DECELERATE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does decelerate mean? 

• DECELERATE (verb)
  The verb DECELERATE has 2 senses:

1. lose velocity; move more slowly

2. reduce the speed of

  Familiarity information: DECELERATE used as a verb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DECELERATE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they decelerate    ... he / she / it decelerates   
Past simple: decelerated   
Past participle: decelerated   
-ing form: decelerating   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Lose velocity; move more slowly

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

decelerate; retard; slow; slow down; slow up

Context example:

The car decelerated

Hypernyms (to "decelerate" is one way to...):

decrease; diminish; fall; lessen (decrease in size, extent, or range)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "decelerate"):

slow; slow down; slow up (cause to proceed more slowly)

delay; detain; hold up (cause to be slowed down or delayed)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Antonym:

accelerate (move faster)

Derivation:

deceleration (a decrease in rate of change)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Reduce the speed of

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

decelerate; slow down

Context example:

He slowed down the car

Hypernyms (to "decelerate" is one way to...):

alter; change; modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "decelerate"):

moderate (make less fast or intense)

retard (cause to move more slowly or operate at a slower rate)

fishtail (slow down by moving the tail sideways)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something

Antonym:

accelerate (cause to move faster)

Derivation:

deceleration (a decrease in rate of change)

 Context examples 

These findings suggest that therapeutic strategies that inhibit microglial activation may help decelerate the rate of rod photoreceptor degeneration and preserve vision.

(In blinding eye disease, trash-collecting cells go awry, accelerate damage, NIH)