different between hasten vs promenade

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

Borrowed from French promenade, from promener (“to walk”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?p??m?n??d/, /p??m??n??d/, (rare) /?p??m?ne?d/, /p??m??ne?d/
• (US) IPA^(key): /p??m??ne?d/, /p??m??n?d/
• Rhymes: -??d, -e?d

Noun

promenade (plural promenades)

1. (formal) A prom (dance).
2. A walk taken for pleasure, display, or exercise; a stroll.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Burke to this entry?)

3. A place where one takes a walk for leisurely pleasure, or for exercise, especially a terrace by the seaside.
   • 1900, Sigmund Freud, The Interpretation of Dreams, Avon Books, (translated by James Strachey) pg. 235:

     The present dream in particular scarcely left any room for doubt, since the place where my patient fell was the Graben, a part of Vienna notorious as a promenade for prostitutes.
4. A dance motion consisting of a walk, done while square dancing.

Synonyms

• (a place to walk): esplanade

Translations

Verb

promenade (third-person singular simple present promenades, present participle promenading, simple past and past participle promenaded)

1. To walk for amusement, show, or exercise.
2. To perform the stylized walk of a square dance.

Derived terms

• promenader (agent noun)

Translations

Anagrams

• open-armed

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French promenade.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?pro?.m??na?.d?/
• Hyphenation: pro?me?na?de
• Rhymes: -a?d?

Noun

promenade f (plural promenades or promenaden)

1. promenade

French

Etymology

promener +? -ade.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /p??m.nad/
• Rhymes: -ad
• Homophone: promenades

Noun

promenade f (plural promenades)

1. walk; stroll (walk for enjoyment)

Derived terms

• promenade de santé

Descendants

Further reading

• “promenade” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).