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expedite

/ˈekspɪdaɪt/

C1CEFR level
45/100Rarity: uncommon
TechnicalRegister

Medicine verb

To speed up a process or make it happen sooner.

I would be grateful if you could expedite an outpatient appointment.

Similar: hasten

Topic: Referral & discharge letters in Medical English

Business verb

To speed up the progress or completion of something.

The manager expedited the paperwork so the shipment could clear customs that day.

Similar: hasten, accelerate

Topic: Management & organisation in Business English

Rarity runs from 0 (a word everyone knows) to 100 (almost never seen outside specialist or literary writing). Level is the word's real difficulty on the CEFR scale, from A1 to C2.

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