# expedite
## English
### Etymology

From Latin expedītus (“unimpeded, unfettered”), perfect passive participle of expediō (“bring forward, set right”).

### Pronunciation

* (UK) IPA: /ˈɛk.spəˌdaɪt/
* (US) IPA: /ˈɛk.spɪˌdaɪt/
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* Audio (General Australian):(file)

### Verb

expedite (third-person singular simple present expedites, present participle expediting, simple past and past participle expedited)
* (transitive) To accelerate the progress of.
    He expedited the search by alphabetizing the papers.
** 1950 October, “Notes and News: Early Multiple-Unit Trains, C.L.R.”, in Railway Magazine, page 712:The bodies and bogies were built by more than one firm, to expedite the work, and the electrical equipment was supplied by the British Thomson-Houston Co. Ltd.
** 1960 June, “British cars go by rail: I-The L.M.R. wins new Anglo-Scottish traffic”, in Trains Illustrated, page 335:[…] moreover, there are times of pressure when, to expedite deliveries, cars may be driven in what should otherwise be the running-in period at speeds that do them no good - and over long distances too.
* (transitive, by extension) To perform (a task) fast and efficiently.
* To perform the duties of an expediter.

#### Antonyms

* impede
* slow down

#### Derived terms

* expeditely
* expediteness

#### Related terms

* expede (obsolete)
* expedience
* expediency
* expedient
* expedition
* expediter
* expeditious
* expeditiously

#### Translations
### Adjective

expedite (comparative more expedite, superlative most expedite)
* Free of impediment; unimpeded.
** 1594, Richard Hooker, edited by J[ohn] S[penser], Of the Lawes of Ecclesiastical Politie, […], 3rd edition, London: […] Will[iam] Stansby [for Matthew Lownes], published 1611, →OCLC, book III, page 91:[…] to make the way plaine and expedite […]
* Expeditious; quick; prompt.
** 1671, John Tillotson, “Sermon IV. The Advantages of Religion to Particular Persons. Psalm XIX. 11.”, in The Works of the Most Reverend Dr. John Tillotson, Late Lord Archbishop of Canterbury: […], 8th edition, London: […] T. Goodwin, B[enjamin] Tooke, and J. Pemberton, […]; J. Round […], and J[acob] Tonson] […], published 1720, →OCLC:nimble and expedite […] in its operation
** 1689 (indicated as 1690), [John Locke], “Of other simple Modes”, in An Essay Concerning Humane Understanding. […], London: […] Eliz[abeth] Holt, for Thomas Basset, […], →OCLC, book II, § 7, page 111:[…] Speech in general (which is a very ſhort and expedite way of conveying their Thoughts one to another) […]

### Further reading

* Douglas Harper (2001–2025) “expedite”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

## Latin
### Etymology

From expedītus (“unimpeded, unfettered”), perfect passive participle of expediō (“liberate, free”).

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /ek.speˈdiː.teː/, [ɛks̠pɛˈd̪iːt̪eː]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ek.speˈdi.te/, [ekspeˈd̪iːt̪e]

### Adverb

expedītē (comparative expedītius, superlative expedītissimē)
* freely, without impediment.
* readily, promptly, quickly

#### Related terms

* expediō
* expedītus

### References

* “expedite”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
* “expedite”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
* expedite in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

## Spanish
### Verb

expedite
* second-person singular voseo imperative of expedir combined with te
* inflection of expeditar:
** first/third-person singular present subjunctive
** third-person singular imperative