No. 3,715 in Russian
ускорить
To accelerate.
In a sentence
Я решил ускорить процесс подготовки документов.
I decided to expedite the process of preparing the documents.
Here, 'ускорить' is used to mean 'expedite', indicating to make the process faster.
Эта новая технология поможет ускорить производство.
This new technology will help accelerate production.
In this sentence, 'ускорить' means 'accelerate', referring to increasing the speed of production thanks to the technology.
Чтобы успеть на поезд, нам надо ускорить шаг.
In order to catch the train, we need to quicken our pace.
Here, 'ускорить' is used to mean 'quicken', specifying to increase the speed of walking.
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