Expedite: meaning, example and synonyms
Expeditev. To make a process or action happen more quickly.
Example
To expedite the trials, the agency let researchers run early phases at the same time rather than one after another.
- Part of speech
- verb
- Synonyms
- hasten, accelerate, speed up, quicken
- Antonyms
- delay, hinder, slow, impede
- Memory tip
- Latin expedire = free the feet: expedite clears the way to go faster.
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Check yourself: Expedite in context
To ______ the rescue of the stranded hikers, the park service called in a helicopter rather than waiting for a ground team.
Answer: expedite. A helicopter instead of a slower ground team speeds things up: expedite. Recant (retract), decry (denounce) and stipulate (require) don't explain the faster choice.
The new software ______ the processing of visa applications, cutting the average wait from three months to three weeks.
Answer: expedited. Cutting the wait from months to weeks means the software sped processing up: expedited. Software can't decry, recant, or exasperate a process.