# speed up

Pronunciation: say "speed-UP" US /ˌspid ˈʌp/, UK /ˌspiːd ˈʌp/; AUS

## Phrasal verb

1. To go faster; to gain speed.
   - Simple: To start going faster.
   - _The train sped up as it pulled away from the platform._
   - _Traffic tends to speed up after the last exit into town._
2. To make something move or happen faster, increasing its speed.
   - Simple: To make something go faster.
   - _The city hopes the new rules will speed up the permit process for builders._
   - _The engineer sped up the conveyor belt to clear the backlog before the shift ended._

## Noun · speed-up

Pronunciation: say "SPEED-up" US /ˈspid ʌp/, UK /ˈspiːd ʌp/

3. Alternative spelling of speedup. — Alternative spelling of speedup.
   - Simple: Alternative spelling of speedup. It means a change that makes something take less time.
   - _Cutting two intermediate stops produced a noticeable speed-up on the express service._
   - _Running the job on eight processors gave roughly a sixfold speed-up._

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/speed-up (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).