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posthaste
post·haste P0470400 (pōst′hāst′)adv. With great speed; rapidly.n. Archaic Great speed; rapidity.
[From the phrase haste, post, haste, a direction on letters.]posthaste (ˈpəʊstˈheɪst) advwith great haste; as fast as possiblenarchaic great hastepost•haste (ˈpoʊstˈheɪst)
adv. 1. with the greatest possible speed or promptness. n. 2. Archaic. great haste. [1530–40] ThesaurusposthasteadverbIn a rapid way:apace, fast, quick, quickly.Informal: flat out, hell-for-leather, lickety-split, pronto.Idioms: full tilt, in a flash, in nothing flat, like a bat out of hell, like a blue streak, like a flash, like a house on fire, like a shot, like a streak, like greased lightning, like the wind, like wildfire.Translationspost2 (pəust) noun (the system of collecting, transporting and delivering) letters, parcels etc. I sent the book by post; Has the post arrived yet?; Is there any post for me? 郵政 邮政 verb to send (a letter etc) by post. He posted the parcel yesterday. 郵寄 邮寄ˈpostage (-tidʒ) noun (the money paid for) the sending of a letter etc by post. The postage was $1.20. 郵資 邮资ˈpostal adjective of, or concerning, the system of sending letters etc. the postal service. 郵政的，郵局的 邮政的，邮局的 postage stamp a small printed label fixed to a letter, parcel etc to show that postage has been paid. 郵票 邮票postal order a printed document bought at a post office, which can be exchanged at another post office for the amount of money paid for it. 郵政匯票(匯款單) 邮政汇票（汇款单） postbox (ˈpəusboks) noun (also ˈletterbox, ~ˈmailbox, ~pillar box) a box into which letters etc are put to be collected (and sent to their destination). 郵政信箱(郵筒) 邮政信箱（邮筒） postcard (ˈpəuskaːd) noun a card on which a message may be sent by post, often with a picture on one side (a picture postcard). She sent me a postcard of the Taj Mahal when she was in India. 明信片 明信片postcode (ˈpəuskoud) noun (American zip code) a set of letters and numbers added to the address on a letter to make delivery easier. 郵遞區號 邮政编码ˌpost-ˈfree adjective, adverb without charge for sending by post. You can send it post-free. 免付郵資的 免付邮资的ˌpost(-)ˈhaste adverb very quickly. He travelled post(-)haste to London. 火急地 火急地postman (ˈpəusmən) noun (American ˈmailman) a person whose job is to (collect and) deliver letters etc. Has the postman been this morning yet? 郵差 邮递员postmark (ˈpəusmaːk) noun a mark put on a letter at a post office, showing the date and place of posting, and cancelling the postage stamp. The postmark read `Beirut'. 郵戳 邮戳postmaster (ˈpəusmaːstə) – feminine postmistress (ˈpəusmistris) – noun the manager of a post office. 郵政局長 邮政局长post office an office for receiving and dispatching letters, parcels etc. Where is the nearest post office? 郵局 邮局
posthaste
posthasteAs 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.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.post hasteAs 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, postEncyclopediaSeepostLegalSeePostposthaste
Synonyms for posthasteadv in a rapid waySynonyms- apace
- fast
- quick
- quickly
- flat out
- hell-for-leather
- lickety-split
- pronto
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