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- pronunciation:
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- parts of speech:
- intransitive verb, transitive verb
- features:
- Word Combinations (verb), Grammatical Patterns, Word Parts
| part of speech: |
intransitive verb |
| inflections: |
hastens, hastening, hastened |
| definition: |
to move or act speedily; hurry.
She hastened to catch the bus.[verb + infinitive
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Realizing his error, he hastened to apologize.[verb + infinitive
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- synonyms:
- hurry, rush, scurry, speed
- antonyms:
- dally, delay
- similar words:
- course, hightail, hotfoot, hustle, make haste, race, skedaddle, whisk
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| related words: |
bustle, chase, dart, dash, fly, quicken, rush, scramble |
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| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| definition 1: |
to cause or encourage to act or move quickly.
She hastened him on his way.- synonyms:
- hurry, hustle, rush, speed
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| definition 2: |
to make happen sooner or faster.
This victory will hasten the end of the war.- synonyms:
- precipitate, quicken
- antonyms:
- dally, delay
- similar words:
- accelerate, advance, expedite, speed
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| related words: |
activate, course, express, fleet, quicken, race, rush, scamp, stir |
adverb + (v.)hasten
artificially, indirectly, thereby
(v.)hasten
+ adverb
along, northward, past
(v.)hasten
+ noun
adoption,
advance,
advent,
alliance,
arrival,
assimilation,
breakup,
collapse,
collision,
coming,
communism,
conclusion,
conversion,
corridor,
cure,
death,
decline,
decomposition,
demise,
departure,
descent,
destruction,
development,
disintegration,
downfall,
emergence,
end,
erosion,
exit,
fall,
fatigue,
flight,
germination,
growth,
healing,
integration,
journey,
onset,
pace,
process,
protection,
recovery,
return,
ruin,
seed,
spread,
stair,
step,
transformation,
transition,
withdrawal
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| derivation: |
hastener (n.) |
The word hasten
contains the following part:
-en1
Old English
verb-forming suffix
that means to cause to be or become or have
  More about this word part:
The suffix -en1 forms verbs from monosyllabic English adjectives.
Example words:
awaken, bedizen, blacken, brighten, broaden, chasten, cheapen, coarsen, dampen, darken, deaden, deafen, deepen, enlighten, enliven, fatten, flatten, foreshorten, freshen, frighten, gladden, glisten, harden, hasten, hoarsen, lengthen, lessen, lighten, loosen, moisten, neaten, redden, richen, ripen, sharpen, shorten, soften, steepen, straighten, strengthen, tauten, tighten, weaken, whiten, widen
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