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- Dictionaryhasten/ˈheɪsn/
verb
- 1. be quick to do something: "he hastened to refute the assertion"
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The meaning of HASTEN is to move or act quickly. How to use hasten in a sentence.
HASTEN definition: 1. to make something happen sooner or more quickly: 2. If you hasten to do something, you quickly…. Learn more.
Hasten definition: to move or act with haste; proceed with haste; hurry. See examples of HASTEN used in a sentence.
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.
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.
[transitive] hasten something (formal) to make something happen sooner or more quickly. The treatment she received may, in fact, have hastened her death. News of the scandal certainly hastened his departure from office.
to make something happen faster than usual. hasten to do sth. to hurry to do or say something: I was not, I hasten to add, the only male there. (Definition of hasten from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
Definition of hasten verb in Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Hasten Definition. To move or act swiftly; hurry. To cause to move or act swiftly. The guard hastened him out of the room. To cause to be or come faster; speed up; accelerate. To cause to happen sooner than otherwise would be the case. Negotiations that hastened the end of the war.
