📒 the rate at which somebody/something moves or travels
- at … speed at high/low/full/top speed
- The five-door version has a maximum speed of 130 mph.
- a fast/slow speed
📒 the rate at which something happens or is done
- the processing speed of the computer
- at a speed This course is designed so that students can progress at their own speed.
- speed of something We aim to increase the speed of delivery (= how quickly goods are sent).
📒 the quality of being quick or rapid
- The Kenyan runner put on a sudden burst of speed over the last 50 metres.
- She was overtaken by the speed of events (= things happened more quickly than she expected).
- at speed (formal) A car flashed past them at speed (= fast).
📒 a measurement of how sensitive film for cameras, etc. is to light
📒 the time taken by a camera shutter to open and close
📒 a gear on a bicycle, in a car, etc.
- a four-speed gearbox
- a ten-speed mountain bike
📒 an illegal amphetamine drug that is taken to give feelings of excitement and energy
📒 with as much speed or energy as possible
- We as a company are moving full speed ahead.
📒 you will finish doing something sooner if you do not try to do it too quickly because you will make fewer mistakes
📒 a sudden increase in your speed or rate of progress; the ability to suddenly increase your speed
- He put on an impressive turn of speed in the last lap.
- The kangaroo has a fast turn of speed.
- For a small car it has a good turn of speed.
📒 performing at an expected rate or level
- the cost of bringing the chosen schools up to speed
📒 having the most recent and accurate information or knowledge
- Are you up to speed yet on the latest developments?