hasten

English

Etymology

haste +‎ -en

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA: /ˈheɪs.ən/

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• Rhymes: -eɪsən

Verb

hasten (third-person singular simple present hastens, present participle hastening, simple past and past participle hastened)

1. To move in a quick fashion.
2. To make someone speed up or make something happen quicker.
   • Bible, Psalms lv. 8

     I would hasten my escape from the windy storm.

   • 2008, Bradley Simpson, Economists with Guns, page 7:

     [...] and prescribed policies and packages of military, economic and technical assistance to hasten their inevitable march toward development and modernity.

3. To cause some scheduled event to happen earlier.

Synonyms

• rush
• hurry
• See also Wikisaurus:rush (hurry)
• (speed up): accelerate

Derived terms

• hastener

Related terms

• haste

Translations

to move in a quick fashion

• Dutch: haasten (nl)
• Finnish: kiirehtää (fi)
• French: se dépêcher (fr), se hâter (fr)
• German: hasten (de), sich beeilen (de), eilen (de)
• Hungarian: siet (hu)
• Italian: affrettarsi (it), sbrigarsi (it)

• Quechua: chanchay (qu)
• Russian: спешить (ru) (spešítʹ) impf., поспешить (ru) (pospešít'ʹ) pf.; торопиться (ru) (toropítʹsja) impf., поторопиться (ru) (potoropítʹsja) pf.
• Slovak: poponáhľať sa (sk), náhliť sa (sk)
• Spanish: correr (es)
• Swedish: jäkta (sv), hasta (sv), skynda (sv)

to make someone/something speed up

• Dutch: bespoedigen, verhaasten
• Finnish: kiirehtiä (fi)
• French: hâter (fr)
• German: beschleunigen (de)
• Hungarian: siettet (hu), gyorsít (hu)
• Irish: luathaigh (ga)

• Italian: affrettare (it)
• Russian: торопить (ru) (toropítʹ) impf., поторопить (ru) (potoropítʹ) pf.
• Slovak: urýchliť (sk), posúriť (sk)
• Spanish: acelerar (es)
• Swedish: skynda på (sv), jäkta (sv)

to cause a scheduled event to happen earlier

• Dutch: vervroegen (nl)
• German: vorverlegen (de), vorziehen (de)
• Italian: anticipare (it)

• Slovak: anticipiovať (sk)
• Spanish: precipitar (es), anticipar (es), adelantar (es)

Anagrams

• Athens
• sneath
• thanes

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Danish

Noun

hasten c

1. singular definite of hast

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Finnish

Alternative forms

• hapsien

Noun

hasten

1. Genitive plural form of hapsi.

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Swedish

Noun

hasten

1. definite singular of hast