Meaning

6 senses
  1. (intransitive)To do things quickly.

    He's hurrying because he's late.

    sich beeilen, eilen

    спеши́тьspešítʹ, торопи́тьсяtoropítʹsja, поспеша́тьpospešátʹ

    поспіша́тиpospišáty

  2. (intransitive)Often with up, to speed up the rate of doing something.

    If you don't hurry (up) you won't finish on time.

    sich beeilen

    urge to an unnatural speed

  3. (transitive)To cause to be done quickly.

  4. (transitive)To hasten; to impel to greater speed; to urge on.

  5. (transitive)To impel to precipitate or thoughtless action; to urge to confused or irregular activity.

  6. To put: to convey coal in the mine, e.g. from the working to the tramway.

Examples

1864 sentences
  1. Don't be in such a hurry.

    Не поспішай так. — deniko

    ruНе надо так торопиться. — marafon

    deSei nicht in solch einer Eile. — Esperantostern

  2. She was in a great hurry.

    Вона дуже поспішала. — deniko

    ruОна очень спешила. — Balamax

    deSie war in großer Eile. — riotlake

  3. I ate lunch in a hurry.

    Я пообідав нашвидкоруч. — deniko

    deIch beeilte mich, mein Mittagessen zu essen. — xtofu80

  4. Tom is always in a hurry.

    Том завжди поспішає. — deniko

    ruТом всегда спешит. — marafon

    deTom hat es immer eilig. — franzc424

  5. Tell the others to hurry up.

    Скажи іншим поквапитися. — deniko

    ruСкажи остальным, чтобы поторапливались. — marafon

    deSag den anderen, sie sollen sich beeilen! — pne

Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
to do things quickly:
Русский
By meaning 1
to do things quickly:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
to do things quickly:

Origin

From Middle English horien (“to rush, impel”), probably a variation of hurren (“to vibrate

From Middle English horien (“to rush, impel”), probably a variation of hurren (“to vibrate rapidly, buzz”), from Proto-Germanic *hurzaną (“to rush”) (compare Middle High German hurren (“to hasten”), Norwegian hurre (“to whirl around”)), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱers- (“to run”) (compare Latin currō (“to run”), Tocharian A kursär/Tocharian B kwarsär (“league; course”)). Related to hurr, horse, rush.

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Forms

hurries, hurrying, hurried, hurried
Base formhurry · to hurry
3rd person singularhurries
Present participlehurrying
Past simplehurried
Past participlehurried

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyhurry
he, she, ithurries

Past simpleLesson

all personshurried

Present perfectLesson

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

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill hurry

Synonyms

7 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

6 related words

Collocations

12 patterns
  • in a hurry
  • a hurry to
  • in no hurry
  • need to hurry
  • better better hurry
  • such a hurry
  • in any hurry
  • a big hurry
  • hurry to get
  • hurry to do
  • no hurry
  • no hurry to

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
hurry — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto