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However, after reading a New York Times article which mentioned the word, I did a dictionary.com search and apparently, it exists.
Is Speeded a word?
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http://www.wordwebonline.com/en/SPEED
"Noun: speed speed
1.Distance travelled per unit time
- velocity
2.A rate (usually rapid) at which something happens
"the project advanced with gratifying speed"
- swiftness, fastness
3.Changing location rapidly
- speeding, hurrying
4.The ratio of the focal length to the diameter of a (camera) lens system
- focal ratio, f number, stop number
5.A central nervous system stimulant that increases energy and decreases appetite; used to treat narcolepsy and some forms of depression
- amphetamine, pep pill, upper
Verb: speed (sped, also speeded) speed
1.Move fast
"The runner zipped past us at breakneck speed"
- rush, hotfoot, hasten, hie [archaic], race, pelt along, rush along, cannonball along, bucket along, belt along, step on it, travel rapidly, hurry, zip
2.Move faster
"The car sped up"
- accelerate, speed up, quicken
3.Travel at an excessive or illegal velocity
"I got a ticket for speeding"
4.Cause to move faster
"He sped up the car"
- accelerate, speed up
Derived forms: speeding, sped, speeded, speeds"
"Noun: speed speed
1.Distance travelled per unit time
- velocity
2.A rate (usually rapid) at which something happens
"the project advanced with gratifying speed"
- swiftness, fastness
3.Changing location rapidly
- speeding, hurrying
4.The ratio of the focal length to the diameter of a (camera) lens system
- focal ratio, f number, stop number
5.A central nervous system stimulant that increases energy and decreases appetite; used to treat narcolepsy and some forms of depression
- amphetamine, pep pill, upper
Verb: speed (sped, also speeded) speed
1.Move fast
"The runner zipped past us at breakneck speed"
- rush, hotfoot, hasten, hie [archaic], race, pelt along, rush along, cannonball along, bucket along, belt along, step on it, travel rapidly, hurry, zip
2.Move faster
"The car sped up"
- accelerate, speed up, quicken
3.Travel at an excessive or illegal velocity
"I got a ticket for speeding"
4.Cause to move faster
"He sped up the car"
- accelerate, speed up
Derived forms: speeding, sped, speeded, speeds"
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And yet, "The whole process speeded up nicely with that new widget." falls naturally to my ear.
and there seems to be a lot of accepted words in English that sound just as stupid.
like when people use "spelt" in place of spelled. it's accepted, apparently, b/c the inbred have their way with our language.
Really? Have you feeled that way your entire life? Well, don't cry over spilled milk, there are more things in heaven and earth than are dreamed of in your vocabulary.
For the dense and the relatively new to English, that would be felt, spilt and dreamt, which is my point.
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Originally posted by: zinfamous
it does. and there seems to be a lot of accepted words in English that sound just as stupid.
like when people use "spelt" in place of spelled. it's accepted, apparently, b/c the inbred have their way with our language.
Technically "spelt" is the older variant. "Spelled" came into being because simple people couldn't deal some words having non-standard variants.
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