Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to decelerate
Participle: decelerated
Gerund: decelerating
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | decelerate |
| you | decelerate |
| he;she;it | decelerates |
| we | decelerate |
| you | decelerate |
| they | decelerate |
Perfect
| I | have decelerated |
| you | have decelerated |
| he;she;it | has decelerated |
| we | have decelerated |
| you | have decelerated |
| they | have decelerated |
Past
| I | decelerated |
| you | decelerated |
| he;she;it | decelerated |
| we | decelerated |
| you | decelerated |
| they | decelerated |
Pluperfect
| I | had decelerated |
| you | had decelerated |
| he;she;it | had decelerated |
| we | had decelerated |
| you | had decelerated |
| they | had decelerated |
Future
| I | will decelerate |
| you | will decelerate |
| he;she;it | will decelerate |
| we | will decelerate |
| you | will decelerate |
| they | will decelerate |
Future Perfect
| I | will have decelerated |
| you | will have decelerated |
| he;she;it | will have decelerated |
| we | will have decelerated |
| you | will have decelerated |
| they | will have decelerated |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | decelerate |
| you | decelerate |
| he;she;it | decelerate |
| we | decelerate |
| you | decelerate |
| they | decelerate |
Perfect
| I | have decelerated |
| you | have decelerated |
| he;she;it | have decelerated |
| we | have decelerated |
| you | have decelerated |
| they | have decelerated |
Imperfect
| I | decelerated |
| you | decelerated |
| he;she;it | decelerated |
| we | decelerated |
| you | decelerated |
| they | decelerated |
Pluperfect
| I | had decelerated |
| you | had decelerated |
| he;she;it | had decelerated |
| we | had decelerated |
| you | had decelerated |
| they | had decelerated |
Conditional
Present
| I | would decelerate |
| you | would decelerate |
| he;she;it | would decelerate |
| we | would decelerate |
| you | would decelerate |
| they | would decelerate |
Perfect
| I | would have decelerated |
| you | would have decelerated |
| he;she;it | would have decelerated |
| we | would have decelerated |
| you | would have decelerated |
| they | would have decelerated |
Imperative
| you | decelerate |
| we | Let's decelerate |
| you | decelerate |
Verbs conjugated like 'decelerate'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'decelerate'
accelerate,
deaccelerate,
decerebrate,
decolorate,
defederate,
degenerate,
recelebrate,
celebrate,
deaerate,
debellate,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
Late 19th c., from de- + (ac)celerate. Compare deaccelerate.
Sample Sentences
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In May, for example, the Illinois Central RR. introduced the long-expected streamline version of the Panama Limited, with diesel haulage, cutting the time over the 921 miles between Chicago and New Orleans by 2hr. to 18hr. each way—the fastest on record—but decelerated other trains over the same route. [1942 November and December, “Notes and News: The War and American Train Services”, in Railway Magazine, page 369:]
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The S.D.R. [Somerset & Dorset Railway] could not adhere to this schedule, and had to decelerate the service, but the original timings were restored when the M.R. and L.S.W.R. leased the S.D.R. [1953 August, David R. Webb, “By Rail to Bournemouth”, in Railway Magazine, page 554:]
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One of the disadvantages of increasing intermediate stops is that, as we have pointed out already, certain prestige trains have to suffer, notably the "Cornish Riviera Express", slowed 15min to Plymouth by stops at Taunton and Exeter; the "Torbay Express", decelerated 18min by stops at Reading, Westbury, Taunton and Newton Abbot; and the "Bristolian", which adds 14min in order to allow for a Bath stop and an increased load. [1961 October, “The winter timetables of British Railways: Western Region”, in Trains Illustrated, page 590:]