Definitions for haste
heɪsthaste

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. haste, hastiness, hurry, hurriedness, precipitationnoun

   overly eager speed (and possible carelessness)

   "he soon regretted his haste"

2. haste, hurry, rush, rushingnoun

   the act of moving hurriedly and in a careless manner

   "in his haste to leave he forgot his book"

3. hurry, hastenoun

   a condition of urgency making it necessary to hurry

   "in a hurry to lock the door"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. hastenoun

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

2. hasteverb

   To urge onward; to hasten

3. hasteverb

   To move with haste.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. HASTEnoun

   Etymology: haste, French; haeste, Dutch.

   1. Hurry; speed; nimbleness; precipitation.

   Spare him, death!
   Let not pity with her tears
   Keep such distance from thine ears:
   But O, thou wilt not, canst not spare!
   Haste hath never time to hear. Richard Crashaw.

   Our lines reform’d, and not compos’d in haste,
   Polish’d like marble, would like marble last;
   But as the present, so the last age writ;
   In both we find like negligence and wit. Edmund Waller.

   In as much haste as I am, I cannot forbear giving an example. John Dryden, Dufresnoy.

   The wretched father, running to their aid
   With pious haste, but vain, they next invade. Dryden.

   2. Passion; vehemence.

   I said in my haste, all men are liars. Ps. cxvi. II.

2. To Haste, To Hastenverb

   To push forward; to urge on; to precipitate; to drive to a swifter pace.

   Let it be so hasted, that supper be ready at the farthest by five of the clock. William Shakespeare, Merry Wives of Windsor.

   All hopes of succour from your arms is past;
   To save us now, you must our ruin haste. Dryden.

   Each sees his lamp with diff’rent lustre crown’d;
   Each knows his course with diff’rent periods bound;
   And in his passage through the liquid space,
   Nor hastens, nor retards his neighbour’s race. Matthew Prior.

3. To Haste, To Hastenverb

   Etymology: haster, French; haesten, Dutch.

   1. To make haste; to be in a hurry; to be busy; to be speedy.

   I have not hastened from being a pastor to follow thee. Jer.

   2. To move with swiftness.

   ’Tis Cinna, I do know him by his gait;
   He is a friend. Cinna, where haste you so? William Shakespeare.

   They were troubled and hasted away. Ps. xlviii. 5.

   All those things are passed away like a shadow, and as a post that hasted by. Wisd. v. 9.

   Hasting to pay his tribute to the sea,
   Like mortal life to meet eternity. John Denham.

   These rites perform’d, the prince, without delay,
   Hastes to the nether world, his destin’d way. John Dryden, Æn.

   To distant Sparta, and the spacious waste
   Of sandy Pyle, the royal youth shall haste. Alexander Pope, Odyssey.

   Soon as the sun awakes the sprightly court,
   Leave their repose, and hasten to the sport. Matthew Prior.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Hastenoun

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

2. Hastenoun

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

3. Hastenoun

   to hasten; to hurry

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

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

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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Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. HASTE

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Haste is ranked #35489 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Haste surname appeared 634 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Haste.
   
   92.1% or 584 total occurrences were White.
   3.9% or 25 total occurrences were Black.
   1.7% or 11 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
   1.5% or 10 total occurrences were of two or more races.

Matched Categories

1. • Motion
   • Urgency

Anagrams for haste »

1. ashet

2. haets

3. hates

4. heats

5. hetas

6. sheat

How to pronounce haste?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say haste in sign language?

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. Marina Balouyeva:

   Firstly, it is generally known that the quality of domestic vaccines is worse than that of foreign ones, secondly, the vaccine was created at railway speed, which already raises concerns. It was created in haste.

2. Lord Byron:

   Now hatred is by far the longest pleasure; Men love in haste, but they detest at leisure.

3. One EU diplomat:

   Haste will come at the expense of services and security. This means we are pretty much guaranteed a WTO-style exit.

4. Henry David Thoreau, "Walden":

   Why should we be in such desperate haste to succeed, and in such desperate enterprises? If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music which he hears, however measured or far away.

5. Marcus Aurelius:

   Someone bathes in haste; don’t say he bathes badly, but in haste. Someone drinks a lot of wine; don’t say he drinks badly, but a lot. Until you know their reasons, how do you know that their actions are vicious?

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=haste
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Haste
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=haste
4. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/haste
5. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=haste
6. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html