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- DictionaryHas·ten/ˈhās(ə)n/
verb
- 1. be quick to do something: "he hastened to refute the assertion"
The verb hasten means to move at a high speed. If you hasten to your room, no one will know that you came in late. Hasten comes from the word haste, which means "excessive speed or urgency." The words hurry and hasten are synonyms. Hasten can also mean "to make happen quickly," like when you open a window in the kitchen when you are cooking to ...
[intransitive] hasten to do something to say or do something without delay. She saw his frown and hastened to explain. He has been described as a ‘charmless bore’—not by me, I hasten to add. I hasten to add that I knew nothing of the fraud at the time.
to make something happen faster than usual. hasten to do sth. to hurry to do or say something: I was not, I hasten to add, the only male there. (Definition of hasten from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
6 days ago · 1. verb. If you hasten an event or process, often an unpleasant one, you make it happen faster or sooner . But if he does this, he may hasten the collapse of his own country. [VERB noun] Synonyms: hurry (up), speed (up), advance, urge More Synonyms of hasten. 2. verb. If you hasten to do something, you are quick to do it.
to cause to hasten; accelerate: to hasten someone from a room; to hasten the arrival of a happier time. Synonyms: precipitate , speed , quicken , expedite , press , urge
1. ( may take an infinitive) to hurry or cause to hurry; rush. 2. ( tr) to be anxious (to say something): I hasten to add that we are just good friends. ˈhastener n. Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014. has•ten. (ˈheɪ sən) v.i.
From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English has‧ten /ˈheɪsən/ verb formal 1 [ transitive] to make something happen faster or sooner Their departure was hastened by an abnormally cold winter. 2 [ intransitive] to do or say something quickly or without delay SYN hurry hasten to do something I hastened to assure her that there was no danger. 3 ...
