hastening

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Verb

1. present participle of hasten#English|hasten

Noun

hastening (plural hastenings)

1. The act of speeding up; a growing faster.
   • 1973, Oliver Sacks, Awakenings

     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.

Synonyms

• acceleration

Translations

• German: Beschleunigen, Beschleunigung, Vorantreiben,

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