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to hasten

to hasten

12 4.6
Make something happen sooner
  • verb
  • /ˈheɪsən/
translation icon : acelerar
  • This can help to to hasten the ripening process.
  • hastening death
  • hastened the demise
  • hastening the decline

May you quicken the currents of truth in every field and discipline and hasten the world to better days.

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Examples

  • Prior to the failure, Defense Secretary McElroy had explained the need for hastening the program.

    Academic text (1994)
  • Every hour lost hastens Gondor's defeat.

  • If she did, the interview might be hastened to a conclusion.

    Fiction book (1997)
  • There have been new offensives, new weapons and tactics from each nation this war, trying to hasten it to a successful conclusion.

  • These would engrave themselves upon the popular imagination and not just preserve the movement, but hasten the rebellion.

  • Once the border issue was settled, Germany hastened to put relations with its eastern neighbors on a fresh footing.

    Academic text (2001)
  • As a result, the National Assembly hastened the process for overhauling the economy and streamlining the government's operation.

    Academic text (1999)
  • The government responded to the decline of SOEs by hastening their reform and restructuring.

    Academic text (2001)
  • The worldwide exploitation of hawksbills for their shells hastened the decimation of this species.

    Academic text (1994)
  • The scientist hopes to hasten the development of a vaccine for the virus.

Synonyms

to hurry up
vsto hasten
  • Informal
637 1.0

To move or act more quickly to avoid being late

focuses on causing earlier occurrence rather than giving direct prompts
to rush
vsto hasten
403 1.0

To make a person or thing move quickly

aims at bringing events forward rather than pressing people to hurry
to accelerate
vsto hasten
  • Specialized
331 3.7

To move faster or make something happen faster

is focused on bringing events forward sooner rather than just speed
to speed
vsto hasten
191 1.0

To make something move or happen faster

stresses making an event occur sooner rather than only increasing rate
to speed up
vsto hasten
161 2.5

To make something move or happen faster

stresses causing events to happen sooner rather than gradual speeding
to hurry
vsto hasten
97 1.0

To make someone move or work faster than they want

is about making events happen sooner without necessarily forcing people
to expedite
vsto hasten
  • Formal
45 6.5

To make something happen faster and easier

focuses on quickening timing rather than improving procedure efficiency
to catalyze
vsto hasten
  • US
12 7.5

To make a reaction or process happen faster

is a general action to bring events sooner rather than catalytic role
to quicken
vsto hasten
12 4.1

To move or happen faster

focuses more on causing earlier occurrence rather than only higher rate
to quicken the pace
vsto hasten
1 3.9

Move or work faster to finish sooner

is about causing earlier occurrence rather than only raising urgency
to accel
vsto hasten
  • Informal
9.1

To make something happen faster

is a neutral term for bringing events forward rather than casual speed
to festinate
vsto hasten
  • Archaic
9.9

To move or act quickly because you are in a hurry

is about causing events to happen sooner rather than simple quick action

Antonyms

562 1.4

To make something happen later than planned

To delay doing something you should do because you avoid it

How Fast

to rush
403 1.0
to accelerate
  • Specialized
331 3.7
to hasten
12 4.6
to speed up
161 2.5
to expedite
  • Formal
45 6.5

Surface Forms

hasten infinitive
hastened past
hastened past participle
hastening present participle
hastens third person singular

Morphology

hasten = haste (transparent) = haste + en

Formed by the regular noun + -en verb derivation meaning 'to cause or make (something) quick', which is directly inferable from 'haste'.

Etymology

The word hasten comes from an old French verb haster, which meant 'to urge', and it shares the root with the English word haste ('quickness'). So to hasten something is like 'pushing' it forward so it happens sooner.