haste

noun

/heɪst/

[uncountable] (formal)Idioms

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speed in doing something, especially because you do not have enough time synonym hurry
- In her haste to complete the work on time, she made a number of mistakes.
- in haste The letter had clearly been written in haste.
- After his first wife died, he married again with almost indecent haste.
- Why all the haste?
- (old-fashioned) She made haste to open the door.
Extra Examples
- I had to make haste if I wasn't to be late.
- In his haste to get home, he forgot to go to the library.
- She worked with frantic haste.
- The ships were ordered to sea with all haste.
- They approached without haste.
- They obviously left in great haste.
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- great
- indecent
- undue
- …
verb + haste
- make
preposition
- in haste
- in your haste
- with haste
- …
phrases
- with all haste
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Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French haste (noun), haster (verb), of Germanic origin.

Idioms

marry in haste (, repent at leisure)

(saying) people who marry quickly, without really getting to know each other, may discover later that they have made a mistake

more haste, less speed

(British English, saying) you will finish doing something sooner if you do not try to do it too quickly because you will make fewer mistakes

单词	haste
释义	haste noun /heɪst/ /heɪst/ [uncountable] (formal)Idioms jump to other results speed in doing something, especially because you do not have enough time synonym hurry In her haste to complete the work on time, she made a number of mistakes. in haste The letter had clearly been written in haste. After his first wife died, he married again with almost indecent haste. Why all the haste? (old-fashioned) She made haste to open the door. Extra Examples I had to make haste if I wasn't to be late. In his haste to get home, he forgot to go to the library. She worked with frantic haste. The ships were ordered to sea with all haste. They approached without haste. They obviously left in great haste. Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective great indecent undue … verb + haste make preposition in haste in your haste with haste … phrases with all haste See full entry Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French haste (noun), haster (verb), of Germanic origin. Idioms marry in haste (, repent at leisure) (saying) people who marry quickly, without really getting to know each other, may discover later that they have made a mistake more haste, less speed (British English, saying) you will finish doing something sooner if you do not try to do it too quickly because you will make fewer mistakes
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