Definitions for haste
heɪsthaste

Princeton's WordNet(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. haste, hastiness, hurry, hurriedness, precipitation(noun)

   overly eager speed (and possible carelessness)

   "he soon regretted his haste"

2. haste, hurry, rush, rushing(noun)

   the act of moving hurriedly and in a careless manner

   "in his haste to leave he forgot his book"

3. hurry, haste(noun)

   a condition of urgency making it necessary to hurry

   "in a hurry to lock the door"

Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. haste(Noun)

   A speedy or quick action. (e.g. We were running late so we finished our meal in haste)

2. haste(Verb)

   To urge onward; to hasten

3. haste(Verb)

   To move with haste.

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Haste(noun)

   celerity of motion; speed; swiftness; dispatch; expedition; -- applied only to voluntary beings, as men and other animals

2. Haste(noun)

   the state of being urged or pressed by business; hurry; urgency; sudden excitement of feeling or passion; precipitance; vehemence

3. Haste(noun)

   to hasten; to hurry

Origin: [OE. hasten; akin to G. hasten, D. haasten, Dan. haste, Sw. hasta, OF. haster, F. hter. See Haste, n.]

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Haste

   hāst, n. speed, quickness, a hurry: rashness: vehemence.—vs.t. Haste, Hasten (hās′n), to put to speed: to hurry on: to drive forward.—vs.i. to move with speed: to be in a hurry:—pr.p. hāst′ing, hastening (hās′ning); pa.p. hāst′ed, hastened (hās′nd).—n. Hast′ener.—adv. Hast′ily.—n. Hast′iness, hurry: rashness: irritability.—adj. Hast′y, speedy: quick: rash: eager: passionate.—n. Hast′y-pudd′ing, flour, milk, or oatmeal and water porridge.—adj. Hast′y-wit′ted, rash.—Make haste, to hasten. [O. Fr. haste (Fr. hâte), from Teut.; cf. A.S. hǽst, Dut. haast, Ger. hast.]

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Anagrams for haste »

1. ashet, haets, hates, heats, hetas, sheat

How to pronounce haste?

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   British

   

   Karen

   Australian

   

   Veena

   Indian

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of haste in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of haste in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of haste in a Sentence

1. Alla Yaroshinskaya:

   Haste is good only in catching fleas.

2. Herodotus:

   Haste in every business brings failures.

3. John Wesley:

   Though I am always in haste, I am never in a hurry.

4. Saadi:

   Whatever is produced in haste goes hastily to waste.

5. Biblical Proverb:

   He that maketh haste to be rich shall not be innocent.

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