Meaning

4 senses

  1. (countable, uncountable)A rushed action.

    Why are you in such a big hurry?

    Eile

    спе́шкаspéška

    по́спіхpóspix

  2. (countable, uncountable)An urgency.

    There is no hurry on that paperwork.

    a condition of urgency making it necessary to hurry

  3. (countable, uncountable)An incidence of a defensive pressure that forces the quarterback to throw the ball earlier than intended or rush their decision, often leading to an incomplete pass or failed play.

  4. (countable, uncountable)A tremolando passage for violins, etc., accompanying an exciting situation.

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

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  2. She was in a great hurry.

    Вона дуже поспішала. — deniko

    ruОна очень спешила. — Balamax

    deSie war in großer Eile. — riotlake

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  3. I ate lunch in a hurry.

    Я пообідав нашвидкоруч. — deniko

    deIch beeilte mich, mein Mittagessen zu essen. — xtofu80

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  4. Tom is always in a hurry.

    Том завжди поспішає. — deniko

    ruТом всегда спешит. — marafon

    deTom hat es immer eilig. — franzc424

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  5. Tell the others to hurry up.

    Скажи іншим поквапитися. — deniko

    ruСкажи остальным, чтобы поторапливались. — marafon

    deSag den anderen, sie sollen sich beeilen! — pne

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
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Русский
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Deutsch
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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

plural: hurries
Singularhurry
Pluralhurries

regular

Synonyms

6 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

5 related words
Derivedhurrisomehurry-furry mergerhurry sicknesshurry-skurrytree-in-a-hurry

Lessons for this word

1 lessons

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
hurrayhurricanehurriedlyB1hurtA1hurtful

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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