hasten

«hasten» in Mova's school dictionary: To make something happen sooner or faster — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

verb (hasten, hastens, hastened, hastening) — (formal)

meaning for a pupil

1) (formal) To make something happen sooner or faster. tree →

2) (formal) To go or do something quickly; to hurry. tree →

3) «hasten to add/say»: quickly say something to stop a wrong idea. tree →

sense in the lessons

In stories and formal writing: «She hastened home», «Rain hastened the end of the game». «I hasten to add» is used to correct a wrong impression quickly.

examples

• She hastened to the door. tree →
• Cold weather hastened the leaves' fall. tree →
• He hastened to explain that it was an accident. tree →
• The storm hastened their journey home. tree →
• I hasten to add that nobody was hurt. tree →
• They hastened across the bridge. tree →
• Hasten home to your dear mother." tree →

note

Silent t: HAY-sen. Formal; everyday: «hurry», «speed up». From «haste» (hurry).

In the corpora

• Then they hastened, and took down every man his sack to the ground, and opened every man his sack.
• The smallest shall become a thousand, and the least a mighty nation; I the LORD will hasten it in its time.
• But Thou, O LORD, be not far off; O Thou my strength, hasten to help me.
• Nobles shall come out of Egypt; Ethiopia shall hasten to stretch out her hands unto God.
• A man that is laden with the blood of any person shall hasten his steps unto the pit; none will support him.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «hasten» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.