hastehaste /heɪst/ ●○○ noun [uncountable] 
I soon regretted my haste.in your haste to do something In his haste to leave, he forgot his briefcase.RegisterIn everyday English, people usually say hurry rather than haste:· In my hurry, I left my coat behind.2in haste written or formal quickly or in a hurry: They left in haste, without even saying goodbye.3make haste old use to hurry or do something quickly4more haste less speed British English, haste makes waste American English used to say that it is better to do something slowly, because if you do it too quickly you will make mistakes
WORD ORIGINhaste
Origin:
1200-1300 Old FrenchEXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
- But who comes in such haste in riding-robes?
- Complex negotiations followed, in an atmosphere of haste, as Reagan would take office on January 20.
- Here haste not only wastes, it kills.
- I had to write in haste.
- More haste, less speed, Madam!
- She scaled its steep side in breathless haste.
- There was a trickle of traffic, now, and she overtook the sleepy drivers with an almost reckless haste.
- They were on the run, and in haste, or we should all be dead men.
Longman Language Activatorto go somewhere or do something very quickly
to go somewhere or do something more quickly than usual, for example because you are late or because you must finish something by a particular time: · Please hurry - this is an emergency.· We have plenty of time, there's no need to hurry.· Brewing beer is a long process and should not be hurried.hurry across/after/away etc: · The day was cold, and students hurried across campus to warm classrooms.· Elizabeth disappeared into the crowd and Donald had to hurry after her.hurry to do something: · In the kitchen Paul was hurrying to get the dinner ready before six o'clock.
to do something or go somewhere very quickly, often so quickly that you do not do it carefully or properly: · Try to do your work calmly and carefully, without rushing.· The book was rushed into print, and there are a lot of mistakes in it.· If you rush your meals, you'll get indigestion.rush out/around/into etc: · Everyone rushed out into the street to see what was happening.· We rushed around trying to get all the information we needed before the end of the week.rush to do something: · Zack rushed to tell her what had happened.· I rushed over to meet him.rush things: · Don't try to rush things in a new relationship.
to go somewhere very quickly, usually by running, especially because there is something important or urgent you must do: dash around/out/into/across etc: · Kids were dashing across the playground chasing a ball.· He just dashed into the office and then dashed out again without speaking to anyone.· She dashed off to the airport and just managed to catch her plane.dash to do something: · I dashed downstairs to answer the phone.
if you do something in a hurry or in a rush , you do it too quickly because you do not have much time, usually with the result that you make mistakes: · She had left in a hurry, and had forgotten her driver's license.be in a hurry/rush to do something: · We were in a hurry to get back to the office.· Why are they in such a rush to sell the house?
to hurry in order to finish something in time, often so that you do not do something properly: · She hurried through her breakfast with her eye on the clock.· Don't rush through the chapters; take notes as you read.· People hurried through their morning chores, wanting to get to the fair.
written if you do something hurriedly , you do it very quickly because you do not have much time: · He dressed hurriedly and went to answer the door.· The official hurriedly glanced through my papers and stamped my passport.· "Sorry," Alice said, as she hurriedly put out her cigarette.
especially written if you do something in haste , you do it too quickly and without taking enough care - used especially in literature: · She had married in haste and regretted it ever since.in your haste to do something (=because you want to do something very quickly): · In his haste to leave, he almost forgot his coat.
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES There was a frantic rush to escape from the building. The funeral formalities were performed with almost indecent haste.COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE
There was a frantic rush to escape from the building. The funeral formalities were performed with almost indecent haste.· Despite the lavish production, it shows all the signs of being assembled in great haste.
· No hurry: no indecent haste.· The boundaries make sense, but there is an air of indecent haste about the timetables.
VERB· But who comes in such haste in riding-robes?· What have we come for, in haste?
· Maybe I was blotting out my past, as provincials do, in my haste to get to where the action was.· In their haste the two friends got separated and Euryalus took the wrong path.· Then she rushed back towards the stairs, almost falling in her haste to get back to the ground floor.· In haste to get the mail.· Mr Sampson - Appreciate your haste and will get things moving as quickly as I can for you.
· They are making no haste, and suffering no losses that matter.· Then the three made all haste and boarded the ship and the crew pushed it off.· We made haste inside, horse, carriage, and all.· They did as he said, cutting the cables, making breathless haste, all as silently as possible.· The connection with Fleming's Level should be made with all haste.· When he saw Edwin Chase striding up towards them he made haste to make known one to the other.· Roosevelt towards the end of his life seemed content to make haste slowly.
PHRASES FROM THE ENTRY► more haste less speed
1great speed in doing something, especially because you do not have enough time SYN hurry: - In his haste to leave, he almost forgot his coat.
- She had married in haste and regretted it ever since.
- The army retreated in haste.
- Roosevelt towards the end of his life seemed content to make haste slowly.
- We made haste inside, horse, carriage, and all.
- When he saw Edwin Chase striding up towards them he made haste to make known one to the other.
I soon regretted my haste.in your haste to do something In his haste to leave, he forgot his briefcase.RegisterIn everyday English, people usually say hurry rather than haste:· In my hurry, I left my coat behind.2in haste written or formal quickly or in a hurry: They left in haste, without even saying goodbye.3make haste old use to hurry or do something quickly4more haste less speed British English, haste makes waste American English used to say that it is better to do something slowly, because if you do it too quickly you will make mistakes