English to Icelandic Meaning of hasten - skunda

Hasten :

skunda

verb

skunda, skjótast, drífa, hraði, fá að fara á, spori, stökk

Hasten :: skundaHastened :: flýtti sérHastening :: flýtaHastens :: flýtir

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Definitions of hasten in English

Verb(1) act or move at high speed(2) move hurridly(3) speed up the progress of; facilitate(4) cause to occur rapidly

Examples of hasten in English

(1) a move that could hasten peace talks(2) This, I hasten to add, is not to cast any aspersion over the good intentions of either company, rather, it reflects what tends to happen generally in a market concentrated on a small number of suppliers.(3) The report says that in all likelihood it would hasten the imposition of congestion charges or tolling on the M50 to control demand on the motorway.(4) There is nothing more to say about this damnable road; it is best to hasten along it if one must, and to turn off it as soon as one may.(5) As Angus Calder has suggested, ├ö├ç├┐the effect of the war was not to sweep society on to a new course, but to hasten its progress along the old grooves.├ö├ç├û(6) But what do their faces tell us, as they hasten to their posts?(7) They noted that many people believe that to talk about death or engage in advance care planning might hasten one's death.(8) Perhaps if the politicians talked about race as if it was already an irrelevance it would hasten the day when it is.(9) Experts explained that overcrowded high-rises and overusage of underground space hasten the speed of subsidence.(10) Projected fuel cost increases and savings from water conservation will probably hasten the break-even point.(11) First, physicians tend to be concerned about using opioids in terminal patients for fear of suppressing respiration and hastening death.(12) In December 1889, Parnell became involved in a divorce that was to end his political influence and the trauma of this divorce probably hastened his early death.(13) He will have been aware that the figure would be enough to represent a big loss for him, thus probably hastening his departure; but it would also be a big enough majority for him to govern with if and when he moves next door.(14) The research team says this suggests additional factors, besides climate change, probably hastened the giant deer's eventual extinction.(15) In any event, the composer was badly shaken during this era, which probably hastened his death in 1950.(16) The fat man scrambled up and hastened away, helped along by the boot of Magdalena.

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Synonyms

Verb

1. hurry ::

drífa

3. festinate ::

festinate

4. expedite ::

flýta

5. pelt along ::

pelt með

6. stimulate ::

örva

Antonyms

1. brake ::

bremsa

2. decelerate ::

hjaðna

3. retard ::

þroskaheftur

Different Forms

hasten, hastened, hastening, hastens

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