelerateaccelerates he/she/itaccelerating -ing formaccelerated past tense, past participle
- Spelling
- accelerate → accelerates: add -s
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /s/.
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