haste

haste
noun
ADJECTIVE
great

She worked with great haste.

indecent (esp. BrE), undue, unseemly (esp. BrE)

He accused the government of undue haste in bringing in the new law.

VERB + HASTE
make

I had to make haste if I wasn't to be late.

PREPOSITION
in haste, in your haste

They obviously left in great haste.

In his haste to get home, he forgot to go to the library.

with haste

He married again with almost indecent haste.

without haste

They approached without haste.

PHRASES
with all haste (esp. BrE)

The ships were ordered to sea with all haste.


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  • hasté — hasté …   Dictionnaire des rimes

  • haste — n Haste, hurry, speed, expedition, dispatch are comparable when meaning quickness or swiftness in movement or in action. Haste implies quickness or swiftness in persons rather than in machines, vehicles, or methods of transportation; thus, a… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • hasté — hasté, ée [ aste ] adj. • 1789; de hast ♦ Bot. Qui a la forme d un fer de lance. Feuilles hastées. ● haste nom féminin (latin hasta) Lance dont étaient dotés dans la légion les triarii. ● haste …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • haste — hasté, ée [ aste ] adj. • 1789; de hast ♦ Bot. Qui a la forme d un fer de lance. Feuilles hastées. ● haste nom féminin (latin hasta) Lance dont étaient dotés dans la légion les triarii. ● haste (homonymes) nom féminin ( …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • haste — HASTE. s. f. (L H s aspire.) Precipitation, promptitude. La haste, la grande haste avec laquelle il fait toutes choses, est cause qu il ne fait jamais rien d achevé. L usage le plus ordinaire de ce mot est, ou de se construire avec le verbe Avoir …   Dictionnaire de l'Académie française

  • 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;… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • haste — 1. (ha st ) s. f. 1°   Terme d antiquité. Longue lance. 2°   Terme de numismatique. Javelot sans fer ou sceptre long, qui est l attribut des divinités bienfaisantes. 3°   Terme d épigraphie. La barre verticale dans les F, les P, les R, etc. Les… …   Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré

  • haste — [heıst] n [U] [Date: 1200 1300; : Old Frenc] 1.) great speed in doing something, especially because you do not have enough time = ↑hurry ▪ I soon regretted my haste. in your haste to do sth ▪ In his haste to leave, he forgot his briefcase. 2.) in …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • haste — [ heıst ] noun uncount FORMAL great speed in doing something because of limited time: in someone s haste to do something: In my haste to escape, I tripped over a fallen branch. haste makes waste used for saying that if you do something too… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • haste — [hāst] n. [ME < OFr < Frank * haist, violence, akin to OE hæst < IE base * k̑eibh , quick, violent > Sans s̍ibham, quick] 1. the act of hurrying; quickness of motion; rapidity 2. the act of hurrying carelessly or recklessly [haste… …   English World dictionary

  • 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 …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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