verb🔗ShareTo move or act in a quick fashion."Seeing the fire alarm go off, the students hastened out of the building. "actiontimeChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo make someone speed up or make something happen quicker."The approaching deadline hastened the completion of the project. "actiontimeprocessChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo cause some scheduled event to happen earlier."The approaching storm hastened our picnic; we started an hour earlier than planned. "timeactioneventplanChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading