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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
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The meaning of HASTE is rapidity of motion : swiftness. How to use haste in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Haste.
noun [ U ] disapproving uk / heɪst / us / 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.
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.
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. "In her haste to catch the train she ran six blocks, but when she boarded, she noticed she was wearing one blue tennis shoe and one red one."
Haste is the quality of doing something quickly, sometimes too quickly so that you are careless and make mistakes. In their haste to escape the rising water, they dropped some expensive equipment. The translations bear the signs of inaccuracy and haste.
The act of hurrying carelessly or recklessly. Haste makes waste. Webster's New World. Necessity for hurrying; urgency. An air of haste marks the undertaking. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. Synonyms: hastiness. precipitation. hurriedness. hurry. rushing. overhastiness. precociousness. prematurity. precipitateness. precipitance.
1. Rapidity of action or motion: the haste with which she climbed the stairs. 2. Rash or headlong action; precipitateness: forgot the tickets in their haste to catch the train. intr. & tr.v. hast·ed, hast·ing, hastes Archaic. To hasten or cause to hasten. Idiom: make haste. To move or act swiftly; hurry.
HASTE definition: a situation in which you are in a hurry and do something more quickly than you should: . Learn more.
Definition of haste noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
haste meaning, definition, what is haste: great speed in doing something, especial...: Learn more.
