hasten

C2+ Topic:Actions & Processes

US /ˈheɪsən/ UK /ˈheɪsən/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

verb
to move or act quickly; to cause something to happen sooner

She hastened to add that no offense was intended.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 verb · to move or act quickly; to... hurry rush accelerate expedite speed quicken

Opposites

delay slow dawdle retard hinder

Word family

Derived forms hastenedhastening

Related forms haste hasty hastiness

Etymology

From haste plus the verb-forming suffix -en; haste comes from Old French haste ('haste, hurry'), from Frankish *haifst ('violence'), of Germanic origin.

haste Old French *haifstiz Proto-Germanic

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Actions & Processes Word Formation & Derivatives

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# hasten

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** verb
**IPA (US):** /ˈheɪsən/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈheɪsən/

## Meanings
1. to move or act quickly; to cause something to happen sooner

## Examples
- She hastened to add that no offense was intended.

## Synonyms
- hurry
- rush
- accelerate
- expedite
- speed
- quicken

## Antonyms
- delay
- slow
- dawdle
- retard
- hinder

## Derived Forms
- hastened
- hastening

## Related Forms
- haste
- hasty
- hastiness

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: haste
- Root: *haifstiz

## Etymology
From haste plus the verb-forming suffix -en; haste comes from Old French haste ('haste, hurry'), from Frankish *haifst ('violence'), of Germanic origin.

## AI Etymology
Hasten comes from haste plus the verb-forming suffix -en; haste comes from Old French haste ('haste, hurry'), from Frankish *haifst ('violence'), of Germanic origin. The historical trail runs through Old French haste and Proto-Germanic *haifstiz. Morphologically, the surface form is analyzable into prefixes, suffixes, compounds, or participial endings that carry part of the history. In modern use it means to move or act quickly; to cause something to happen sooner. Derived formations include hastened, hastening; related forms include haste, hasty, hastiness.

## Topics
- Actions & Processes
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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