speed

nounAinmfhocal 1 rate of movement, happening etcat the speed of lightluas masc1 cmu she increased her speed ghéaraigh sí ar a luas, ghéaraigh sí sa siúl he was driving at a very low speed bhí sé ag tiomáint ag luas an-íseal, bhí sé ag tiomáint go han-mhall ar fad the ramp reduced the average speed laghdaigh an rampa an meánluas speed sign comhartha luais it passed me at a speed of 120 km/h chuaigh sé tharam agus luas 120 km/u faoi the speed of light luas an tsolais wind speed luas na gaoithe she ran off at lightning speed rith sí léi ar luas lasrach, as go brách léi ar nós na gaoithe, thug sí do na boinn é sna cosa in airde she spoke at speed labhair sí go han-tapa, labhair sí go hiontach gasta 2 also information technologyteicneolaíocht faisnéise rate of work, operationat the speed of lightluas masc1 cmu engine speed luas an innill play speed luas seanma transmission speed luas tarchurtha 3 photographygrianghrafadóireacht of camera, filmat the speed of lightluas masc1 cmu speed control rialtán luais you need to set the film speed is gá luas an scannáin a shocrú 4 also sportspórt fast movementluas masc1 cmusiúl masc1 cmu we took the corner at speed chasamar an cúinne ar ardluas, bhí an-siúl fúinn ar an gcúinne speed was a factor in the accident bhí baint ag róluas leis an timpiste, bhí baint ag an iomarca siúil leis an timpiste he doesn't have the speed to get away from defenders níl an luas aige le héalú ó chosantóirí, níl sé tapa go leor le himeacht ó chosantóirí 5 informalneamhfhoirmeálta drugluasóg fem2 cmu he was like a cat on speed ba gheall le cat ar luasóg é, ní fhaca tú a shamhail bheo ach cat ar meisce verbbriathar 6 move fastspeed up, speed to victory intransitiveneamhaistreachbheith ar ardluasan-siúl a bheith fút he sped off down the street as go brách leis síos an tsráid a van sped past me chuaigh veain tharam ar ardluas, thiomáin veain tharam de sciotán 7 automotivegluaisteánaíocht drive too fast intransitiveneamhaistreachtiomáin ar róluastiomáin go róthapatiomáin róghasta I wasn't speeding ní raibh mé ag tiomáint ar róluas, ní raibh mé ag tiomáint go róthapa 8 move sb/sth fast transitiveaistreachbrostaigh verb cmuluathaigh verb cmu the new road will speed traffic out of the city brostóidh an bóthar nua an trácht amach as an gcathair, beidh an trácht ábalta imeacht as an gcathair níos sciobtha de bharr an bhóthair nua, éascóidh an bóthar nua dul an tráchta amach as an gcathair our staff will help to speed you through the process cabhróidh ár bhfoireann leat an próiseas a chur díot gan mhoill 9 make sth happen faster transitiveaistreachbrostaigh verb cmudlús a chur le cmu can we speed things up? an féidir linn rudaí a bhrostú?, an dtig linn dlús a chur le cúrsaí?, an féidir linn rudaí a dhéanamh níos gasta? medical help will speed your recovery tiocfaidh tú chugat féin níos tapúla le cabhair leighis, cuirfidh cúnamh leighis dlús le do théarnamh SubformsSainfhoirmeacha → -speed PhrasesNathanna at the speed of light ar luas lasrachar nós na gaoithear ardluas to speed to victory sportspórt she sped to victory bhuaigh sí go héasca, bhuaigh sí gan stró up to speed I'm not up to speed on the new programme níl mé tagtha isteach ar an gclár nua fós, ní thuigim an clár nua i gceart go fóill the project isn't up to speed yet níl an togra faoi lánseol go fóill he'll get you up to speed on what happened cuirfidh sé ar an eolas thú faoi cad a tharla Phrasal VerbsBriathra Frásacha→ speed by→ speed up

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