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.
verb (used with or without object),hast·ed,hast·ing.
Archaic. to hasten.
Idioms for haste
make haste, to act or go with speed; hurry: She made haste to tell the president the good news.
Origin of haste
First recorded in 1250–1300; Middle English, from Old French from Germanic; akin to Old Frisian hāste,Old English hæst “violence,” Old Norse heifst “hatred,” Gothic haifsts “quarrel”
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British Dictionary definitions for haste
haste
/ (heɪst) /
noun
speed, esp in an action; swiftness; rapidity
the act of hurrying in a careless or rash manner
a necessity for hurrying; urgency
make hasteto hurry; rush
verb
a poetic word for hasten
Derived forms of haste
hasteful, adjectivehastefully, adverb
Word Origin for haste
C14: from Old French haste, of Germanic origin; compare Old Norse heifst hate, Old English hǣst strife, Old High German heisti powerful