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 Definitions of hasten  [ˈheɪ sən]  

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Definition of 'hasten' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (v.i.) hasten
to move or act with haste; proceed with haste; hurry.

2. (v.t.) hasten
to cause to hasten; accelerate.

Etymology:  (1565–75)

Definition of 'hasten' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (verb) rush, hasten, hurry, look sharp, festinate
act or move at high speed
"We have to rush!"; "hurry--it's late!"

2. (verb) rush, hotfoot, hasten, hie, speed, race, pelt along, rush along, cannonball along, bucket along, belt along, step on it
move fast
"He rushed down the hall to receive his guests"; "The cars raced down the street"

3. (verb) expedite, hasten
speed up the progress of; facilitate
"This should expedite the process"

4. (verb) induce, stimulate, rush, hasten
cause to occur rapidly
"the infection precipitated a high fever and allergic reactions"


Definition of 'hasten' Webster Dictionary 

1. (verb) hasten
to press; to drive or urge forward; to push on; to precipitate; to accelerate the movement of; to expedite; to hurry

2. (verb) hasten
to move celerity; to be rapid in motion; to act speedily or quickly; to go quickly


Translation of 'hasten' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: to (cause to) move with speed
He hastened towards me; We must hasten the preparations.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: haas, gou maak Arabic flag Arabic: يُسَرِّع Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: забързвам
Brazilian flag Brazilian: apressar(-se) Czech flag Czech: pospíchat; uspíšit German flag German: eilen, beschleunigen
Danish flag Danish: skynde sig; fremskynde Greek flag Greek: (επι)σπεύδω Spanish flag Spanish: apresurarse, darse prisa,
Estonian flag Estonian: kiirustama Farsi flag Farsi: شتاب كردن Finnish flag Finnish: kiirehtiä
French flag French: (se) hâter Hebrew flag Hebrew: לְמַהֵר Hindi flag Hindi: और तीव्रता से चलना
Croatian flag Croatian: požuriti, ubrzati Hungarian flag Hungarian: siettet Indonesian flag Indonesian: mempercepat
Icelandic flag Icelandic: flÿta Italian flag Italian: affrettare, affrettarsi Japanese flag Japanese: 急ぐ
Korean flag Korean: 급히 가다 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: skubėti, paskubinti Latvian flag Latvian: steigties; []steidzināt;
Malay flag Malay: bergegas Dutch flag Dutch: haasten Norwegian flag Norwegian: skynde seg; fram-/påskynd
Polish flag Polish: śpieszyć się, przyśpiesza Persian flag Persian: شتاب كردن Pashto flag Pashto: چټكول ، ګړندىكول ، تسريع
Portuguese flag Portuguese: apressar(-se) Romanian flag Romanian: a (se) grăbi Russian flag Russian: торопить(ся)
Slovak flag Slovak: ponáhľať sa; urýchliť Slovenian flag Slovenian: pohiteti, pospešiti Serbian flag Serbian: ubrzati
Swedish flag Swedish: skynda, ila, påskynda Thai flag Thai: รีบเร่ง Turkish flag Turkish: acele etmek
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: (使)快速移動 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: прискорювати Urdu flag Urdu: جلدی کرنا
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: vội vã Chinese flag Chinese: 加速

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