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語源

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

発音

• (英国発音) IPA: /ˈɛk.spəˌdaɪt/
• (米国発音) IPA: /ˈɛk.spɪˌdaɪt/
• ハイフネーション: ex‧pe‧dite

動詞

expedite (third-person singular simple present expedites, present participle expediting, simple past and past participle expedited)

1. (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.

2. (transitive, by extension) To perform (a task) fast and efficiently.
3. To perform the duties of an expediter.
4. (transitive, obsolete) To free from impediment; to release or set at liberty.

反意語

• impede
• slow down

関連する語

参考

形容詞

expedite (comparative more expedite, superlative most expedite)

1. 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 […]

2. 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) […]

派生語

Further reading

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

発音

• (Classical Latin) IPA: [ɛk.spɛˈdiː.teː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: [ek.speˈd̪iː.t̪e]

副詞

expedītē (comparative expedītius, superlative expedītissimē)

1. freely, without impediment.
2. readily, promptly, quickly

関連する語

• expediō
• expedītus

参照

• “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.