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- Dictionaryhasten/ˈheɪsn/
verb
- 1. be quick to do something: "he hastened to refute the assertion"
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HASTEN definition: 1. to make something happen sooner or more quickly: 2. If you hasten to do something, you quickly…. Learn more.
The meaning of HASTEN is to move or act quickly. How to use hasten in a sentence. to move or act quickly; to encourage to move or act quickly : to urge on; to cause to happen more quickly : accelerate…
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 definition: to move or act with haste; proceed with haste; hurry. See examples of HASTEN used in a sentence.
1. To cause to move or act swiftly: The guard hastened him out of the room. 2. To cause to happen sooner than otherwise would be the case: negotiations that hastened the end of the war. 3. To speed up; accelerate: fanned the wet paint to hasten drying. American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition.
If you hasten an event or process, often an unpleasant one, you make it happen faster or sooner.
To cause to be or come faster; speed up; accelerate. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. To cause to happen sooner than otherwise would be the case. Negotiations that hastened the end of the war. American Heritage. Similar definitions. To make someone speed up or make something happen quicker. Wiktionary. Synonyms: expedite. rush-along.
[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.
HASTEN definition: 1. to make something happen faster than usual 2. to hurry to do or say something: . Learn more.
to (cause to) move or act with haste: [ no object] They hastened to the bus stop. [ ~ + object] to hasten the downfall of the dictatorship. hurry: to hasten to a place. accelerate: to hasten someone from a room; to hasten the arrival of a happier time. has′ten•er, n.
