v. Simple past tense and past participle of accelerate.
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adj. caused to move faster.
adj. caused to be completed in a shorter than normal time period; speeded up, as of an academic course. Opposite of delayed.
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adj. speeded up, as of an academic course
Word Usage
"Contributing to Thursday's announcement were manufacturing problems that have postponed the shipment of AMD's newest chips, which it calls "accelerated processing units.""