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HASTE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The act of moving hurriedly and in a careless manner
Example:
in his haste to leave he forgot his book
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("haste" is a kind of...):
motion; move; movement (the act of changing location from one place to another)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "haste"):
bolt; dash (the act of moving with great haste)
scamper; scramble; scurry (rushing about hastily in an undignified way)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Overly eager speed (and possible carelessness)
Example:
he soon regretted his haste
Synonyms:
haste; hastiness; hurriedness; hurry; precipitation
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("haste" is a kind of...):
fastness; speed; swiftness (a rate (usually rapid) at which something happens)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "haste"):
abruptness; precipitance; precipitancy; precipitateness; precipitousness; suddenness (the quality of happening with headlong haste or without warning)
Derivation:
hasty (excessively quick)
hasty (done with very great haste and without due deliberation)
Sense 3
Meaning:
A condition of urgency making it necessary to hurry
Example:
in a hurry to lock the door
Synonyms:
haste; hurry
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("haste" is a kind of...):
urgency (the state of being urgent; an earnest and insistent necessity)
Context examples:
Well, Jane, make haste and tell us; make haste, my love.
(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)
Dora made haste to kiss my aunt, and say, “Yes, you do! I'm only joking!”-lest my aunt should think she really meant it.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
Should sleep now or ever overcome you, or be like to do, then haste to your own chamber or to these rooms, for your rest will then be safe.
(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)
The netting-box, just leisurely drawn forth, was closed with joyful haste, and she was ready to attend him in a moment.
(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)
“Oh yes! certainly,” cried Fanny, rising in haste, the haste of embarrassment and of wanting to get away—“I will write directly.”
(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)
Willoughby first rousing himself, broke it thus: Well, let me make haste and be gone.
(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)
But haste was all in vain.
(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
“Our friend will overlook the matter if you do but say that you have acted in heat and haste.”
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Jekyll was no worse; he woke again to his good qualities seemingly unimpaired; he would even make haste, where it was possible, to undo the evil done by Hyde.
(The Strange Case Of Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
A government messenger had brought it post-haste.
(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
