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{
"term": "expedite",
"partOfSpeech": "verb",
"verbForms": {
"presentSimple": {
"iYouWeThey": "expedite",
"heSheIt": "expedites"
},
"pastSimple": "expedited",
"pastParticiple": "expedited",
"ingForm": "expediting"
},
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "to make a process happen more quickly",
"sensetop": "expedite something",
"examples": [
{
"text": "We have developed rapid order processing to expedite deliveries to customers."
}
]
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈekspədaɪt/",
"audio": "ex/expedite/expedite__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈekspədaɪts/",
"audio": "ex/expedite/expedites__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈekspədaɪtɪd/",
"audio": "ex/expedite/expedited__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈekspədaɪtɪŋ/",
"audio": "ex/expedite/expediting__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈekspədaɪt/",
"audio": "ex/expedite/expedite__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈekspədaɪts/",
"audio": "ex/expedite/expedites__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈekspədaɪtɪd/",
"audio": "ex/expedite/expedited__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈekspədaɪtɪŋ/",
"audio": "ex/expedite/expediting__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "late 15th cent. (in the sense ‘perform quickly’): from Latin expedire ‘extricate (originally by freeing the feet), put in order’, from ex- ‘out’ + pes, ped- ‘foot’."
}