different between hasten vs perform

English

Etymology

Originally intransitive, from haste +? -en (verbal suffix).

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /?he?.s?n/
• Rhymes: -e?s?n

Verb

hasten (third-person singular simple present hastens, present participle hastening, simple past and past participle hastened)

1. (intransitive) To move or act in a quick fashion.
2. (transitive) To make someone speed up or make something happen quicker.

   • I would hasten my escape from the windy storm.

   • c. 1599-1601, William Shakespeare, Hamlet, Act III scene ii^[1]:

     Hamlet:

     Bid the players make haste.

     Will you two help to hasten them?

3. (transitive) To cause some scheduled event to happen earlier.

Synonyms

• (move in a quick fashion): dart, race; see also Thesaurus:move quickly
• (speed up): accelerate, quicken, speed up; see also Thesaurus:speed up
• (cause a scheduled event to happen earlier): hurry, rush, zoom; see also Thesaurus:rush

Derived terms

• hastener

Related terms

• haste

Translations

Anagrams

• Athens, snathe, sneath, thanes

Basque

Pronunciation

• (standard) IPA^(key): /(?)as?.ten/

Verb

hasten

1. Present participle of hasi.

Danish

Noun

hasten c

1. definite singular of hast

Finnish

Alternative forms

• hapsien

Noun

hasten

1. Genitive plural form of hapsi.

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?hastn?]
• Hyphenation: has?ten
• Homophone: hassten

Verb

hasten (weak, third-person singular present hastet, past tense hastete, past participle gehastet, auxiliary sein)

1. to hurry, to rush

Conjugation

Synonyms

• eilen
• rennen
• stürmen

Antonyms

• trödeln
• trotten

Derived terms

• hastend
• hastig
• herbeihasten
• forthasten

See also

• beschleunigen
• herbeieilen
• vorauseilen
• forteilen
• laufen

Further reading

• “hasten” in Duden online

Swedish

Noun

hasten

1. definite singular of hast

English

Etymology

From Middle English performen, parfournen (“to perform”), from Anglo-Norman performer, parfourmer, alteration of Old French parfornir, parfurnir (“to complete, accomplish, perform”), from par- + fornir, furnir (“to accomplish, furnish”), from Frankish *frumjan (“to accomplish, furnish”), from Proto-Germanic *frumjan?, *framjan? (“to further, promote”), from Proto-Indo-European *promo- (“in front, forth”), *per- (“forward, out”). Cognate with Old High German frummen (“to do, execute, accomplish, provide”), Old Saxon frummian (“to perform, promote”), Old English fremman (“to perform, execute, carry out, accomplish”), Gothic ???????????????????????????? (frumjan, “to promote, accomplish”). See also frame, from.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /p??f??m/, enPR: p?r-fôrm?
• (General American) IPA^(key): /p??f??m/, enPR: p?r-fôrm?
• Rhymes: -??(?)m
• Hyphenation: per?form

Verb

perform (third-person singular simple present performs, present participle performing, simple past and past participle performed)

1. (transitive) To do (something); to execute.
2. (intransitive) To exhibit an expected pattern of behavior; to function; to work.

3. (law) To act in a way set forth in a contract.
   1. (transitive) To act in accordance with (a contract); to fulfill one’s terms of (a contract).

   2. (intransitive) To fulfill contractually agreed-to terms.

4. (transitive, intransitive) To do (something) in front of an audience, such as acting or music, often in order to entertain.
5. (by extension, transitive) To behave theatrically so as to give the impression of (a quality, character trait, etc.); to feign.
6. (social sciences) Of a social actor, to behave in certain ways.
   1. (transitive) To behave in accordance with, and thereby in turn shape, (a social notion or role).

   2. (intransitive) To behave in ways that carry meaning in social contexts.

Derived terms

Translations

Further reading

• perform in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• perform in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• perform at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

• preform