hasten
[verb]
Synonyms: rush, dash, fly, hurry (up), make haste, race, scurry, speed

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English Thesaurus: rush, hurry, race, tear, dash, ...

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has‧ten /ˈheɪsən/ verb formal

1. [transitive] to make something happen faster or sooner:
Their departure was hastened by an abnormally cold winter.

2. [intransitive] to do or say something quickly or without delay Synonym : hurry
hasten to do something
I hastened to assure her that there was no danger.

3. I hasten to add used when you realize that what you have said may not have been understood correctly:
an exhausting course, which, I hasten to add, was also great fun

4. [intransitive always + adverb/preposition] literary to go somewhere quickly

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

rush to move very quickly, especially because you need to be somewhere soon:
He was rushing out of his office in order to go to a meeting.
There’s no need to rush - we have plenty of time.
hurry to do something or go somewhere more quickly than usual, especially because there is not much time:
People hurried into stores to escape the rain.
You ll have to hurry or we 'll be late for breakfast
I hurried through the rest of my workout and showered as quickly as I could.
race to go somewhere as fast as you can:
She raced downstairs to tell her mother.
He raced back to his car and called for help.
tear to run very quickly and without really looking where you are going, because you are in a hurry:
I saw two boys tearing across the field towards the tree.
He tore down the stairs and out of the house.
They tore out of the building.
dash to run somewhere very fast, especially only a short distance:
Bob dashed across the road to his friend’s house.
Her heart was pumping furiously as she dashed through the kitchen to the front door.
I dashed outside to try to rescue the unfortunate creature.
hustle American English informal to hurry when you are doing something or going somewhere:
You better hustle or you’re going to miss the school bus.
hasten literary to hurry somewhere, especially because you need to do something:
Suddenly frightened, she hastened back to where her friends were standing.
She took a deep breath and then hastened after him.

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