speed Signification, définition

Signification de speed en français

• 0 the pace or rate of movement -- vitesse [ feminine ]

  • a maximum speed of 70 miles per hour un vitesse maximale de 110 kilomètres-heure

  • wind speed la vitesse du vent

• 1 an illegal drug -- speed [ masculine ]

  • to be on speed prendre des amphétamines

• 2 to drive a vehicle faster than is permitted by law -- faire un excès de vitesse

  • Many accidents occur as a result of people speeding. De nombreux accidents se produisent du fait que les gens font des excès de vitesse.

• 3 to increase the speed with which sth happens -- accélérer

  • research intended to speed the development of new vaccines la recherche visant à accélérer le développement de nouveaux vaccins

• 4 to move somewhere very quickly -- se précipiter

  • She sped down the hall. Elle se précipita dans l’entrée.

• 5 rate of moving -- vitesse

  • a slow speed

  • The car was travelling at high speed.

• 6 quickness of moving -- vitesse

  • speed of movement.

• 7 (past tense, past participles spedspedspeeded) to (cause to) move or progress quickly; to hurry -- aller à toute vitesse

  • The car sped/speeded along the motorway.

• 8 (past tense, past participle speeded) to drive very fast in a car etc, faster than is allowed by law -- faire un excès de vitesse

  • The policeman said that I had been speeding.