Dictionary

hasten en · VERB

Pronunciation

• /ˈheɪ.sn̩/
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Etymology

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

Meanings

1. (intransitive) To move or act in a quick fashion.
2. (transitive) To make someone speed up or make something happen quicker.
   • Hamlet: Bid the players make haste. Will you two help to hasten them? c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene ii]:
   • A dearth of signalmen and the high cost of labour is hastening an elimination process that already was well under way before the second world war. 1956 May, C. H. Betts, “St. Pancras Tunnel Signalbox”, in Railway Magazine, page 320:
   • I would hasten my escape from the windy storm. 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Psalms 55:8:
3. (transitive) To cause some scheduled event to happen earlier.
   • The decision to hasten completion of the electrification of London Midland Region main lines from Euston to the north and the subsequent diversion of some traffic to the Western Region in order to allow the engineers fuller track occupation, have focused attention on the two main routes between London, Birmingham and Wolverhampton. 1960 February, R. C. Riley, “The London-Birmingham services - Past, Present and Future”, in Trains Illustrated, page 96:
   • […]and prescribed policies and packages of military, economic and technical assistance to hasten their inevitable march toward development and modernity. 2008, Bradley Simpson, Economists with Guns, page 7:

Forms

Deriveds

unhastening · overhastened · outhasten · unhastened · overhasten · hastener

Relateds

haste

Synonyms

hurry (cause a scheduled event to happen earlier) · zoom · dart (move in a quick fashion) · quicken · rush · accelerate (speed up) · race · speed up

Translations (82)

la festīnō (to move in a quick fashion) · sa रंहति (to move in a quick fashion) · de sich beeilen (to move in a quick fashion) · eo rapidigi (to make someone/something speed up) · bg движа се бързо (to move in a quick fashion) · pt correr (to move in a quick fashion) · la accelero (to make someone/something speed up) · es precipitar (to cause a scheduled event to happen earlier) · de vorverlegen (to cause a scheduled event to happen earlier) · la anticipo (to cause a scheduled event to happen earlier) · bg ускорявам (to make someone/something speed up) · de beschleunigen (to make someone/something speed up) · es correr (to move in a quick fashion) · th รีบ (to move in a quick fashion) · la accelerō (to move in a quick fashion) · pl przesunąć na wcześniejszy termin (to cause a scheduled event to happen earlier) · pl przyspieszyć (to make someone/something speed up) · sv skynda (to move in a quick fashion) · hu gyorsít (to make someone/something speed up) · sk poponáhľať sa (to move in a quick fashion) · hu siettet (to make someone/something speed up) · ru поторопи́ться (to move in a quick fashion) · bg бързам (to move in a quick fashion) · pl przyspieszać (to make someone/something speed up) · pt adiantar (to cause a scheduled event to happen earlier) · mi whakaoma (to make someone/something speed up) · th เร่ง (to make someone/something speed up) · nl verhaasten (to make someone/something speed up) · ru поторопи́ть (to make someone/something speed up) · fr se dépêcher (to move in a quick fashion) · fr hâter (to make someone/something speed up) · ceb dali (to make someone/something speed up) · la celerō (to move in a quick fashion) · qu chanchay (to move in a quick fashion) · nl bespoedigen (to make someone/something speed up) · sv skynda på (to make someone/something speed up) · eo plifruigi (to cause a scheduled event to happen earlier) · pt apressar (to make someone/something speed up) · nl vervroegen (to cause a scheduled event to happen earlier) · pl popędzać (to make someone/something speed up) · eo akceli (to cause a scheduled event to happen earlier) · sv jäkta (to make someone/something speed up) · fi kiirehtiä (to make someone/something speed up) · bg забързвам (to cause a scheduled event to happen earlier) · fr se hâter (to move in a quick fashion) · nl haasten (to move in a quick fashion) · es acelerar (to make someone/something speed up) · es anticipar (to cause a scheduled event to happen earlier) · sv jäkta (to move in a quick fashion) · fi kiirehtää (to move in a quick fashion) · it sbrigarsi (to move in a quick fashion) · eo akceli (to make someone/something speed up) · sk anticipiovať (to cause a scheduled event to happen earlier) · ru торопи́ть (to make someone/something speed up) · la celero (to make someone/something speed up) · sv hasta (to move in a quick fashion) · sk posúriť (to make someone/something speed up) · am ፈጠነ (to move in a quick fashion) · it affrettarsi (to move in a quick fashion) · az tələsmək (to move in a quick fashion) · pl przyspieszyć (to cause a scheduled event to happen earlier) · pt acelerar (to make someone/something speed up) · hu siet (to move in a quick fashion) · es adelantar (to cause a scheduled event to happen earlier) · sk náhliť sa (to move in a quick fashion) · ru спеши́ть (to move in a quick fashion) · izh kiirehtää (to move in a quick fashion) · it affrettare (to make someone/something speed up) · fr presser (to make someone/something speed up) · grc σπεύδω (to move in a quick fashion) · de eilen (to move in a quick fashion) · ga luathaigh (to make someone/something speed up) · it anticipare (to cause a scheduled event to happen earlier) · tr ivmek (to move in a quick fashion) · ota ایومك (to move in a quick fashion) · de hasten (to move in a quick fashion) · eo rapidi (to move in a quick fashion) · de vorziehen (to cause a scheduled event to happen earlier) · ru торопи́ться (to move in a quick fashion) · ru поспеши́ть (to move in a quick fashion) · gl bulir (to move in a quick fashion) · sk urýchliť (to make someone/something speed up)