how to pronounce hasten

/ˈhɛɪ.sən/

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hasten is pronounced in two syllables

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An example use of hasten in a speech by a native speaker of british english:

“… I hasten to add was not my idea but …”

meaning of hasten

Hasten means to make progress or to move faster.

hasten frequency in english - C2 level of CEFR

the word hasten occurs in english on average 2.1 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics hasten can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that hasten can be often used in the following areas:

1) communication, information, and media;