haste Meaning, Definition & Usage
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noun overly eager speed (and possible carelessness)
precipitation; hastiness; hurry; hurriedness.
- he soon regretted his haste
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noun the act of moving hurriedly and in a careless manner
rush; hurry; rushing.
- in his haste to leave he forgot his book
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noun a condition of urgency making it necessary to hurry
hurry.
- in a hurry to lock the door
WordNet
Haste noun
Etymology
OE.Definitions
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Celerity of motion; speed; swiftness; dispatch; expedition; -- applied only to voluntary beings, as men and other animals. The king's business required haste. 1 Sam. xxi. 8.
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The state of being urged or pressed by business; hurry; urgency; sudden excitement of feeling or passion; precipitance; vehemence. I said in my haste, All men are liars. Ps. cxvi. 11.
Syn. -- Speed; quickness; nimbleness; swiftness; expedition; dispatch; hurry; precipitance; vehemence; precipitation. -- Haste ,Hurry ,Speed ,Dispatch . Haste denotes quickness of action and a strong desire for getting on; hurry includes a confusion and want of collected thought not implied in haste; speed denotes the actual progress which is made; dispatch, the promptitude and rapidity with which things are done. A man may properly be in haste, but never in a hurry. Speed usually secures dispatch.
Haste transitive verb & intransitive verb
Etymology
OE.Wordforms
Definitions
To hasten; to hurry. ArchaicI 'll haste the writer. Shak.
They were troubled and hasted away. Ps. xlviii. 5.