I must hasten to add that I do not mean to blame him.
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Hasten
//ˈheɪ.sn̩//
Synonyms for "hasten" (199 found)
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Closest matches (40)
Strong matches (60)
Related words (99)
make clearmake formake hastemake way formovemove quicklynipoilopen the throttleopen the wayopen uppave the waypick up speedplungepostprecipitateprepare the waypresspress onpromote
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pushpush forwardpush onpush throughput forwardput onput on steamquickenracerailroadrailroad throughremove frictionrevrunrun interference forrush alongrush throughscamperscootscourscramblescudscurryscuttlesendset forwardshake upshiftshootsimplifyskedaddleskinsmokesmoothsmooth the waysoap the waysspeedspeed alongspeed upsprintspurspurtsquirmstampedestavestepstep on itstep upstewstreaksweatsweat and stewsweat it outtatterteartrotunbarunblockunclogunjamurgewait impatientlywhipwhip alongzip
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11 entriesSynonyms
5 entriesRelated terms
1 entriesderived
6 entriesderived from
1 entriesrelated to
4 entriesTranslations
79 translations across 25 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- σπεύδω verb (to move in a quick fashion)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- tələsmək verb (to move in a quick fashion)
Bulgarian
4 entries- бързам verb (to move in a quick fashion)
- движа се бързо verb (to move in a quick fashion)
- забързвам verb (to cause a scheduled event to happen earlier)
- ускорявам verb (to make someone/something speed up)
Cebuano
1 entries- dali verb (to make someone/something speed up)
Dutch
4 entries- bespoedigen verb (to make someone/something speed up)
- haasten verb (to move in a quick fashion)
- verhaasten verb (to make someone/something speed up)
- vervroegen verb (to cause a scheduled event to happen earlier)
Esperanto
4 entries- akceli verb (to make someone/something speed up)
- akceli verb (to cause a scheduled event to happen earlier)
- plifruigi verb (to cause a scheduled event to happen earlier)
- rapidi verb (to move in a quick fashion)
Finnish
2 entries- kiirehtiä verb (to make someone/something speed up)
- kiirehtää verb (to move in a quick fashion)
French
4 entries- hâter verb (to make someone/something speed up)
- presser verb (to make someone/something speed up)
- se dépêcher verb (to move in a quick fashion)
- se hâter verb (to move in a quick fashion)
Galician
1 entries- bulir verb (to move in a quick fashion)
German
4 entries- beschleunigen verb (to make someone/something speed up)
- eilen verb (to move in a quick fashion)
- hasten verb (to move in a quick fashion)
- sich beeilen verb (to move in a quick fashion)
Hungarian
3 entries- gyorsít verb (to make someone/something speed up)
- siet verb (to move in a quick fashion)
- siettet verb (to make someone/something speed up)
Ingrian
1 entries- kiirehtää verb (to move in a quick fashion)
Irish
1 entries- luathaigh verb (to make someone/something speed up)
Italian
4 entries- affrettare verb (to make someone/something speed up)
- affrettarsi verb (to move in a quick fashion)
- anticipare verb (to cause a scheduled event to happen earlier)
- sbrigarsi verb (to move in a quick fashion)
Latin
4 entries- accelero verb (to make someone/something speed up)
- accelerō verb (to move in a quick fashion)
- anticipo verb (to cause a scheduled event to happen earlier)
- celero verb (to make someone/something speed up)
Māori
1 entries- whakaoma verb (to make someone/something speed up)
Polish
4 entries- popędzać verb (to make someone/something speed up)
- przesunąć na wcześniejszy termin verb (to cause a scheduled event to happen earlier)
- przyspieszać verb (to make someone/something speed up)
- przyspieszyć verb (to make someone/something speed up)
Portuguese
4 entries- acelerar verb (to make someone/something speed up)
- adiantar verb (to cause a scheduled event to happen earlier)
- apressar verb (to make someone/something speed up)
- correr verb (to move in a quick fashion)
Quechua
1 entries- chanchay verb (to move in a quick fashion)
Russian
4 entries- поспеши́ть verb (to move in a quick fashion)
- поторопи́ть verb (to make someone/something speed up)
- поторопи́ться verb (to move in a quick fashion)
- спеши́ть verb (to move in a quick fashion)
Sanskrit
1 entries- रंहति verb (to move in a quick fashion)
Slovak
4 entries- anticipiovať verb (to cause a scheduled event to happen earlier)
- náhliť sa verb (to move in a quick fashion)
- poponáhľať sa verb (to move in a quick fashion)
- posúriť verb (to make someone/something speed up)
Spanish
4 entries- acelerar verb (to make someone/something speed up)
- adelantar verb (to cause a scheduled event to happen earlier)
- anticipar verb (to cause a scheduled event to happen earlier)
- correr verb (to move in a quick fashion)
Swedish
4 entries- hasta verb (to move in a quick fashion)
- jäkta verb (to move in a quick fashion)
- jäkta verb (to make someone/something speed up)
- skynda verb (to move in a quick fashion)
Thai
2 entries- รีบ verb (to move in a quick fashion)
- เร่ง verb (to make someone/something speed up)
Sample sentences
15 total sentences available.
Hasten, my lads!
Source: tatoeba (394505)
Hasten slowly, and without losing heart, put your work twenty times upon the anvil.
Source: tatoeba (608103)
Hasten slowly.
Source: tatoeba (3104207)
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