ISEE/SSAT Vocabulary BuilderWordsHhasten
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hasten
Meaning: to move or cause to move with speed
hasten in a sentence
How hasten is used in real sentences:
The travelers hastened toward the station when they heard the final boarding call.
The nurse hastened down the hallway after hearing the alarm.
“To hasten each scene change, Mara mounted the walls on casters and marked their positions with tape.”
— from the passage The Turning Walls
Synonyms for hasten
Other words for hasten — hurry, rush and accelerate — carry the same meaning.
- hurry
- rush
- accelerate
Antonyms of hasten
Words that mean the opposite of hasten:
- delay
- slow
Where it comes from
From Old French haster 'to hurry'
Memory hook
HAST-en — sounds like HASTE, which means hurrying.