Hastening
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Hastening is a verb meaning present participle and gerund of hasten.
Meaning
present participle and gerund of hasten.
More Meanings
- The act of speeding up; a growing faster.
Example Sentences
The secret seems to be a very precise control of the subtle slackenings and hastenings of tempo that are essential to Scriabin's idiom[…]
Miss D. had found that regular blinking, or a loud-ticking watch, or horizontal lines or marks on the ground, etc., similarly served to pace her, and to prevent the incontinent hastenings and retardations which otherwise marred her ambulation.
Word Forms
- hastenings
Synonyms for hastening
Depending on context, synonyms include acceleration, fast, speed, speeding, hurrying.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include speed, speeding, hurrying, fast, quickening, accelerating.
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