SPEED
What does "SPEED" mean?
The rate at which someone or something moves or operates.
Meanings
- The rate of motion; distance covered per unit of time. The train reached a speed of two hundred kilometres an hour.
- Rapidity of action or operation; swiftness. She solved the puzzle with surprising speed.
- To move or travel quickly, or to exceed a legal speed limit. He was fined for speeding through the school zone.
- Success or good fortune (archaic, as in 'godspeed'). They wished the travellers good speed on their journey. archaic
Did you know?
- The speed of light is no longer measured but defined: since 1983 it is fixed at exactly 299,792,458 metres per second, which means the metre itself is now defined by how far light travels in a sliver of a second.
Word origin
From Old English 'sped', meaning success, prosperity, or swiftness; the original sense of 'success' survives in 'godspeed', while the 'rate of motion' sense came to dominate.
Remember it
The 'EE' in SPEED is a long straight road; the longer you draw it out, the faster it feels.
A little poem
Light needs no permission-
it crosses the whole dark room
before you say 'go'.
haiku
Wordplay
- We wished him godspeed at the airport, and he replied that at light's pace he'd have arrived before he left.
What it teaches
Some speeds we choose and some are simply fixed by the universe; wisdom is knowing which is which.
Quick facts
What does SPEED mean?
The rate at which someone or something moves or operates.
Is SPEED a valid word?
Yes — SPEED is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is SPEED?
SPEED has 5 letters and 1 syllable.
Where does SPEED come from?
From Old English 'sped', meaning success, prosperity, or swiftness; the original sense of 'success' survives in 'godspeed', while the 'rate of motion' sense came to dominate.
What can SPEED teach us?
Some speeds we choose and some are simply fixed by the universe; wisdom is knowing which is which.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.