Hasten

Quick meaning: Hasten is a verb meaning (intransitive) To move or act in a quick fashion.

Meaning

(intransitive) To move or act in a quick fashion.

More Meanings

1. (transitive) To make someone speed up or make something happen quicker.
2. (transitive) To cause some scheduled event to happen earlier.

Example Sentences

I would hasten my escape from the windy storm.

Hamlet: Bid the players make haste. Will you two help to hasten them?

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.

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

Word Forms

• hastens
• hastening
• hastened

Synonyms for hasten

Depending on context, synonyms include dart, race, accelerate, quicken, speed up, hurry.

Antonyms for hasten

Common opposites include dawdle, linger.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include hie, hurry, speed, expedite, stimulate, induce.

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