hasten

See also: hästen

English

Etymology

Originally intransitive, from haste +‎ -en (verbal suffix).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈheɪs.ən/

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -eɪsən

Verb

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

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

     I would hasten my escape from the windy storm.

   • c. 1599-1601 William Shakespeare, Hamlet, Act III scene ii^[1]:

     Hamlet:

     Bid the players make haste.

     Will you two help to hasten them?

3. (transitive) To cause some scheduled event to happen earlier.
   • 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.

Synonyms

• (move in a quick fashion): dart, race; see also Thesaurus:move quickly
• (speed up): accelerate, quicken, speed up; see also Thesaurus:speed up
• (cause a scheduled event to happen earlier): hurry, rush, zoom; see also Thesaurus:rush

Derived terms

• hastener

Related terms

• haste

Translations

to move in a quick fashion

• Azerbaijani: tələsmək (az)
• Bulgarian: бързам (bg) (bǎrzam), движа се бързо (dviža se bǎrzo)
• Dutch: haasten (nl)
• Esperanto: rapidi
• Finnish: kiirehtää
• French: se dépêcher (fr), se hâter (fr)
• German: hasten (de), sich beeilen (de), eilen (de)
• Greek:

  Ancient: σπεύδω (speúdō)

• Hungarian: siet (hu)
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• Interlingue:
• Italian: affrettarsi (it), sbrigarsi
• Latin: celero, accelero, festīnō
• Portuguese: correr (pt)
• Quechua: chanchay
• Russian: спеши́ть (ru) impf (spešítʹ), поспеши́ть (ru) pf (pospešítʹ); торопи́ться (ru) impf (toropítʹsja), поторопи́ться (ru) pf (potoropítʹsja)
• Slovak: poponáhľať sa, náhliť sa
• Spanish: correr (es)
• Swedish: jäkta (sv), hasta (sv), skynda (sv)

to make someone/something speed up

• Bulgarian: ускорявам (bg) (uskorjavam)
• Dutch: bespoedigen (nl), verhaasten (nl)
• Esperanto: akceli, rapidigi
• Finnish: kiirehtiä (fi)
• French: hâter (fr), presser (fr)
• German: beschleunigen (de)
• Hungarian: siettet (hu), gyorsít (hu)
• Interlingue:
• Irish: luathaigh
• Italian: affrettare (it)
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• Latin: accelero, celero
• Maori: whakaoma
• Polish: przyspieszać (pl) impf (a process), przyspieszyć (pl) pf (a process), popędzać (pl) impf (a person or an animal)
• Portuguese: acelerar (pt), apressar (pt)
• Russian: торопи́ть (ru) impf (toropítʹ), поторопи́ть (ru) pf (potoropítʹ)
• Slovak: urýchliť, posúriť
• Spanish: acelerar (es)
• Swedish: skynda på (sv), jäkta (sv)

to cause a scheduled event to happen earlier

• Bulgarian: забързвам (bg) (zabǎrzvam)
• Dutch: vervroegen (nl)
• Esperanto: akceli, plifruigi
• German: vorverlegen (de), vorziehen (de)
• Italian: anticipare (it)
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• Latin: anticipo
• Polish: przesunąć na wcześniejszy termin pf, przyspieszyć (pl) pf
• Portuguese: adiantar (pt)
• Slovak: anticipiovať
• Spanish: precipitar (es), anticipar (es), adelantar (es)

Anagrams

• Athens, snathe, sneath, thanes

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Danish

Noun

hasten c

1. (deprecated template usage) definite singular of hast

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Finnish

Alternative forms

• hapsien

Noun

hasten

1. (deprecated template usage) genitive plural of hapsi

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German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈhastn̩]

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: has‧ten
• Homophone: hassten

Verb

1. to hurry, to rush

   Ich hastete zur Tür. ― I rushed to the door.

Synonyms

• eilen
• rennen
• stürmen

Antonyms

• trödeln
• trotten

Derived terms

• hastend
• hastig
• herbeihasten
• forthasten

See also

• beschleunigen
• herbeieilen
• vorauseilen
• forteilen
• laufen

Further reading

• “hasten” in Duden online

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Swedish

Noun

hasten

1. (deprecated template usage) definite singular of hast