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speed

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"Rate of motion"

5 letters · collected on this word page

5 lettersPronunciation /spiːd/Part of speech noun, verbSorted deepsStarts with SEnds with D2 cluesVery common crossword word
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Definitions

  1. changing location rapidly

Word origin

From Middle English sped (“prosperity, good luck, quickness, success”), from Old English spēd (“success”), from Proto-West Germanic *spōdi (“prosperity, success”), from Proto-West Germanic *spōan, from Proto-Germanic *spōaną (“to prosper, succeed, be happy”), from Proto-Indo-European *speh₁- (“to prosper, turn out well”).

Used in a sentence

  • How does Usain Bolt run at that speed?
  • Returne with ſpeed, time paſſeth ſwift away, Our life is fraile, and we may dye to day.
  • Speed limits provide information to the drivers about the safe speed to travel in average conditions.

Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0

Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues

01Rate of motion5 letters
02Fast rate of movement5 letters

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