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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’." }