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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Other Words from decelerate

deceleration \ (ˌ)dē-ˌse-lə-ˈrā-shən

\ noun

decelerator \ (ˌ)dē-ˈse-lə-rā-tər

\ noun

Examples of decelerate in a Sentence

she decelerated the car as we entered the school zone

Recent Examples on the Web

Two bicycle-style hand brakes made decelerating dead simple. — Scott Kirsner, BostonGlobe.com, "This could be the Volvo of e-scooters," 8 July 2019 Growth in domestic infrastructure spending decelerated in the January-May period to 4% from 4.4% in the first four months of the year and double-digit increases in previous years. — James T. Areddy, WSJ, "China’s Consumers Turn Cautious, Weakening President Xi’s Hand Before Trump Meeting," 25 June 2019 Meanwhile, Internet ad revenue for the leading U.S. platforms decelerated to 20% growth in the first quarter of 2019, down from a 37% growth rate on year ago. — Kevin Kelleher, Fortune, "51% of the World's Population Is Now Online, But Growth Is Slowing, Says Mary Meeker's 2019 Internet Trends Report," 11 June 2019 The latest jobs report, which will be published at 8:30 a.m. ET, is expected to show that US payroll growth decelerated to 185,000 jobs in May, according to a Refinitiv survey of economists. — Julia Horowitz, CNN, "US jobs report; Beyond Meat surge; Stock market relief," 7 June 2019 Instead of tearing apart in a Big Rip, a quintessent universe would gradually decelerate, and in most models, would eventually stop expanding and contract in either a Big Crunch or Big Bounce. — Quanta Magazine, "Dark Energy May Be Incompatible With String Theory," 9 Aug. 2018 The decelerating winds create shear regions that are prone to turbulence. — Michelle Z. Donahue, National Geographic, "What is turbulence—and how can you calm down about it?," 12 June 2019 The Rockies tied it in the sixth, when David Dahl’s rapidly decelerating grounder into right field was enough to allow Trevor Story — the recipient of a two-out walk one batter earlier — to score all the way from first. — Tim Reynolds, The Seattle Times, "Blackmon has 3 hits, Rockies 2-hit Marlins 6-1," 29 Mar. 2019 Chemical materials and products rose 1.9%, decelerating from 4.4% growth. — WSJ, "China’s Economy Flashes New Warning Signs," 14 Dec. 2018

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