Haste Definition

hāst

hasted, hastes, hasting

noun

The act of hurrying; quickness of motion; rapidity.

Webster's New World

Rash or headlong action; precipitateness.

Forgot the tickets in their haste to catch the train.

American Heritage

The act of hurrying carelessly or recklessly.

Haste makes waste.

Webster's New World

Necessity for hurrying; urgency.

An air of haste marks the undertaking.

Webster's New World

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verb

hasted, hastes, hasting

To hasten or cause to hasten.

American Heritage

Webster's New World

To urge onward; to hasten.

Wiktionary

(intransitive) To move with haste.

Wiktionary

Synonyms:

idiom

make haste

American Heritage

in haste

Webster's New World

make haste

Webster's New World

Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Haste

Blend of Middle English hasten (verb), (compare Dutch haasten, German hasten, Danish haste, Swedish hasta (“to hasten, rush”)) and Middle English hast (“haste”, noun), from Old French haste (French: hâte), from Old Frankish *haist, *haifst (“violence”) , from Proto-Germanic *haifstiz (“struggle, conflict”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱēybʰ- (“fast, snell, fierce”). Akin to Old Frisian hāst, hāste (“haste”), Old English hǣst (“violence”), Old English hǣste (“violent, impetuous, vehement”, adj), Old Norse heift/heipt (“feud”), Gothic (haifsts, “rivalry”). Cognate with German and Danish heftig (“vehement”).

From Wiktionary
Middle English from Old French of Germanic origin

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition