hasten

IPA(Pronunciation)

/ˈheɪ.sən/

Verb

intransitive transitive

(intransitive) To move or act in a quick fashion. / (transitive) To make someone speed up or make something happen quicker. / (transitive) To cause some scheduled event to happen earlier.

Japanese Meaning

速やかに動く・行動すること / 誰かの動作を速める、または何かが早く起こるように促すこと / 予定された事柄を前倒しにすること

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When the alarm sounds, the staff hasten out of the building to assist the evacuees.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

アラームが鳴ると、スタッフは避難者を助けるために建物から急いで出ます。

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Sense（1）

(intransitive) To move or act in a quick fashion.

Sense（2）

(transitive) To make someone speed up or make something happen quicker.

I would hasten my escape from the windy storm.

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Sense（3）

(transitive) To cause some scheduled event to happen earlier.

The decision to hasten completion of the electrification of London Midland Region main lines from Euston to the north and the subsequent diversion of some traffic to the Western Region in order to allow the engineers fuller track occupation, have focused attention on the two main routes between London, Birmingham and Wolverhampton.

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hastens

（ present singular third-person ）

hastening

（ participle present ）

hastened

（ participle past ）

hastened

（ past ）

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