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- [verb fes-tuh-neyt; adjective fes-tuh-neyt, -nit]
- /verb ˈfɛs təˌneɪt; adjective ˈfɛs təˌneɪt, -nɪt/
- /fˈestɪnˌeɪt/
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- [verb fes-tuh-neyt; adjective fes-tuh-neyt, -nit]
- /verb ˈfɛs təˌneɪt; adjective ˈfɛs təˌneɪt, -nɪt/
Definitions of festinate word
- adjective festinate hurried. 1
- noun festinate (medicine) To become involuntarily quicker, such as when walking or speaking, due to certain disorders. 1
- verb festinate to hurry, hasten 0
- verb transitive festinate to hurry; speed 0
- adjective festinate hurried 0
- verb festinate (Obsolete (No longer in use)) To hurry. 0
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Origin of festinate
First appearance:
before 1595 One of the 38% oldest English words
1595-1605; < Latin festīnātus hurried, past participle of festināre; see -ate1
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Parts of speech for Festinate
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
festinate popularity
A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 48% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.
festinate usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for festinate
verb festinate
- sail — an area of canvas or other fabric extended to the wind in such a way as to transmit the force of the wind to an assemblage of spars and rigging mounted firmly on a hull, raft, iceboat, etc., so as to drive it along.
- dash — If you dash somewhere, you run or go there quickly and suddenly.
- whiz — to make a humming, buzzing, or hissing sound, as an object passing swiftly through the air.
- sprint — to race or move at full speed, especially for a short distance, as in running, rowing, etc.
- speed — rapidity in moving, going, traveling, proceeding, or performing; swiftness; celerity: the speed of light; the speed of sound.
Antonyms for festinate
verb festinate
- decelerate — When a vehicle or machine decelerates or when someone in a vehicle decelerates, the speed of the vehicle or machine is reduced.
- walk — to advance or travel on foot at a moderate speed or pace; proceed by steps; move by advancing the feet alternately so that there is always one foot on the ground in bipedal locomotion and two or more feet on the ground in quadrupedal locomotion.
- delay — If you delay doing something, you do not do it immediately or at the planned or expected time, but you leave it until later.
- slow — moving or proceeding with little or less than usual speed or velocity: a slow train.
- dally — If you dally, you act or move very slowly, wasting time.
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