increasing speed
collocation in Englishmeaningsofincreaseandspeed
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increase
noun[C or U]
uk/ˈɪn.kriːs/us/ˈɪn.kriːs/
a rise in the amount or size ...
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speed
noun
uk/spiːd/us/spiːd/
how fast ...
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(Definition ofincreaseandspeedfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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These decreased sharply withincreasingspeed.
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It is happening now, and withincreasingspeed.
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The estimation of transmission parameters for infectious diseases is an area that can benefit significantly from theincreasingspeedof computer processors.
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From a general point of view, telecommunication and telephones are frequently equated with modernity, and the notions ofincreasingspeedand decreasing distance.
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Second, the potential function value should be higher at high speed than at low speed since both path tracking accuracy and response time decrease withincreasingspeed.
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In those circumstances, will he not consult with him aboutincreasingspeedgenerally?
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The situation has grown gravely worse atincreasingspeed, and so we are short of bombers.
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It is yet another small but significant factor inincreasingspeedand danger on the roads.
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At that moment it became possible to move money around the globe at anincreasingspeed.
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During the 1950s, the picture changed and at anincreasingspeed.
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We cannot overlook the increasing number of injuries that are caused throughincreasingspeed.
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It has happened to our commuters and it is now happening withincreasingspeedto freight.
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However, as a result of human activity, the process of biodiversity loss around the world is advancing withincreasingspeed.
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I disagree with those who hold that theincreasingspeedof modern communications tends to make the soldier superfluous.
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However, theincreasingspeedof industrial change has meant many upheavals and the disappearance of firms of long local standing.
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It is a rock that has been chipped away by both parties withincreasingspeedover the past few years.
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I therefore hate to tell him that it has given me a wonderful idea ofincreasingspeedon many other occasions.
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Therefore, some of us are very concerned lest what we should be doing inincreasingspeedlimits will have a detrimental effect upon the people.
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Immense changes have occurred—and are still occurring atincreasingspeed—in this part of the country since the green belt policy was first declared.
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Theincreasingspeedand complexity of modern warfare is giving added emphasis to the importance of up-to-date communications, command and control.
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Those difficulties are already great because of theincreasingspeedof technical, financial and international change, and it will not slow down.
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