Meaning

2 senses

  1. (archaic, transitive)To urge onward; to hasten.

  2. (archaic, intransitive)To move with haste.

Examples

76 sentences

  1. Having been written in haste, the book has a lot of errors.

    ruБудучи написанной в спешке, книга содержит множество ошибок. — Cooleach

    deDa es in Eile geschrieben wurde, wimmelt es in dem Buch vor Fehlern. — lilygilder

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  2. Haste makes waste.

    Поспішиш — людей насмішиш. — oleks

    ruПоспешишь — людей насмешишь. — sobr_vamp

    deEile mit Weile! — jerom

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  3. She left her room in haste.

    Вона поспішила вийти з кімнати. — aandrusiak

    deEilig verließ sie ihr Zimmer. — samueldora

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  4. Being written in great haste, this letter has quite a few mistakes.

    У цьому листі досить багато помилок, оскільки його писали поспіхом. — brambury

    ruВ этом письме достаточно много ошибок, так как оно писалось в спешке. — al_ex_an_der

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  5. She left here with haste.

    Вона пішла звідси поспіхом. — deniko

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Origin

Blend of Middle English hasten (verb), (compare Dutch haasten, German hasten, Danish 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 (whence French hâte), from Old Frankish *hai(f)st (“violence”), from Proto-Germanic *haifstiz (“struggle, conflict”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱeyp- (“to ridicule, mock, anger”). Akin to Old Frisian hāst, hāste (“haste”), Old English hǣst (“violence”), Old English hǣste (“violent, impetuous, vehement”, adjective), Old Norse heift /heipt (“feud”), Gothic 𐌷𐌰𐌹𐍆𐍃𐍄𐍃 (haifsts, “rivalry”). Cognate with German heftig (“vehement”) and Danish heftig (“vehement”).

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Forms

hastes, hasting, hasted, hasted
Base formhaste · to haste
3rd person singularhastes
Present participlehasting
Past simplehasted
Past participlehasted

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyhaste
he, she, ithastes

Past simpleLesson

all personshasted

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave hasted
he, she, ithas hasted

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill haste

Synonyms

5 synonyms
move with haste:hurryA2rushB1scrambleB2scamperscurry

Word family

2 related words
Derivedunhastedunhasting

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
hashtaghasslehastenhastilyB2hastyB1hatA1
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