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

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Still, economists forecast that growth will slow in the fourth quarter and decelerate further next year. — Christopher Rugaber, The Seattle Times, "US economy grew at brisk 3.5 pct. annual rate last quarter," 28 Nov. 2018 To date, business investment has been lackluster, with growth decelerating in the second quarter to 1.5% annualized, or the slowest advance since late 2016. — Paul Vieira, WSJ, "Canada Unveils Tax Incentives to Offset Trump Effect," 21 Nov. 2018 During this stage, your heartbeat, breathing, and eye movements decelerate, your muscles relax, and your brain waves begin to slow down, the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke says. — Korin Miller, SELF, "7 Reasons You Might Wake Up Gasping for Air," 2 Oct. 2018 The metro areas that saw home-price growth decelerate by at least 1 percentage point from May to June include Seattle, Bellingham, Mount Vernon-Anacortes, Bremerton-Silverdale and Kennewick-Richland. — Mike Rosenberg, The Seattle Times, "Washington state no longer has the nation’s fastest-climbing home prices," 13 Aug. 2018 Device makers have also turned to acquisitions to fuel sales growth as overall market increases have decelerated in recent years. — Dana Cimilluca, WSJ, "Stryker Makes Takeover Approach to Boston Scientific," 11 June 2018 Measures of business activity globally have decelerated from multiyear highs, with Europe exhibiting some of the steepest declines in growth. — Michael Wursthorn, WSJ, "Dow Industrial Average Manages Scant 2nd-Quarter Gain, Vexed By Trade Woes," 1 July 2018 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

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