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# 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hasten/#m1)

2) (formal) To go or do something quickly; to hurry. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hasten/#m2)

3) «hasten to add/say»: quickly say something to stop a wrong idea. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hasten/#m3)

### 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hasten/#x1)
- Cold weather hastened the leaves' fall. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hasten/#x2)
- He hastened to explain that it was an accident. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hasten/#x3)
- The storm hastened their journey home. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hasten/#x4)
- I hasten to add that nobody was hurt. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hasten/#x5)
- They hastened across the bridge. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hasten/#x6)
- Hasten home to your dear mother." [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hasten/#x7)

### 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.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.1449/)
- [The smallest shall become a thousand, and the least a mighty nation; I the LORD will hasten it in its time.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ISA.1317/)
- [But Thou, O LORD, be not far off; O Thou my strength, hasten to help me.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.327/)
- [Nobles shall come out of Egypt; Ethiopia shall hasten to stretch out her hands unto God.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.1122/)
- [A man that is laden with the blood of any person shall hasten his steps unto the pit; none will support him.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PRO.821/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «hasten» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hasten/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.