เร่ง
hurry to do
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- 1 hurry to do、speed up (a task or process)
- 2 urge (someone to hurry)、press for (a response or action)
- 3 accelerate、increase (engine output or volume)
This word expresses making an action, process, or response happen faster. It can also mean urging someone to act sooner or increasing a machine’s speed, output, or volume.
hurry to do、speed up (a task or process)
Describes deliberately making an action, task, or process move forward faster.
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เร่งทำงาน rêŋ tham ŋaan hurry to get the work done เร่งทำงาน details
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รัฐบาลเร่งแก้ปัญหา rátthabaan rêŋ kɛ̂ɛ panhǎa The government is speeding up efforts to solve the problem. รัฐบาลเร่งแก้ปัญหา details
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เร่งให้เสร็จวันนี้ rêŋ hây sèt wan níi hurry so that it is finished today เร่งให้เสร็จวันนี้ details
urge (someone to hurry)、press for (a response or action)
Describes pressing or urging someone to act, respond, deliver, or pay sooner.
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อย่าเร่งฉัน yàa rêŋ chǎn Don't rush me. อย่าเร่งฉัน details
accelerate、increase (engine output or volume)
Describes increasing an adjustable level such as vehicle speed, engine output, or sound volume.
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เร่งเครื่อง rêŋ khrʉ̂aŋ accelerate; rev the engine เร่งเครื่อง details
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เร่งความเร็ว rêŋ khwaam rew increase speed เร่งความเร็ว details
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เร่งเสียงขึ้นหน่อย rêŋ sǐaŋ khʉ̂n nɔ̀ɔy Turn the volume up a little. เร่งเสียงขึ้นหน่อย details
Learning notes
Explanation
The central idea of เร่ง is actively making something move, develop, or happen faster. In the pattern เร่ง + verb, as in เร่งทำงาน, it means hurrying to perform or complete the action. When followed by a person, it means rushing or pressing that person. The pattern เร่ง + noun, such as เร่งการผลิต (“speed up production”), is especially common in news, government, and business language. With vehicles, เร่งเครื่อง can mean accelerating while moving or revving the engine while stationary. The adjectival sense “urgent” is generally found in compounds such as เร่งด่วน rather than in เร่ง used alone.
Usage
In everyday conversation, เร่ง is used when hurrying a task or urging someone to move faster. At work, it often refers to speeding up work or pressing for a delivery or response. News and official writing commonly use it for accelerating measures, production, or development. It is also used when increasing vehicle speed, engine activity, or machine output.
Caution
For ordinary statements such as “hurry and go” or “hurry and eat,” รีบ + verb is often more natural. เร่ง more strongly suggests actively speeding up a process or pushing someone to move faster. Used directly toward a person, it can sound pressuring. ช่วย or ได้ไหม can soften a request. To say that something is “urgent,” use เร่งด่วน or ด่วน rather than bare เร่ง.
Differences from similar words
1 hurry to do synonyms
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กระตุ้น means to stimulate or encourage activity, motivation, growth, or a response. เร่ง focuses more specifically on making something proceed faster.
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รีบ commonly describes a person hurrying to do something. เร่ง puts more emphasis on actively speeding up an action, task, or process.
2 urge (someone to hurry) synonyms
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ทวง means to ask for something that is due or expected, such as money, a returned item, or an answer. เร่ง is broader and stresses pushing someone to act sooner.
3 accelerate synonyms
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เพิ่ม is the general verb for increasing an amount, level, or quantity. เร่ง is used when raising speed, engine activity, output, or a similar operating level.