speeding

/'spi:diɳ/

Thân thiện

A police officer stops a car for speeding on the highway.

Definition

1. Noun:
   • The act of moving or driving at a high speed; rapid motion. This is the general meaning, referring to the action of traveling very fast.
   • The specific offense of driving a vehicle faster than the legal limit. This is the most common modern usage, referring to a traffic violation.

Usage Examples

• Noun (General rapid motion):

  • The speeding of the train made the scenery blur.
  • He was fascinated by the speeding of the particles in the accelerator.

• Noun (Traffic offense):

  • She got a ticket for speeding on the highway.
  • The police officer pulled him over for speeding.

Advanced Usage

• "to be caught speeding": to be discovered and stopped by the police for driving too fast.

  • He was caught speeding twice in one month.

• "speeding ticket": a notice issued by the police for the offense of driving over the speed limit. (Note: This is a compound noun listed separately as a variant.)

  • Paying the speeding ticket was expensive.

Variants and Related Words

• Speed (verb/noun): The root word meaning to move quickly or the rate of motion.

  • The car began to speed down the empty road.

• Speeder (noun): A person who drives faster than the legal speed limit.

  • The radar gun identified the speeder.

• Speeding ticket (compound noun): The official citation for the offense of speeding.

Synonyms

• Rushing: Moving with urgent haste.
• Hastening: Moving or acting with speed.
• Exceeding the speed limit: The formal description of the traffic violation.

Related Phrases

• "to be guilty of speeding": to have committed the offense of driving too fast.

  • He pleaded guilty to speeding.

• "reckless speeding": driving at excessively high speeds in a dangerous manner.

  • The charge was upgraded from simple speeding to reckless driving.

Học thuật

Noun

1. changing location rapidly

Từ đồng nghĩa

• speed
• hurrying