quickening
present participle ofquicken
| 单词 | quickening |
| 释义 | quickening present participle ofquicken quicken verb[IorT] uk/ˈkwɪk.ən/us/ˈkwɪk.ən/tobecomequicker, or to make somethingbecomequicker: This ismusicthat will makeyourpulsequicken. We'll have to quicken thepaceif wewanttokeepup with him. literaryPeterwalkedin theroomand herheartquickened. If afeelingorqualityquickens, itbecomesmoreactive, or to make afeelingorqualitydo this: Hisinterestquickened when hesawher. War quickensourawareness. Increasing and decreasing speed of motion
You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Increasing and intensifying Examplesofquickeningquickening In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. The 'quickening' of local governance was exactly that : the consolidation of governance through local and central collusion. From theCambridge English Corpus The poetic stanzas change from quatrains to tercets to couplets,quickeningthe pace of the dialogue. From theCambridge English Corpus A notable effect of a quarter century of market reforms is aquickeningof the pace of life. From theCambridge English Corpus They also stressed the importance ofquickeningthe pace of circulation and of extending its reach through the construction of technological systems. From theCambridge English Corpus Symons styles himself as our surrogate observer,quickeninghis perception, concentrating on various surfaces, objects, and activities. From theCambridge English Corpus All were at least 20 weeks pregnant by dates and/or clinical examination and all had felt 'quickening'. From theCambridge English Corpus There has been aquickeningin the pace of the development of studying popular music in the past few years. From theCambridge English Corpus These measures will see aquickeningof the output of trained wireless fitters towards the end of this year. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Now that he is in his exuberant twenties the pace isquickening. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 There really has been a greatquickeningin the pace of change. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 The whole pace of change isquickening, and our ports are reacting to it. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Ever since then, there have been increasing signs of sustained and non-inflationary recovery, at first disappointingly slow but now unmistakeablyquickening. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 There is therefore aquickeningof discrimination and disadvantage in the way in which the rules are administered. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 But not only have public attitudes been changing; the pace of change has beenquickeningtoo. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 It might have the effect ofquickeninghis pace. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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