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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024haste /heɪst/USA pronunciation n. [uncountable]- unnecessarily quick action;
thoughtless speed:Haste makes waste.
Idioms- Idioms make haste, [no obj] to hasten;
hurry.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024haste (hāst),USA pronunciation n., v., hast•ed, hast•ing. n. - swiftness of motion;
speed;
celerity:He performed his task with great haste. They felt the need for haste. - 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. - Idioms make haste, to act or go with speed;
hurry:She made haste to tell the president the good news.
v.i., v.t. - [Archaic.]to hasten.
- Gmc; akin to Old Frisian hāste, Old English hæst violence, Old Norse heifst hatred, Gothic haifsts quarrel
- Old French
- Middle English 1250–1300
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged See speed.
- 2.See corresponding entry in Unabridged flurry, bustle, ado, urgency.
- 3.See corresponding entry in Unabridged precipitancy, precipitation.
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged sloth.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: haste /heɪst/ n - speed, esp in an action; swiftness; rapidity
- the act of hurrying in a careless or rash manner
- a necessity for hurrying; urgency
- make haste ⇒ to hurry; rush
vb - a poetic word for hasten
Etymology: 14th Century: from Old French haste, of Germanic origin; compare Old Norse heifst hate, Old English hǣst strife, Old High German heisti powerful has•ten /ˈheɪsən/USA pronunciation v. - to (cause to) move or act with haste: [no object]They hastened to the bus stop.[~ + object]to hasten the downfall of the dictatorship.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024has•ten (hā′sən),USA pronunciation v.i. - to move or act with haste;
proceed with haste;
hurry:to hasten to a place.
v.t. - to cause to hasten;
accelerate:to hasten someone from a room; to hasten the arrival of a happier time.
has′ten•er, n. - 2.See corresponding entry in Unabridged urge, press; expedite, quicken, speed; precipitate.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: hasten /ˈheɪsən/ vb - (may take an infinitive) to hurry or cause to hurry; rush
- (transitive) to be anxious (to say something)
ˈhastener n |