How do you use Decelerate in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like accelerate or modify, plus the exact meaning.
Decelerate meaning
- To reduce the velocity of something.
- To reduce the rate of advancement of something, such as a disease.
- To go slower.
Synonyms of Decelerate
Using Decelerate
- The main meaning on this page is: To reduce the velocity of something. | To reduce the rate of advancement of something, such as a disease. | To go slower.
- Useful related words include: slow down, accelerate, modify, fall.
- In the example corpus, decelerate often appears in combinations such as: to decelerate, decelerate and, decelerate to.
Context around Decelerate
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24.9 words
- Position in the sentence: 4 start, 5 middle, 11 end
- Sentence types: 18 statements, 1 questions, 1 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Decelerate
- In this selection, "decelerate" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 24.9 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, growth, significantly, cannot, smoothly, year and further stand out and add context to how "decelerate" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include accelerate and decelerate and accelerate and decelerate smoothly remove. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "decelerate" sits close to words such as aachen, abayomi and abbots, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with decelerate
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Softer manufacturing activity led our data sales growth to decelerate. (10 words)
Will it decelerate, right, to low double digit, will it accelerate? (11 words)
It did in fact work and it did in fact significantly decelerate the virus. (14 words)
Traven attempts to diffuse a bomb set under a public transportation bus that cannot decelerate under a certain speed or it will detonate, and in a last-ditch effort, he is lowered underneath the bus on a towed sled with wheels. (41 words)
The town of San Francisco has not been so forgiving, and of their current letter to the California PUC concerning the permits Waymo and Cruise use to function, they cited unhealthy PuDo explicitly as a motive to decelerate their enlargement. (40 words)
The International Monetary Fund forecast last month that each country would see its growth decelerate in 2024 from the year prior, ranging from 0.9 percent in highly developed Japan to 6.8 percent in emerging India. (37 words)
Will it decelerate, right, to low double digit, will it accelerate? (11 words)
Many motoring organisations have guides on how best to drive efficiently, with the headlines being: stick to the speed limits, accelerate and decelerate smoothly, remove excess weight and keep up with your maintenance! (33 words)
Example sentences (20)
Aerocapture is an orbital transfer maneuver in which a spacecraft makes a single pass through a planetary atmosphere to decelerate and achieve orbit insertion.
Despite past growth, the current economic landscape suggests that SoFi might see increased delinquency rates on its loans, and its growth could decelerate.
Drivers should also decelerate smoothly by releasing the accelerator in time and leaving the car in gear.
For years beyond I project 25% revenue growth for the next three years after FY2027 and then expect it to decelerate to 20%.
Many motoring organisations have guides on how best to drive efficiently, with the headlines being: stick to the speed limits, accelerate and decelerate smoothly, remove excess weight and keep up with your maintenance!
Softer manufacturing activity led our data sales growth to decelerate.
The headline CPI is expected to moderate to a 6.2% year-over-year rate while the Core CPI is expected to decelerate to 5.5%.
The town of San Francisco has not been so forgiving, and of their current letter to the California PUC concerning the permits Waymo and Cruise use to function, they cited unhealthy PuDo explicitly as a motive to decelerate their enlargement.
We do anticipate content to decelerate year-over-year as that has been most impacted by the complex integration with complex being majority content and branded content being most impacted by the macro environment.
While orders are likely to decelerate further, Dover looks well-placed to generate better results when demand recovers.
Will it decelerate, right, to low double digit, will it accelerate?
As you decelerate it’ll cut out the engine around 15km/h, and then fire it back up when you lift off the brakes much quicker than conventional idle stop-start systems.
The ball, fortuitously, tightropes the line but stays in, and Fritsch, unlike his opponent Henry, doesn’t decelerate thinking it’s dead.
The International Monetary Fund forecast last month that each country would see its growth decelerate in 2024 from the year prior, ranging from 0.9 percent in highly developed Japan to 6.8 percent in emerging India.
And in the university towns where cases are still on the up, the rate at which they are increasing has began to decelerate.
In India, the economy continued to decelerate, with relatively weak developments observed mainly in private consumption and business fixed investment.
It did in fact work and it did in fact significantly decelerate the virus.
Traven attempts to diffuse a bomb set under a public transportation bus that cannot decelerate under a certain speed or it will detonate, and in a last-ditch effort, he is lowered underneath the bus on a towed sled with wheels.
High-frequency indicators suggest that GDP growth rate may have continued to decelerate between July and September.
In fact, under the Mumbai Metro line 3 contract, in an industry first, Alstom will design and develop 75% motorised rolling stock, which will allow metro trains to quickly accelerate and decelerate.
Common combinations with decelerate
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- to decelerate 25×
- decelerate and 4×
- decelerate to 4×
- and decelerate 3×
- decelerate it 3×
- decelerate the 3×
- decelerate smoothly 2×
- decelerate further 2×
- cannot decelerate 2×
- should decelerate 2×