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# speed

«speed» in Mova's school dictionary: **how fast something moves: how far it goes in some time** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun, verb (speed, speeds, sped, speeding)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Speed is how fast something moves: how far it goes in some time. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/speed/#m1)

2) Speed means quickness: with great speed. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/speed/#m2)

3) To speed is to move fast. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/speed/#m3)

4) To be speeding is to drive faster than the law allows. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/speed/#m4)

5) To speed up is to go faster; to slow down is the opposite. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/speed/#m5)

6) "God speed you" is an old way of wishing someone good luck and a safe journey. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/speed/#m6)

### sense in the lessons

Maths and science: a rate of distance per time (km per hour, miles per hour, meters per second); distance = speed × time. Safety: speed limits on roads, slow down near schools. Everyday: top speed, at full speed, speed bump, high-speed train.

### examples

- The car's speed is 60 km per hour. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/speed/#x1)
- At this speed, how far will it go in 3 hours? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/speed/#x2)
- His speed was 5 meters a second. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/speed/#x3)
- Find the speed if he went 120 miles in 2 hours. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/speed/#x4)
- The speed limit near the school is 25. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/speed/#x5)
- A cheetah can run at great speed. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/speed/#x6)
- The train sped through the tunnel. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/speed/#x7)
- Slow down, there is a speed bump ahead. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/speed/#x8)
- "Now then, Soldier! drive off, and God speed you!" [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/speed/#x9)

### note

Past sped (or speeded). Distance = speed × time; speed = distance ÷ time; time = distance ÷ speed. Trap: match units (minutes vs hours: 30 minutes is half an hour). Average speed = total distance ÷ total time, not the average of two speeds.

### In the corpora

- [A speed camera photographs cars going over the limit, and the driver must pay a fine and may get points on their licence.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/30-police-courts-and-prison/15/)
- [Speed limits exist because faster cars cause worse accidents, especially near schools and homes.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/30-police-courts-and-prison/16/)
- [Real hedgehogs walk slowly and can trot, but cannot race; Sonic was named for speed, not for biology.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/228-cartoon-pets-and-animal-myths-put-right/15/)
- [Slow sounding-out is a normal early stage; re-reading the same easy book builds speed until words are known at a glance.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/english/2-blending-segmenting-and-the-year-1-check/23/)
- [Electric cars and bikes can be very quiet at low speeds, so you must look as well as listen.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/20-noticing-like-a-cat/17/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «speed» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/speed/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.