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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: sloth
- urgent need of quick action; a hurry or rush:
to be in haste to get ahead in the world.
- unnecessarily quick action; thoughtless, rash, or undue speed:
Haste makes waste.
Synonyms: precipitation, precipitancy
verb (used with or without object)
- Archaic. to hasten.
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Derived Forms
- ˈhasteful, adjective
- ˈhastefully, adverb
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Other Words From
- hasteful adjective
- hasteful·ly adverb
- hasteless adjective
- hasteless·ness noun
- un·hasted adjective
- un·hasting adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of haste1
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Word History and Origins
Origin of haste1
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Idioms and Phrases
- make haste, to act or go with speed; hurry:
She made haste to tell the president the good news.
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Example Sentences
Was her coronation as the future queen of pop soul made in haste?
The Cheneys exhibit indecent haste in their attempt at rep rehab.
I knew instantly the statement really was a threat, and why it was passed on with such haste.
In their haste the government wranglers also damaged precious water resources Bundy had worked years to develop.
He showed no signs of haste, nor of fatigue, nor of any human feeling.
Nearly half the regiment ran to secure their picketed horses, armed themselves in hot haste, and galloped to the gaol.
Here there is no question of emergency, or enemy pressure, or of haste; so much we see plain enough with our own eyes.
News came that the rebels were plundering the British quarters, and the infantry went there in hot haste.
Here were the sources (in part) of the Po and of the Rhine, but I was rather in haste to bid the former good-bye.
Make haste, Mr. Lowten,” Perker called out, “we shall have the panels beaten in.
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