"hastening" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: hastenings [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} hastening (plural hastenings)
  1. The act of speeding up; a growing faster. Synonyms: acceleration Translations (act of speeding up; a growing faster): Beschleunigen [neuter] (German), Beschleunigung [neuter] (German), Vorantreiben [neuter] (German)
    Sense id: en-hastening-en-noun-47GpmlrP Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with German translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 97 3 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 90 10 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 95 5 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 96 4 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 89 11

Verb

Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} hastening
  1. present participle and gerund of hasten Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: hasten
    Sense id: en-hastening-en-verb-SqUTA0hA

Inflected forms

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