Expedite meaning

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Expedite is defined as to make something happen more quickly.

An example of expedite is to send a package through express mail.

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To speed up or make easy the progress or action of; hasten; facilitate.
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To do quickly.
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To send off; issue officially; dispatch.
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Not impeded.
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Prompt, ready, or alert.
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To accelerate the progress of.

He expedited the search by alphabetizing the papers.

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To perform (a task) fast and efficiently.
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Free of impediment; unimpeded.
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Expeditious; quick; prompt.
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To speed up the progress of or execute quickly.

Expedite the review of a legal case; expedite a loan application.

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Origin of expedite

From Latin expedītus (“unimpeded, unfettered”), perfect passive participle of expediō (“bring forward, set right”).

Sentence Examples

  • Please expedite the delivery of the package.

  • To expedite the approval process, you can apply online.

  • He needs to expedite completion of the report.

  • The object of grafting is to expedite and increase the formation of flowers and fruit.

  • During the last few years great efforts have been made to expedite the operation of weighing machines by the introduction of machinery, more or less complicated, which renders the machines to a great extent self-acting.

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