felgyorsították

Felgyorsították is a Hungarian verb form meaning “they accelerated” or “they have accelerated.” It is the past tense, third-person plural, definite conjugation of the verb felgyorsítani, which means to speed up or to accelerate. The form shows that the subject is plural and that a direct object, such as the thing being accelerated, is present in the sentence.

Morphology and usage

The base verb is felgyorsít- (to speed up) with the prefix fel- and the stem -gyorsít-. The suffix -ták marks the third-person plural in the definite past tense. In Hungarian, this form is used when the action is performed by multiple subjects and the object is definite or implied. The meaning reflects a completed action of increasing speed or hastening a process or event.

Examples

- A projektet felgyorsították. = They accelerated the project.

- Az ütemet felgyorsították, hogy befejezzék a határidő előtt. = They hastened the pace to finish before the deadline.

Contexts

Felgyorsították is commonly used in news, business, science, and politics to describe speeding up processes, production, reforms, or studies. It can refer to concrete actions (accelerating a project) or more abstract accelerations (such as timelines or schedules) depending on the object of acceleration.

Related forms

Related verbs include felgyorsítani (infinitive) and felgyorsít (present tense). The form felgyorsították is part of a broader set of Hungarian past tense constructions that indicate definite objects and plural subjects.