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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.
haste. 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.
n. 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.
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 · noun. 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. See make haste.
The act of hurrying; quickness of motion; rapidity. Rash or headlong action; precipitateness. Forgot the tickets in their haste to catch the train. The act of hurrying carelessly or recklessly.
Haste is the quality of doing something quickly, sometimes too quickly so that you are careless and make mistakes.
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.
