{
    "term": "expedite",
    "partOfSpeech": "verb",
    "verbForms": {
        "presentSimple": {
            "iYouWeThey": "expedite",
            "heSheIt": "expedites"
        },
        "pastSimple": "expedited",
        "pastParticiple": "expedited",
        "ingForm": "expediting"
    },
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to make a process happen more quickly",
            "sensetop": "expedite something",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "We have developed rapid order processing to expedite deliveries to customers."
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈekspədaɪt/",
                "audio": "ex/expedite/expedite__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈekspədaɪts/",
                "audio": "ex/expedite/expedites__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈekspədaɪtɪd/",
                "audio": "ex/expedite/expedited__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈekspədaɪtɪŋ/",
                "audio": "ex/expedite/expediting__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈekspədaɪt/",
                "audio": "ex/expedite/expedite__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈekspədaɪts/",
                "audio": "ex/expedite/expedites__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈekspədaɪtɪd/",
                "audio": "ex/expedite/expedited__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈekspədaɪtɪŋ/",
                "audio": "ex/expedite/expediting__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late 15th cent. (in the sense ‘perform quickly’): from Latin expedire ‘extricate (originally by freeing the feet), put in order’, from ex- ‘out’ + pes, ped- ‘foot’."
}