up to speed (on something)

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• speed — n 1 *haste, hurry, expedition, dispatch Analogous words: *celerity, legerity, alacrity: fleetness, rapidity, swiftness, quickness (see corresponding adjectives at FAST): velocity, pace, headway (see SPEED) 2 Speed, velocity, momentum, impetus,… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

• speed up — verb 1. move faster (Freq. 3) The car accelerated • Syn: ↑accelerate, ↑speed, ↑quicken • Ant: ↑decelerate (for: ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

• speed — [[t]spi͟ːd[/t]] ♦♦ speeds, speeding, sped, speeded (The form of the past tense and past participle is sped in meaning 5 but speeded for the phrasal verb.) 1) N VAR: with supp The speed of something is the rate at which it moves or travels. He… …   English dictionary

• Speed dating — is a formalized matchmaking process or dating system whose purpose is to encourage people to meet a large number of new people. Its origins are credited to Rabbi Yaacov Deyo of Aish HaTorah, originally as a way to help Jewish singles meet and… …   Wikipedia

• Speed garage — Orígenes musicales House, Jungle, UK Garage, Drum And Bass Orígenes culturales Mediados de los 90 Gran Bretaña Instrumentos comunes secuencia …   Wikipedia Español

• Something Wicked This Way Comes (novel) — Something Wicked This Way Comes   …   Wikipedia

• Speed of Light (album) — Speed of Light Studio album by Corbin Bleu Released March 10, 2009 (See …   Wikipedia

• speed — ► NOUN 1) the rate at which someone or something moves or operates. 2) rapidity of movement or action. 3) each of the possible gear ratios of a bicycle. 4) the light gathering power or f number of a camera lens. 5) the duration of a photographic… …   English terms dictionary

• Something 'bout the Kiss — Single par Namie Amuro extrait de l’album Genius 2000 Face A Something bout the Kiss Face B You Are the One Sortie 1er septembre …   Wikipédia en Français

• speed something up — ˌspeed ˈup | ˌspeed sthˈup derived to move or happen faster; to make sth move or happen faster • The train soon speeded up. • Can you try and speed things up a bit? • …   Useful english dictionary