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.

To move or act swiftly. See Synonyms at speed. 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 …

If you hasten an event or process, often an unpleasant one, you make it happen faster or sooner. But if he does this, he may hasten the collapse of his own country. [VERB noun]

Definition of hasten verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

to hasten slowly: to make steady progress while being careful not to rush or hurry. Chiefly imperative, as a proverbial exhortation to do this; cf. to make haste slowly at haste n.

4 days ago · hasten (third-person singular simple present hastens, present participle hastening, simple past and past participle hastened) (intransitive) To move or act in a quick fashion.

Hasten means to go faster or cause to go faster. Hasten often sounds a bit formal. More informal phrases like speed up and hurry up can be used to mean the same thing and are more commonly used.

has•ten /ˈheɪsən/ v. to (cause to) move or act with haste: [no object] They hastened to the bus stop. [~ + object] to hasten the downfall of the dictatorship.

HASTEN meaning: 1 : to cause (something) to happen more quickly; 2 : to move or act quickly