[Elamur Dictionary](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/speed/) [dictionaries](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [English](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/) / [S](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/s/) / speed # speed noun, verb (speed, speeds, sped, speeding) «speed» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova. ## Everyday 1. Speed is how fast something moves: how far it goes in some time. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/speed/#m1) 2. Speed means quickness: with great speed. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/speed/#m2) 3. To speed is to move fast. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/speed/#m3) 4. To be speeding is to drive faster than the law allows. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/speed/#m4) 5. To speed up is to go faster; to slow down is the opposite. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/speed/#m5) 6. "God speed you" is an old way of wishing someone good luck and a safe journey. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/speed/#m6) ### In the lessons Maths and science: a rate of distance per time (km per hour, miles per hour, meters per second); distance = speed × time. Safety: speed limits on roads, slow down near schools. Everyday: top speed, at full speed, speed bump, high-speed train. ### Examples - The car's speed is 60 km per hour. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/speed/#x1) - At this speed, how far will it go in 3 hours? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/speed/#x2) - His speed was 5 meters a second. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/speed/#x3) - Find the speed if he went 120 miles in 2 hours. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/speed/#x4) - The speed limit near the school is 25. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/speed/#x5) - A cheetah can run at great speed. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/speed/#x6) - The train sped through the tunnel. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/speed/#x7) - Slow down, there is a speed bump ahead. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/speed/#x8) - "Now then, Soldier! drive off, and God speed you!" [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/speed/#x9) ### Note Past sped (or speeded). Distance = speed × time; speed = distance ÷ time; time = distance ÷ speed. Trap: match units (minutes vs hours: 30 minutes is half an hour). Average speed = total distance ÷ total time, not the average of two speeds. ## In Jewish tradition "Good speed" here is old English meaning success or a quick, favorable outcome. Later books also use "speed" for quickness: Rehoboam made speed to flee and Jonathan told the lad to make speed. **Interpretation.** Abraham's servant prayed for good speed, and tradition reads Rebekah's quick appearance as God answering him. It shows that God guides ordinary events. ### Examples - And he said: 'O LORD, the God of my master Abraham, send me, I pray Thee, good speed this day, and show kindness unto my master Abraham. (Torah GEN.24.12, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/speed/#x1) - And Isaac said unto his son: 'How is it that thou hast found it so quickly, my son?' And he said: 'Because the LORD thy God sent me good speed.' (Torah GEN.27.20, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/speed/#x2) - And king Rehoboam made speed to get him up to his chariot, to flee to Jerusalem. (Prophets 1KI.12.18, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/speed/#x3) - And Jonathan cried after the lad: 'Make speed, hasten, stay not.' And Jonathan's lad gathered up the arrows, and came to his master. (Prophets 1SA.20.38, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/speed/#x4) - And He will lift up an ensign to the nations from far, and will hiss unto them from the end of the earth; and, behold, they shall come with speed swiftly; (Prophets ISA.5.26, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/speed/#x5) ### Note Past sped (or speeded). Distance = speed × time; speed = distance ÷ time; time = distance ÷ speed. Trap: match units (minutes vs hours: 30 minutes is half an hour). Average speed = total distance ÷ total time, not the average of two speeds. ## On Mova - [Trees and pragmatics of «speed» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/speed/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames. - [«speed» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/speed.html) on Mova free. - [Trees and pragmatics of «speed» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/speed/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames. - [«speed» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/speed.html) on Mova free.