Haste is the quality of doing something quickly, sometimes too quickly so that you arecareless and make mistakes.
In their haste to escape the rising water, they dropped some expensive equipment.
The translations bear the signs of inaccuracy and haste.
2.
See in haste
3.
See make haste
More Synonyms of haste
haste in British English
(heɪst)
noun
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
verb
5. a poetic word for hasten
Derived forms
hasteful (ˈhasteful)
adjective
hastefully (ˈhastefully)
adverb
Word origin
C14: from Old French haste, of Germanic origin; compare Old Norse heifst hate, Old English hǣst strife, Old High German heisti powerful
haste in American English
(heɪst)
noun
1.
the act of hurrying; quickness of motion; rapidity
2.
the act of hurrying carelessly or recklessly
haste makes waste
3.
necessity for hurrying; urgency
the air of haste which marks the undertaking
verb transitive, verb intransitiveWord forms: ˈhasted or ˈhasting
4. Rare
hasten
Idioms:
in haste
make haste
SYNONYMY NOTE: haste implies quick or precipitate movement or action, as from the pressure of circumstancesor intense eagerness; , hurry, often interchangeable with , haste, specifically suggests excitement, bustle, or confusion [the hurry of city life]; speed implies rapidity of movement, operation, etc., suggesting effectiveness and the absenceof excitement or confusion [to increase the speed of an assembly line]; expedition adds to , speed the implication of efficiency and stresses the facilitation of an action or procedure;, dispatch comes close to , expedition in meaning but more strongly stresses promptness in finishing something
OPPOSITES: slowness, delay
Word origin
ME < OFr < Frank *haist, violence, akin to OE hæst < IE base *eibh-, quick, violent > Sans ibham, quick
Examples of 'haste' in a sentence
haste
Football keeps trying to'move forward' with undue haste when some proper reflection might bring some useful lessons.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
A biometric ID that is compulsory for all should be introduced post haste.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Make haste and put your things on.
Elizabeth Gaskell North and South (1855)
Football moves on with almost indecent haste.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
People followed these advanced thinkers with unseemly haste.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
But let us not move with too indecent haste from one challenge to the next.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
But government does not have the freedom to make proposals in haste and repent at leisure.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
This caused the horses to stampede and the men to leave the ten acre enclosure in great haste.
Gavin Weightman SIGNOR MARCONI'S MAGIC BOX: The invention that sparked the radio revolution (2003)
He drags himself out of bed with a look of dismay and resists attempts to urge him to make haste.
Pamela Norris Words Of Love: Passionate Women from Heloise to Sylvia Plath (2006)
Speed and haste often prove disastrous.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
We must make haste, yet try not to panic.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
Written in great haste to catch a deadline, it feels timeless.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
At least this show isn't tearing through its war with unseemly haste.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
Haste is the great enemy of constitutional thinking, since issues tend to be interconnected.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
With indecent haste, we both scrambled up to his bedroom.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
Make haste though, for it is time we were there.
William Thackeray Vanity Fair (1837)
Make haste, and come down this moment.
Jane Austen Pride and Prejudice (1813)
As is often the case, the release came in multiple copies and was followed post haste by the recall.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
But I must urge haste as my men grow anxious and would see their labor done.
Kathleen E. Woodiwiss THE WOLF AND THE DOVE
His most compelling argument, though, is that the administration is rushing for the exit with undue haste.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
Winter seems to have arrived with indecent haste this week, in a blast of snow, ice and frost.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
Quotations
More haste, less speed
Make haste slowly (Latin festina lente)
In other languages
haste
British English: haste NOUN
Haste is the quality of doing something quickly, sometimes too quickly so that you are careless and make mistakes.
In their haste to escape the rising water, they dropped some expensive equipment.
American English: haste
Brazilian Portuguese: pressa
Chinese: 仓促
European Spanish: prisa
French: hâte
German: Eile
Italian: precipitazione
Japanese: 慌てること
Korean: 성급함
European Portuguese: pressa
Latin American Spanish: prisa
Chinese translation of 'haste'
haste
(heɪst)
n(u)
仓(倉)促 (cāngcù)
in haste匆忙地 (cōngmáng de)
to make haste (to) (o.f.) 赶(趕)快 (gǎnkuài)
1 (noun)
Definition
speed, esp. in an action
Authorities appear to be moving with haste against the three dissidents.
Synonyms
speed
I was amazed at his speed of working.
rapidity
the rapidity with which the weather can change
urgency
expedition
He was praised for having acted with such expedition.
dispatch
He feels we should act with despatch.
velocity
the velocity at which the planets orbit
alacrity
As you can imagine, I accepted with alacrity.
quickness
swiftness
With incredible swiftness she ran down the passage.
briskness
nimbleness
fleetness
celerity
promptitude
rapidness
Opposites
slowness
,
sluggishness
2 (noun)
Definition
the act of hurrying in a careless manner
Synonyms
rush
the rush not to be late for school
hurry
the hurry of people wanting to get home
bustle
the hustle and bustle of modern life
hustle
recklessness
helter-skelter
impetuosity
With characteristic impetuosity, he announced he was leaving school.
rashness
hastiness
precipitateness
phrases
See in haste
See make haste
proverbs
More haste, less speedMake haste slowly (Latin festina lente)