- 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
- …
- make
- in haste
- in your haste
- with haste
- …
- with all haste
Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French haste (noun), haster (verb), of Germanic origin.
Idioms
See haste in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionarymarry 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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