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haste 
[heyst] Pronunciation Key noun, verb, hast·ed, hast·ing.
—Related forms
[heyst] Pronunciation Key noun, verb, hast·ed, hast·ing. –noun
–verb (used without object), verb (used with object)
—Idiom
| 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: Haste makes waste. |
| 4. | Archaic. to hasten. |
| 5. | make haste, to act or go with speed; hurry: She made haste to tell the president the good news. |
[Origin: 1250–1300; ME < OF < Gmc; akin to OFris hāste, OE hæst violence, ON heifst hatred, Goth haifsts quarrel]
] —Related forms
hasteful, adjective
haste·ful·ly, adverb
hasteless, adjective
haste·less·ness, noun
—Antonyms 1. sloth.
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| haste
(hāst) Pronunciation Key
n.
intr. & tr.v. hast·ed, hast·ing, hastes To hasten or cause to hasten. [Middle English, from Old French, of Germanic origin.] Synonyms: These nouns denote rapidity or promptness of movement or activity: left the room in haste; a legal system not known for celerity; advanced with all possible dispatch; cleaned up with remarkable expedition; worked without hurry; driving with excessive speed. |
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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
haste (n.)
haste (n.)
c.1300, from O.Fr. haste (12c.), from Frank. *haifst "violence," from W.Gmc. *khaistiz (cf. Goth. haifsts "strife," O.E. hæste "violent, vehement, impetuous"). The verb is in M.E.; the extended form hasten is from 1565. Hasty pudding first attested 1599, so called because it is made quickly.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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| haste | |
noun | |
| 1. | overly eager speed (and possible carelessness); "he soon regretted his haste" |
| 2. | the act of moving hurriedly and in a careless manner; "in his haste to leave he forgot his book" |
| 3. | a condition of urgency making it necessary to hurry; "in a hurry to lock the door" [syn: hurry] |
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American Heritage Dictionary of Idioms - Cite This Source - Share This
haste
In addition to the idiom beginning with haste, also see make haste.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997 by The Christine Ammer 1992 Trust. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Copyright © 1997 by The Christine Ammer 1992 Trust. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
Haste
Haste\, n. [OE. hast; akin to D. haast, G., Dan., Sw., & OFries. hast, cf. OF. haste, F. h[^a]te (of German origin); all perh. fr. the root of E. hate in a earlier sense of, to pursue. See Hate.]1. 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. 2. 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. To make haste, to hasten. Syn: Speed; quickness; nimbleness; swiftness; expedition; dispatch; hurry; precipitance; vehemence; precipitation. Usage: 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.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Haste\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Hasted; p. pr. & vb. n. Hasting.] [OE. hasten; akin to G. hasten, D. haasten, Dan. haste, Sw. hasta, OF. haster, F. h[^a]ter. See Haste, n.] To hasten; to hurry. [Archaic] I 'll haste the writer. --Shak. They were troubled and hasted away. --Ps. xlviii. 5.
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