speed – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of speed

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to speed up
Participle: sped up; speeded up
Gerund: speeding up

Cognates

See the 2 cognates of speed

Indicative

Present

Ispeed up
youspeed up
he;she;itspeeds up
wespeed up
youspeed up
theyspeed up

Perfect

Ihave sped up; speeded up
youhave sped up; speeded up
he;she;ithas sped up; speeded up
wehave sped up; speeded up
youhave sped up; speeded up
theyhave sped up; speeded up

Past

Isped up; speeded up
yousped up; speeded up
he;she;itsped up; speeded up
wesped up; speeded up
yousped up; speeded up
theysped up; speeded up

Pluperfect

Ihad sped up; speeded up
youhad sped up; speeded up
he;she;ithad sped up; speeded up
wehad sped up; speeded up
youhad sped up; speeded up
theyhad sped up; speeded up

Future

Iwill speed up
youwill speed up
he;she;itwill speed up
wewill speed up
youwill speed up
theywill speed up

Future Perfect

Iwill have sped up; speeded up
youwill have sped up; speeded up
he;she;itwill have sped up; speeded up
wewill have sped up; speeded up
youwill have sped up; speeded up
theywill have sped up; speeded up

Subjunctive

Present

Ispeed up
youspeed up
he;she;itspeed up
wespeed up
youspeed up
theyspeed up

Perfect

Ihave sped up; speeded up
youhave sped up; speeded up
he;she;ithave sped up; speeded up
wehave sped up; speeded up
youhave sped up; speeded up
theyhave sped up; speeded up

Imperfect

Isped up; speeded up
yousped up; speeded up
he;she;itsped up; speeded up
wesped up; speeded up
yousped up; speeded up
theysped up; speeded up

Pluperfect

Ihad sped up; speeded up
youhad sped up; speeded up
he;she;ithad sped up; speeded up
wehad sped up; speeded up
youhad sped up; speeded up
theyhad sped up; speeded up

Conditional

Present

Iwould speed up
youwould speed up
he;she;itwould speed up
wewould speed up
youwould speed up
theywould speed up

Perfect

Iwould have sped up; speeded up
youwould have sped up; speeded up
he;she;itwould have sped up; speeded up
wewould have sped up; speeded up
youwould have sped up; speeded up
theywould have sped up; speeded up

Imperative

youspeed up
weLet's speed up
youspeed up

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

Iam speeding up
youare speeding up
he;she;itis speeding up
weare speeding up
youare speeding up
theyare speeding up

Perfect

Ihave been speeding up
youhave been speeding up
he;she;ithas been speeding up
wehave been speeding up
youhave been speeding up
theyhave been speeding up

Past

Iwas speeding up
youwere speeding up
he;she;itwas speeding up
wewere speeding up
youwere speeding up
theywere speeding up

Pluperfect

Ihad been speeding up
youhad been speeding up
he;she;ithad been speeding up
wehad been speeding up
youhad been speeding up
theyhad been speeding up

Future

Iwill be speeding up
youwill be speeding up
he;she;itwill be speeding up
wewill be speeding up
youwill be speeding up
theywill be speeding up

Future Perfect

Iwill have been speeding up
youwill have been speeding up
he;she;itwill have been speeding up
wewill have been speeding up
youwill have been speeding up
theywill have been speeding up

Conditional

Present

Iwould be speeding up
youwould be speeding up
he;she;itwould be speeding up
wewould be speeding up
youwould be speeding up
theywould be speeding up

Perfect

Iwould have been speeding up
youwould have been speeding up
he;she;itwould have been speeding up
wewould have been speeding up
youwould have been speeding up
theywould have been speeding up

Other

Verbs conjugated like 'speed'

speed, forespeed,

Verbs similar to 'speed'

seed, speedy, speel, speer, speet, speld, spend, spred, bleed, breed,

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

go faster than the limit
rush
quicken
hasten, hurry, accelerate, expedite, precipitate, anticipate

Additional Information

Phrasal Verbs

Etymology

1. O.E. sped "success, prosperity, advancement," from P.Gmc. *spodiz (cf. O.S. spod "success," Du. spoed "haste, speed," O.H.G. spuot "success," O.S. spodian "to cause to succeed," M.Du. spoeden, O.H.G. spuoten "to haste"), from PIE *spo-ti- "speed," from *spe- "to thrive, prosper" (cf. Skt. sphayate "increases," L. sperare "to hope," O.C.S. spechu "endeavor," Lith. speju "to have leisure"). Meaning "quickness of motion or progress" emerged in late O.E. (usually adverbially, in dative plural, e.g. spedum feran), emerging fully in early M.E. Meaning "gear of a machine" is attested from 1866. Meaning "methamphetamine, or a related drug," first attested 1967, from its effect on users. Speeder "one who drives fast" is recorded from 1891. Speedometer is from 1904, a hybrid coined with Gk. -metron; speed bump is 1975; figurative sense is 1990s. Full speed is recorded from 1382. Speed reading first attested 1965. Speedball "mix of cocaine and morphine or heroin" is recorded from 1909.
2. From Middle English speden, from Old English spēdan (“to speed, prosper, succeed, have success”), from Proto-West Germanic *spōdijan (“to succeed”).
3. Cognate with Scots spede, speid (“to meet with success, assist, promote, accomplish, speed”), Dutch spoeden (“to hurry, rush”), Low German spoden, spöden (“to hasten, speed”), German sputen, spuden (“to speed”). See: Middle English 'speden', Dutch 'spoeden', Low Saxon 'spoden', German, old spelling 'sputen'.

Verbs referencing "speed"

German, old spelling sputen, Ukrainian спіти.

Sample Sentences

  • [...] flourished his heels vigorously in the air, and was soon prancing away towards the lower end of the lawn, followed by Bill and Jerry, whom Andy had not failed to let loose, according to contract, speeding them off with various direful ejaculations. And now ensued a miscellaneous scene of confusion. Sam and Andy ran and shouted,—dogs barked here and there,—and Mike, Mose, Mandy, Fanny, and all the [...] (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)