haste
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noun
Idioms 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.
5.
make haste, to act or go with speed; hurry: She made haste to tell the president the good news.
Origin:
1250–1300; Middle English < Old French < Germanic; akin to Old Frisian hāste, Old English hæst violence, Old Norse heifst hatred, Gothic haifsts quarrel
1250–1300; Middle English < Old French < Germanic; akin to Old Frisian hāste, Old English hæst violence, Old Norse heifst hatred, Gothic haifsts quarrel
Related forms
haste·ful, adjective
haste·ful·ly, adverb
haste·less, adjective
haste·less·ness, noun
un·hast·ed, adjective
Antonyms
1. sloth.
1. sloth.
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World English Dictionary
haste (heɪst) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —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 | |
| 5. | a poetic word for hasten |
| [C14: from Old French haste, of Germanic origin; compare Old Norse heifst hate, Old English hǣst strife, Old High German heisti powerful] | |
| 'hasteful | |
| —adj | |
| 'hastefully | |
| —adv | |
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Word Origin & History
haste
c.1300, from O.Fr. haste (12c.), from Frankish *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 1560s.
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American Heritage
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
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Example sentences
The leaders may regret the haste with which they built the high-speed rail network.
If the scale of the downturn calls for bold stimulus, the speed at which the economy is deteriorating calls for haste.
He left the bucket on the well and in his haste he came into the lodge without wiping his feet.
In his haste, he failed to switch the robot off properly.
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