expedite

verb

ex·pe·dite ˈek-spə-ˌdīt

expedited; expediting

Synonyms of expedite

transitive verb

: to accelerate the process or progress of : speed up

: to execute promptly

: issue, dispatch

Did you know?

Need someone to do something in a hurry? You can tell that person to step on it—or you can tell them expedite it. Figurative feet are involved in both cases, though less obviously in the second choice. Expedite comes from the Latin verb expedire, meaning “to free from entanglement” or “to release (a person) especially from a confined position.” The feet come in at that word’s root: it traces back to Latin ped- or pes, meaning “foot.” Expedient and expedition also stepped into English by way of expedire.

Examples of expedite in a Sentence

During the fire season they wear a semblance of uniform intended to expedite the rush when the siren howls … —Tom Harpole, Air & Space, August/September 1993

Overnight he found himself coordinating the train and ship schedules and expediting the loading and unloading of 15,000 officers and men … —Neil Sheehan, A Bright Shining Lie, 1988

This final phase was never actually completed because of the need to expedite an airmobile force to Vietnam. —Shelby L. Stanton, Anatomy of a Division, 1987

After the war its leaders were stigmatized as collaborators and accused of helping to expedite the murderous work of the Nazis. —Bernard Wasserstein, New York Times Book Review, 24 May 1987

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And yet, upon taking office last year, Gov. Jeff Landry, a staunch death penalty advocate, has attempted to expedite executions. —Richard A. Webster, ProPublica, 11 Mar. 2025 The ruling, issued by U.S. District Judge Christopher Cooper, orders DOGE to expedite document releases in response to a lawsuit from Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW). —Hannah Parry, Newsweek, 11 Mar. 2025 Trump declared a national energy emergency on his first day in office, directing federal agencies to expedite the oil, gas and nuclear projects. —Spencer Kimball, CNBC, 10 Mar. 2025 To do that, he’s said the federal government will open wide swathes of land to drilling and promised to expedite approvals for fossil fuel infrastructure. —Justin Worland, TIME, 7 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for expedite