decelerate

verb

de·cel·er·ate | \(ˌ)dē-ˈse-lə-ˌrāt

decelerated; decelerating

Definition of decelerate

transitive verb

1 : to reduce the speed of : slow down decelerate a car

2 : to decrease the rate of progress of decelerate growth decelerate soil erosion

intransitive verb

: to move at decreasing speed

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Examples of decelerate in a Sentence

she decelerated the car as we entered the school zone

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Tourism and exports have been driving the country’s economy and the government forecasts growth will now slow to 2.3 percent in 2018 as exports decelerate. — Anabela Reis, Bloomberg.com, "Small Portuguese Firms Are Starting a New Trend," 25 June 2018 Charter said broadband customer growth decelerated in the first quarter, echoing a trend at Comcast and AT&T. Charter added 331,000 high-speed internet customers, compared with an addition of 428,000 a year ago. — Shalini Ramachandran, WSJ, "Cable TV’s Cord-Cutting Woes Grow, Highlighting Divergence With Netflix," 27 Apr. 2018 The International Monetary Fund expects Chinese economic growth to decelerate to 6.6 percent this year from 6.9 percent in 2017. — Washington Post, "Stuck in trade war, US and China face uncertain path to deal," 10 July 2018 Between Dallas and Fort Worth, the system would reach about 360 mph, quickly accelerating and decelerating for the 30-mile trip, which will take six minutes. — Dug Begley, Houston Chronicle, "Hyperloop's first step bypasses Houston," 11 July 2018 Growth in financial services decelerated to 3.1 percent as the impact of a law capping commercial interest rates at 4 percentage points above the central bank rate filtered into the market. — Adelaide Changole, Bloomberg.com, "Elections, Drought Dragged Down Kenyan Growth Rate Last Year," 25 Apr. 2018 If the Southern Ocean currents were to change in the future, that might either accelerate or decelerate the rate of climate change. — Sarah Cahlan /, NBC News, "Antarctica is melting faster than we knew. Here's what it will take to save it.," 19 June 2018 Best Buy, whose shares had risen 11% since the start of the year, reported decelerating growth in online sales. — Elizabeth Winkler, WSJ, "Best Buy: Don’t Touch That Omnichannel," 25 May 2018 Spain, for example, is set to grow 2.8% in 2018, down 0.1% from the spring’s forecast, before decelerating slightly in 2019 to 2.4%, thanks to strong private consumption and construction investments. — Lucas Laursen, Fortune, "The EU Just Slashed the Eurozone Growth Forecast Because of U.S. Trade War Tensions," 12 July 2018

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