haste

H0079700 (hāst)n.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.

[Middle English, from Old French, of Germanic origin.]Synonyms: haste, celerity, dispatch, expedition, hurry, speed
These nouns denote rapidity or promptness of movement or activity: left the room in haste; a train moving with great celerity; advanced with all possible dispatch; finished the project with remarkable expedition so as to meet the deadline; was in a hurry to get home; driving with excessive speed.Antonym: deliberation

haste

(heɪst) n1. speed, esp in an action; swiftness; rapidity2. the act of hurrying in a careless or rash manner3. a necessity for hurrying; urgency4. make haste to hurry; rushvb 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] ˈhasteful adj ˈhastefully adv

haste

(heɪst)

n. 1. swiftness of motion; speed. 2. unnecessarily quick action; thoughtless, rash, or undue speed: Haste makes waste. 3. urgent need of quick action; a hurry. v.i., v.t. 4. Archaic. to hasten. Idioms: make haste, to hasten; hurry. [1250–1300; < Old French < Germanic; akin to Old Frisian hāste, Old English hæst violence, Old Norse heifst hatred] haste′ful, adj. haste′ful•ly, adv.

haste

Past participle: hasted
Gerund: hasting

Imperative
haste
haste

Present
I haste
you haste
he/she/it hastes
we haste
you haste
they haste

Preterite
I hasted
you hasted
he/she/it hasted
we hasted
you hasted
they hasted

Present Continuous
I am hasting
you are hasting
he/she/it is hasting
we are hasting
you are hasting
they are hasting

Present Perfect
I have hasted
you have hasted
he/she/it has hasted
we have hasted
you have hasted
they have hasted

Past Continuous
I was hasting
you were hasting
he/she/it was hasting
we were hasting
you were hasting
they were hasting

Past Perfect
I had hasted
you had hasted
he/she/it had hasted
we had hasted
you had hasted
they had hasted

Future
I will haste
you will haste
he/she/it will haste
we will haste
you will haste
they will haste

Future Perfect
I will have hasted
you will have hasted
he/she/it will have hasted
we will have hasted
you will have hasted
they will have hasted

Future Continuous
I will be hasting
you will be hasting
he/she/it will be hasting
we will be hasting
you will be hasting
they will be hasting

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been hasting
you have been hasting
he/she/it has been hasting
we have been hasting
you have been hasting
they have been hasting

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been hasting
you will have been hasting
he/she/it will have been hasting
we will have been hasting
you will have been hasting
they will have been hasting

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been hasting
you had been hasting
he/she/it had been hasting
we had been hasting
you had been hasting
they had been hasting

Conditional
I would haste
you would haste
he/she/it would haste
we would haste
you would haste
they would haste

Past Conditional
I would have hasted
you would have hasted
he/she/it would have hasted
we would have hasted
you would have hasted
they would have hasted

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	haste - overly eager speed (and possible carelessness); "he soon regretted his haste"hastiness, hurriedness, hurry, precipitationfastness, swiftness, speed - a rate (usually rapid) at which something happens; "the project advanced with gratifying speed"precipitance, precipitancy, precipitateness, suddenness, precipitousness, abruptness - the quality of happening with headlong haste or without warning
	2.	haste - the act of moving hurriedly and in a careless manner; "in his haste to leave he forgot his book"rush, rushing, hurrymovement, move, motion - the act of changing location from one place to another; "police controlled the motion of the crowd"; "the movement of people from the farms to the cities"; "his move put him directly in my path"bolt, dash - the act of moving with great haste; "he made a dash for the door"scamper, scurry, scramble - rushing about hastily in an undignified way
	3.	haste - a condition of urgency making it necessary to hurry; "in a hurry to lock the door"hurryurgency - the state of being urgent; an earnest and insistent necessity

haste

noun speed, rapidity, urgency, expedition, dispatch, velocity, alacrity, quickness, swiftness, briskness, nimbleness, fleetness, celerity, promptitude, rapidness Authorities appear to be moving with haste against the three dissidents.
speed slowness, sluggishnessin haste hastily, rashly, too quickly, impetuously Don't act in haste or be hot-headed.make haste (Old-fashioned) hurry (up), speed up, hasten, get a move on (informal), get your skates on (informal) Simon was under orders to make haste.Proverbs
"More haste, less speed"
"Make haste slowly (Latin festina lente)"

haste

noun1. Rapidness of movement or activity:celerity, dispatch, expedition, expeditiousness, fleetness, hurry, hustle, quickness, rapidity, rapidness, speed, speediness, swiftness.2. Careless headlong action:hastiness, hurriedness, precipitance, precipitancy, precipitateness, precipitation, rashness, rush.verbTo move swiftly:bolt, bucket, bustle, dart, dash, festinate, flash, fleet, flit, fly, hasten, hurry, hustle, pelt, race, rocket, run, rush, sail, scoot, scour, shoot, speed, sprint, tear, trot, whirl, whisk, whiz, wing, zip, zoom.Informal: hotfoot, rip.Slang: barrel, highball.Chiefly British: nip.Idioms: get a move on, get cracking, go like lightning, go like the wind, hotfoot it, make haste, make time, make tracks, run like the wind, shake a leg, step on it.

Translations

急速

haste

(heist) noun (too much) speed. Your work shows signs of haste – there are too many mistakes in it.急速hasten (ˈheisn) verb1. to (cause to) move with speed. He hastened towards me; We must hasten the preparations.加速2. to do at once. He hastened to add an explanation.赶紧ˈhasty adjective1. done etc in a hurry. a hasty snack.仓促的2. acting or done with too much speed and without thought. She is too hasty – she should think carefully before making such an important decision; a hasty decision.草率的3. easily made angry. a hasty temper.动辄要发火的ˈhastily adverb急速地ˈhastiness noun 火急，轻率，性急 in haste in a hurry; quickly. I am writing in haste before leaving for the airport. 急速，匆忙，草率 make haste to hurry. 赶快

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more haste, less speed

Acting too quickly and without due diligence, focus, and attention to detail will result in avoidable mistakes and thus require even more time to complete the task satisfactorily. (The logic of the phrase is essentially "too much haste results in less overall speed.") Primarily heard in UK. I know we're all eager to get the new software released to the public, but remember: more haste, less speed. We don't want to end up wasting time fixing bugs that could have been avoided.See also: less, more, speed

make haste slowly

To act with due dilligence, focus, and attention to detail in order to avoid mistakes and finish a task more expeditiously overall. I know we're all eager to get the new software released to the public, but we must make haste slowly. We don't want to end up wasting time fixing bugs that shouldn't be there in the first place.See also: haste, make, slowly

posthaste

As quickly or promptly as possible. I need to get this application in the mail posthaste, or else my work permit is going to expire! Please report to your supervisor posthaste.

marry in haste, repent at leisure

If you marry someone without being certain that you should, you will regret it for a long time. She's only known him for three months! You know what they say—marry in haste, repent at leisure.See also: leisure, marry

haste makes waste

Rushing through a task often creates problems or extra work. Haste makes waste, so please double-check your measurements before cutting the fabric.See also: haste, make, waste

make haste

To move, speak, or act quickly, especially when one was being too slow before. Often said as a command. We'll need to make haste if we're going to catch that train! Make haste, Jonathan, I need that report ASAP!See also: haste, make

in great haste

Very quickly. Judging by how those kids ran from the party in great haste, they must have heard the police sirens approaching. Don't make a big decision like this in great haste, or you'll regret it later.See also: great, haste

Haste makes waste.

Prov. You do not save any time by working too fast; hurrying will cause you to make mistakes, and you will have to take extra time to do the job over again. Fred: Hurry up and get my car fixed. Alan: Don't rush me. Haste makes waste.See also: haste, make, waste

in great haste

very fast; in a big hurry. John always did his homework in great haste. Why not take time and do it right? Don't do everything in great haste.See also: great, haste

Make haste slowly,

and More haste, less speed.Prov. Act quickly, but not so quickly that you make careless mistakes. Jane: Why are you throwing your clothes around the room? Alan: You told me to get my things packed in a hurry. Jane: Yes, but make haste slowly; otherwise we'll have to spend an hour cleaning up the mess you make. I know you want to finish that sweater by Joe's birthday, but you're knitting so fast that you make mistakes. More haste, less speed.See also: haste, make, slowly

Marry in haste, (and) repent at leisure.

Prov. If you marry someone you do not know well, or decide to marry someone without first carefully considering what you are doing, you will probably regret it for a long time. Sally wanted some time to consider Sam's proposal of marriage; she had heard the saying, "Marry in haste, and repent at leisure."See also: leisure, marry

haste makes waste

Proceeding too quickly can spoil an enterprise, as in Stop trying to rush through three things at once-haste makes waste, you know. This rhyming warning, first recorded in this exact form in 1575, was in John Ray's 1678 proverb collection, where the full text was: "Haste makes waste, and waste makes want, and want makes strife between the goodman and his wife." See also: haste, make, waste

make haste

Also, make it snappy. Hurry up, move or act quickly, as in If you don't make haste we'll be late, or Make it snappy, kids. The first expression was first recorded in Miles Coverdale's 1535 translation of the Bible (Psalms 39:13): "Make haste, O Lord, to help me." The variant dates from the early 1900s and uses snappy in the sense of "resembling a sudden jerk." The oxymoron make haste slowly, dating from the mid-1700s, is a translation of the Latin festina lente. It is used either ironically, to slow someone down (as in You'll do better if you make haste slowly), or to comment sarcastically on a lack of progress (as in So far the committee has been making haste slowly). See also: haste, make

more haste, less speed

you make better progress with a task if you don't try to do it too quickly. proverb The primary meaning of ‘speed’ in this proverbial saying was ‘success in the performance of an activity’, rather than ‘rapidity of movement’, though it is the latter that is now generally assumed to be meant.See also: less, more, speed

ˌmore ˈhaste, ˌless ˈspeed

(British English, saying) if you try to do something quickly, you are more likely to make mistakes and so take a longer time than necessary: I had to send the email twice because I forgot to add the attachment. More haste, less speed!See also: less, more, speed

marry in ˈhaste (, repent at ˈleisure)

(saying) people who marry quickly, without really getting to know each other, will discover later that they have made a mistakeSee also: haste, marry

ˌpost-ˈhaste

(literary) with great speed: I shall send the invitations off post-haste.This comes from the old phrase haste, post, haste, which was written on letters to tell the post (= the person taking the letters) to ride quickly to deliver them.

make haste

To move or act swiftly; hurry.See also: haste, make

post haste

As quickly as possible. According to Ebenezer Brewer, in sixteenth-century England postal messengers galloping into an inn yard would cry “Post haste!” which gave them priority in selecting the horses available for their journey. Hall’s Chronicles of ca. 1548 stated, “The Duke of Somerset, with John, erle of Oxenford, wer in all post haste flying toward Scotlande.” Shakespeare used the expression in numerous plays, and despite its archaic sound and the dubious speed of present-day postal service, it remains current on both sides of the Atlantic. It is also written as one word, posthaste.See also: haste, post

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more haste, less speed

make haste slowly

posthaste

marry in haste, repent at leisure

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in great haste

Haste makes waste.

in great haste

Make haste slowly,

Marry in haste, (and) repent at leisure.

haste makes waste

make haste

more haste, less speed

ˌmore ˈhaste, ˌless ˈspeed

marry in ˈhaste (, repent at ˈleisure)

ˌpost-ˈhaste

make haste

post haste

HASTE

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noun speed

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phrase in haste

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phrase make haste

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noun rapidness of movement or activity

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noun careless headlong action

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verb to move swiftly

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noun overly eager speed (and possible carelessness)

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noun the act of moving hurriedly and in a careless manner

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noun a condition of urgency making it necessary to hurry

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