Meanings
- gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of hasten
plural hastenings
- The act of speeding up; a growing faster.
The secret seems to be a very precise control of the subtle slackenings and hastenings of tempo that are essential to Scriabin's idiom[…]
1991, Christopher Pollard, The Good CD guide, 19921 more example
Miss D. had found that regular blinking, or a loud-ticking watch, or horizontal lines or marks on the ground, etc., similarly served to pace her, and to prevent the incontinent hastenings and retardations which otherwise marred her ambulation.
1973, Oliver Sacks, AwakeningsSynonyms: acceleration
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe act of speeding up; a growing faster.
Translations
German Beschleunigen, Beschleunigung
- Beschleunigenact of speeding up; a growing faster
- Beschleunigungact of speeding up; a growing faster
- Vorantreibenact of speeding up; a growing faster
Turkish tacil
- tacilact of speeding up; a growing faster
Cite this entry
hastening. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hastening
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