haste

Noun
Synonyms: hastinesshurryhurriednessprecipitationrushrushing

WordNet 3.0

Noun (3)

  1. overly eager speed (and possible carelessness)“he soon regretted his haste”Synonyms: hastinesshurryhurriednessprecipitation
  2. the act of moving hurriedly and in a careless manner“in his haste to leave he forgot his book”Synonyms: hurryrushrushing
  3. a condition of urgency making it necessary to hurry“in a hurry to lock the door”Synonyms: hurry
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Haste \Haste\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Hasted; p. pr. & vb. n. Hasting.] [OE. hasten; akin to G. hasten, D. haasten, Dan. haste, Sw. hasta, OF. haster, F. h[^a]ter. See Haste, n.] To hasten; to hurry. [Archaic] [1913 Webster]

I 'll haste the writer. --Shak. [1913 Webster]

They were troubled and hasted away. --Ps. xlviii. 5. [1913 Webster]

Haste \Haste\ (h[=a]st), n. [OE. hast; akin to D. haast, G., Dan., Sw., & OFries. hast, cf. OF. haste, F. h[^a]te (of German origin); all perh. fr. the root of E. hate in a earlier sense of, to pursue. See Hate.]

1.Celerity of motion; speed; swiftness; dispatch; expedition; -- applied only to voluntary beings, as men and other animals. [1913 Webster]

The king's business required haste.— 1 Sam. xxi. 8.[1913 Webster]

2.The state of being urged or pressed by business; hurry; urgency; sudden excitement of feeling or passion; precipitance; vehemence. [1913 Webster]

I said in my haste, All men are liars.— Ps. cxvi. 11.[1913 Webster]

To make haste, to hasten.

Syn: Speed; quickness; nimbleness; swiftness; expedition; dispatch; hurry; precipitance; vehemence; precipitation.

Usage: Haste, Hurry, Speed, Dispatch. Haste denotes quickness of action and a strong desire for getting on; hurry includes a confusion and want of collected thought not implied in haste; speed denotes the actual progress which is made; dispatch, the promptitude and rapidity with which things are done. A man may properly be in haste, but never in a hurry. Speed usually secures dispatch. [1913 Webster]

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