adj
Meaning 1
Travelling very fast; moving at speed.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
speeding
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/ˈspiːdɪŋ/
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rhymes with -iːdɪŋ
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CMU ARPABET: S P IY1 D IH0 NG Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
adj
Meaning 2
Specifically, travelling at an illegal speed (of vehicles, motorists).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Examples
- We were overtaken on the inside by a speeding motorcyclist.
- The NTSB said on Tuesday that the 2022 North Las Vegas crash highlights the need for intelligent speed assistance technology and countermeasures including interlock program for repeat speeding offenders. National Transportation Safety Board Calls For Speed-Limiting Tech in Cars, Road track, 15 Nov 2023
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Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 3
Under the influence of the drug speed; high on amphetamines.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
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noun
Meaning 4
(Instance of) acceleration.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
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noun
Meaning 5
Driving faster than the legal speed limit.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Examples
- He was fined $100 for speeding.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 6
present participle and gerund of speed
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, gerund, participle, present
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noun
Meaning 7
changing location rapidly
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: speed, hurrying
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: motion, movement, move
Narrower terms: acceleration, quickening, speedup, deceleration, scud, scudding
History
Etymology
From speed + -ing.
Across languages
Translations
17 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Finnish: ylinopeutta ajava — moving at speed
- Polish: pędzący — moving at speed
- Finnish: nopeuttaminen — instance of acceleration
- Chinese Mandarin: 超速行駛 /超速行驶 (chāosù xíngshǐ) — driving faster than the legal speed limit
- Estonian: kiiruseületamine — driving faster than the legal speed limit
- Finnish: ylinopeuden ajaminen — driving faster than the legal speed limit
- Finnish: ylinopeus — driving faster than the legal speed limit
- French: excès de vitesse — driving faster than the legal speed limit
- German: Geschwindigkeitsüberschreitung — driving faster than the legal speed limit
- Hungarian: gyorshajtás — driving faster than the legal speed limit
- Italian: eccesso di velocità — driving faster than the legal speed limit
- Japanese: スピード違反 (supīdo ihan) — driving faster than the legal speed limit
- Polish: przekroczenie prędkości — driving faster than the legal speed limit
- Portuguese: excesso de velocidade — driving faster than the legal speed limit
- Russian: превыше́ние ско́рости (prevyšénije skórosti) — driving faster than the legal speed limit
- Swedish: fortkörning — driving faster than the legal speed limit
- Ukrainian: переви́щення шви́дкості (perevýščennja švýdkosti) — driving faster than the legal speed limit