From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishexpediteex‧pe‧dite /ˈekspədaɪt/ verb [transitive] FAST/QUICKto make a process or action happen more quickly SYN speed up strategies to expedite the decision-making process→ See Verb table
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expedite• The panel also called for expediting by five years deployment of a satellite-based computer network for guiding pilots in flight.• Occasionally he would seek to expedite his victim's demise as best he could.• Instead, hoping to expedite matters, he squatted down beside them and gave them a hand.• Still, there are those who originally chose the law as an opportunity to expedite social change.• More money would, of course, expedite the construction.• In these circumstances, use of the Collar-Jahn method, described in Chapter 3; may greatly expedite the solution.• The Pentagon doesn't expedite - they demand immediate compliance.From Longman Business Dictionaryexpediteex‧pe‧dite /ˈekspədaɪt/ verb [transitive] formal to make a process or action happen more quicklyHe promised to reform the government to expedite economic market reforms.→ See Verb tableOrigin expedite (1400-1500) Latin past participle of expedire “to free the feet, set free, arrange”, from pes “foot” 