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Meaning of "festinate" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF FESTINATE

festinate  [ˈfɛstɪˌneɪt] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF FESTINATE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Festinate is a verb.
The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb festinate in English.

WHAT DOES FESTINATE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of festinate in the English dictionary

The definition of festinate in the dictionary is to hurry, hasten.


CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO FESTINATE

PRESENT

Present
I festinate
you festinate
he/she/it festinates
we festinate
you festinate
they festinate
Present continuous
I am festinating
you are festinating
he/she/it is festinating
we are festinating
you are festinating
they are festinating
Present perfect
I have festinated
you have festinated
he/she/it has festinated
we have festinated
you have festinated
they have festinated
Present perfect continuous
I have been festinating
you have been festinating
he/she/it has been festinating
we have been festinating
you have been festinating
they have been festinating
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I festinated
you festinated
he/she/it festinated
we festinated
you festinated
they festinated
Past continuous
I was festinating
you were festinating
he/she/it was festinating
we were festinating
you were festinating
they were festinating
Past perfect
I had festinated
you had festinated
he/she/it had festinated
we had festinated
you had festinated
they had festinated
Past perfect continuous
I had been festinating
you had been festinating
he/she/it had been festinating
we had been festinating
you had been festinating
they had been festinating
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will festinate
you will festinate
he/she/it will festinate
we will festinate
you will festinate
they will festinate
Future continuous
I will be festinating
you will be festinating
he/she/it will be festinating
we will be festinating
you will be festinating
they will be festinating
Future perfect
I will have festinated
you will have festinated
he/she/it will have festinated
we will have festinated
you will have festinated
they will have festinated
Future perfect continuous
I will have been festinating
you will have been festinating
he/she/it will have been festinating
we will have been festinating
you will have been festinating
they will have been festinating
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would festinate
you would festinate
he/she/it would festinate
we would festinate
you would festinate
they would festinate
Conditional continuous
I would be festinating
you would be festinating
he/she/it would be festinating
we would be festinating
you would be festinating
they would be festinating
Conditional perfect
I would have festinate
you would have festinate
he/she/it would have festinate
we would have festinate
you would have festinate
they would have festinate
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been festinating
you would have been festinating
he/she/it would have been festinating
we would have been festinating
you would have been festinating
they would have been festinating
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you festinate
we let´s festinate
you festinate
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to festinate
Past participle
festinated
Present Participle
festinating
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH FESTINATE


agglutinate
əˈɡluːtɪˌneɪt
catenate
ˈkætɪˌneɪt
concatenate
kɒnˈkætɪˌneɪt
conglutinate
kənˈɡluːtɪˌneɪt
coordinate
kəʊˈɔːdɪˌneɪt
deglutinate
diːˈɡluːtɪˌneɪt
dominate
ˈdɒmɪˌneɪt
eliminate
ɪˈlɪmɪˌneɪt
gelatinate
dʒəˈlætɪˌneɪt
gratinate
ˈɡratɪˌneɪt
haemagglutinate
ˌhiːməˈɡluːtɪˌneɪt
hemagglutinate
ˌhiːməˈɡluːtɪˌneɪt
laminate
ˈlæmɪˌneɪt
Latinate
ˈlætɪˌneɪt
originate
əˈrɪdʒɪˌneɪt
pectinate
ˈpɛktɪˌneɪt
predestinate
priːˈdɛstɪˌneɪt
procrastinate
prəʊˈkræstɪˌneɪt
repristinate
riːˈprɪstɪˌneɪt
terminate
ˈtɜːmɪˌneɪt

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE FESTINATE

fest
festa
festal
festally
fester
festilogy
festina lente
festinately
festination
festival
Festival Hall
Festival of Lanterns
festivalgoer
festive
festive season
festively
festiveness
festivities
festivity
festivous

WORDS THAT END LIKE FESTINATE

aluminate
assassinate
contaminate
determinate
disseminate
donate
fascinate
hallucinate
illuminate
indeterminate
indiscriminate
indoctrinate
marinate
nominate
ordinate
paginate
predominate
ruminate
subordinate
succinate
urinate

Synonyms and antonyms of festinate in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «festinate» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF FESTINATE

Find out the translation of festinate to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of festinate from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «festinate» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

festinate
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

festinate
570 millions of speakers

English

festinate
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

festinate
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

festinate
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

festinate
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

festinate
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

festinate
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

festinate
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Festinate
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

festinate
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

festinate
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

festinate
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Festinate
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

festinate
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

festinate
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

फेस्टिनेट
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

festinate
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

festinata
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

festinate
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

festinate
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

festinate
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

festinate
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

festinate
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

festinate
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

festinate
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of festinate

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «FESTINATE»

The term «festinate» is used very little and occupies the 178.216 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «FESTINATE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «festinate» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «festinate» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about festinate

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «FESTINATE»

Discover the use of festinate in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to festinate and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Millenium:
Bede, as he lay dying, sang Anglo-Saxon verses alongside Latin antiphons; and Ailred of Rievaulx (1109-67) crying 'Festinate, festinate' 'often drove the word home by calling on the name of Christ in English, a word of one syllable in this ...
Francis Edward Harrison, 1968
2
Pocket Posh Word Power: 120 Words to Make You Sound Intelligent
Synonyms for fallacious include delusive, deceptive, deceiving, deceit50 festinate /(fes'tə-nit)/ verb • To hurry. adjective • Hurried, hasty. Examples: Advise the duke, where you are going, to a most festinate preparation: we are bound to the like.
Wordnik, Angela Tung, 2011
3
King Lear
Advise the duke, where you are going, to a most festinate preparation; we are bound to the like. Our posts shall 10 be swift and intelligent betwixt us. — Farewell, dear sister. — Farewell, my lord of Gloucester. — [Enter Oswald.] How now ...
William Shakespeare, 2001
4
The Plays of William Shakspeare: In Fifteen Volumes. With ...
Advise the duke, where you are going, to a most festinate preparation ; 7 we 6 ' whose wrong thought defiles thee,"] The quartos, where alone this speech is found, read — whose wrong thoughts defile thee. The rhyme (hows that the correction, ...
William Shakespeare, 1793
5
Irish Drama, 1900-1980
Come on, Sarah — hide that bucket. Whose are these slates? Somebody take these dishes away. Festinate!94 Festinate! (Manus goes to Maire who is busy tidying.) Manus. You didn't tell me you were definitely leaving. Maire. Not now. Hugh.
Cóilín Owens, Joan Newlon Radner, 1990
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Select plays of William Shakespeare: With the corrections & ...
Advise the duke, where you are going, to a most festinate preparation ;9 we are bound to the like. Our posts shall be swift, and intelligent betwixt us.7 Farewel, dear sister; — farewel, my lord of Gloster.8 The words, however, may allude to the ...
William Shakespeare, 1820
7
King Lear: Third Series
Advise the Duke where you are going to a most festinate preparation; we are bound to the like. 10 Our posts shall be swift and intelligent betwixt us. Farewell, dear sister; farewell, my lord of Gloucester. Enter OSWALD. How now, where's the ...
William Shakespeare, R.A. Foakes, 1997
8
The Plays of William Shakespeare
Advise the duke, where you are going. to a most festinate preparation ; Wt' are bound to the like. Our posts shall he swift. and intelligent betwixt us. Farewell, dear sister ;-farewell, my lord of Gk» ter. In his anointed flesh stick bearish lilngs.
William Shakespeare, Isaac Reed, 1813
9
The Word Lover's Delight: Awesome Adjectives, Nifty Nouns, ...
FES -tahl—festival The holiday decorations in the office put the employees in a festal mood. festinate (v.) FES-tuh-neyt—to speed up Frank hired movers to festinate the moving process. fainéant–festinate [ 49 ] fetid (adj.) FET -id— smelling bad ...
From the Editors of the Captivate Network, 2009
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The plays and poems of William Shakspeare
Advise the duke, where you are going, to a most festinate preparation 8 ; we are bound to the like. Our posts shall be swift, and intelligent betwixt us 9. Farewell, dear sister ; — farewell, my lord of Gloster1. 7 — whose wrong thought defiles ...
William Shakespeare, James Boswell, Edmond Malone, 1821

7 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «FESTINATE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term festinate is used in the context of the following news items.
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Sierra Leone News: PERSONAL GLIMPSES: ADVANTAGE JOHN …
They also believed that in his latter auditioning he sounded more cautious, as if bridled by his handlers or backroom managers not to festinate ... «Awoko, Jun 15»
2
Christian Maric spells his way to victory
After many rounds, fourth grader Caris Eaton in Jessica Tallman's class took the top honor by correctly spelling the word "festinate". Jason Kang ... «Baltimore Sun, Jan 15»
3
Nearly 100000 registered nurses have left the country (labor unions)
... a 'festinate measure, meant to save a something from the disaster that struck this personnel category, created by the governments of the past ... «ACTmedia, May 14»
4
Kids and Adults Compete in National Spelling Bees Sunday
In the later rounds of the Bee, he also correctly spelled “festinate”, “maquette”, kludge” and “moiety.” It was his fourth time traveling to compete ... «Everything Long Beach, Mar 14»
5
Actress Twinkle Khanna Undergoes Surgery
It was his wife Twinkle Khanna's stomach pain that went unbearable and she had to festinate to Breach Candy Hospital. Sunday morning ... «koimoi, Feb 14»
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Borborygmus, ramfeezled and zamzodden: Weird and wonderful …
FESTINATE: to hurry, "it's late, we need to festinate". TESTUDINEOUS: slow, as in "my computer is ridiculously testudineous". SMELLFUNGUS: ... «Express.co.uk, Nov 13»
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Ohio spellers buzz through the National Spelling Bee's first oral rounds
Sabrina Eaton, The Plain DealerParma Community School eighth-grader Vladimir Petre correctly spells the word "festinate" at the National ... «Plain Dealer, Jun 11»

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