expedite

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA ^(key): /ˈɛk.spəˌdaɪt/
• (US) IPA ^(key): /ˈɛk.spɪˌdaɪt/

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• Hyphenation: ex‧pe‧dite

Verb

Plain form expedite

Third-person singular expedites

Past tense expedited

Past participle expedited

Present participle expediting

1. (transitive) When you expedite something, you make it happen faster.

   We ran out of supplies at the free health clinic very quickly. The Director promised to expedite the process of getting us more supplies, but a week later we still had none.

   After Latanya spent 16 hours trying to give birth, the doctor tried expediting her labor by giving her medicines. After that, she gave birth in less than an hour.

   The Post Office offers "expedited delivery" for packages that need to get sent very quickly.