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- DictionaryHaste/hāst/
noun
- 1. excessive speed or urgency of movement or action; hurry: "working with feverish haste"
verb
- 1. archaic term for hasten
The meaning of HASTE is rapidity of motion : swiftness. How to use haste in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Haste.
urgent need of quick action; a hurry or rush: to be in haste to get ahead in the world. Synonyms: urgency, ado, bustle, flurry. unnecessarily quick action; thoughtless, rash, or undue speed: Haste makes waste. Synonyms: precipitation, precipitancy.
noun [ U ] disapproving us / heɪst / uk / heɪst / Add to word list. (too much) speed: in haste Unfortunately the report was prepared in haste and contained several inaccuracies. [ + to infinitive ] In her haste to get up from the table, she knocked over a cup. His father had just died and he didn't want to marry with indecent haste.
The old saying goes "haste makes waste," and when you try to do things too quickly, sometimes you do them wrong or have to do them all over again. You can use the noun haste for things done with extraordinary speed and often in a situation where there's pressure to perform or complete a task.
1. speed, esp in an action; swiftness; rapidity. 2. the act of hurrying in a careless or rash manner. 3. a necessity for hurrying; urgency. 4. make haste to hurry; rush. vb. a poetic word for hasten. [C14: from Old French haste, of Germanic origin; compare Old Norse heifst hate, Old English hǣst strife, Old High German heisti powerful]
See haste in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. Check pronunciation: haste. Definition of haste noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
3 days ago · 1. swiftness of motion; speed; celerity. He performed his task with great haste. They felt the need for haste. 2. urgent need of quick action; a hurry or rush. to be in haste to get ahead in the world. 3. unnecessarily quick action; thoughtless, rash, or undue speed.
noun. The act of hurrying; quickness of motion; rapidity. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. Rash or headlong action; precipitateness. Forgot the tickets in their haste to catch the train. American Heritage. The act of hurrying carelessly or recklessly. Haste makes waste.
Definitions of 'haste' 1. Haste is the quality of doing something quickly, sometimes too quickly so that you are careless and make mistakes. [...] 2. See in haste [...] 3. See make haste [...] More. Conjugations of 'haste' present simple: I haste, you haste [...] past simple: I hasted, you hasted [...] past participle: hasted. More.
From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English haste /heɪst/ noun [ uncountable] 1 great speed in doing something, especially because you do not have enough time SYN hurry I soon regretted my haste. in your haste to do something In his haste to leave, he forgot his briefcase.
