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haste
[heyst]
noun
swiftness of motion; speed; celerity.
He performed his task with great haste. They felt the need for haste.
Antonyms:urgent need of quick action; a hurry or rush.
to be in haste to get ahead in the world.
Synonyms: , , ,unnecessarily quick action; thoughtless, rash, or undue speed.
Haste makes waste.
Synonyms: ,
verb (used with or without object)
Archaic.to hasten.
haste
/ ɪ /
noun
speed, esp in an action; swiftness; rapidity
the act of hurrying in a careless or rash manner
a necessity for hurrying; urgency
to hurry; rush
verb
a poetic word for hasten
Other 51Թ Forms
- hasteful adjective
- hastefully adverb
- hasteless adjective
- hastelessness noun
- unhasted adjective
- unhasting adjective
- ˈٱڳܱ adjective
- ˈٱڳܱly adverb
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of haste1
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of haste1
Idioms and Phrases
make haste, to act or go with speed; hurry.
She made haste to tell the president the good news.
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
We also have a clearer idea of his haste, his desire to clear his diplomatic decks – in the Middle East, Ukraine and the subcontinent – so he can focus on his primary concern, namely China.
Dr Gordon Macdonald, from campaign group Care Not Killing, said: "This bill is being rushed with indecent haste and ignores the deep-seated problems in the UK's broken and patchy palliative care system."
"The haste ends up sacrificing quality and effectiveness, which actually worsens the public's perception of this programme."
Some critics argued that the meeting was organised in haste and was too short to cover all the key topics.
“Don’t sell in haste,” she told one resident.
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When To Use
Haste most commonly refers to urgency, such as in completing a task.It can also be used as another word for speed or swiftness, as in We have to move with haste if we want to make it on time. The phrase make haste means to move quickly, hurry up, or rush.Often, haste means urgency or speed that is careless or reckless. This is how the word is used in the expression haste makes waste, which means that rushing things leads to mistakes.The adjective form hasty is most often used in this sense—a hasty decision is one that is thought to have been made too quickly, perhaps leading to negative consequences. The adverb form is hastily.The verb hasten means to go faster or cause to go faster, as in We need to hasten our efforts.Example: In my haste to finish the project, I forgot to put my name on it.
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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