haste
/heist/
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Definition
- Noun:
- A condition of urgency requiring quick action: A state where there is a need to act or move quickly due to time pressure or an urgent situation.
- The act of moving or acting hurriedly and often carelessly: The action of doing something with excessive speed, which can lead to mistakes or a lack of attention.
- Overly eager speed (implying possible carelessness): Rapid action driven by eagerness or impatience, often at the expense of thoroughness or quality.
Examples
- Noun:
Advanced Usage
- "in haste": Done quickly, often too quickly.
- "with haste": Quickly, speedily (a more formal alternative to "in haste").
- "More haste, less speed": An idiom meaning that if you try to do something too quickly, you are more likely to make mistakes and will ultimately take longer to complete it.
Variants and Related Words
- Hasten (verb): To cause something to happen sooner or more quickly; to move or act quickly.
- Hasty (adjective): Done or acting with excessive speed; hurried.
- Hastily (adverb): In a hurried manner.
Synonyms
- Hurry: A need or wish to get something done quickly.
- Rush: A sudden quick movement or a period of hurried activity.
- Precipitation: Haste, especially in an unthinking or rash way (more formal/literary).
- Celerity: Swiftness of movement (formal).
Antonyms
- Delay: A period of time by which something is late or postponed.
- Leisure: Free time when one is not working or occupied; unhurried ease.
- Deliberation: Long and careful consideration or discussion.
Related Idioms
- "Make haste": An imperative phrase meaning to hurry up.
- "Fool's haste": Haste that is unwise and leads to poor results.
Noun
- a condition of urgency making it necessary to hurry
- in a hurry to lock the door
- the act of moving hurriedly and in a careless manner
- in his haste to leave he forgot his book
- overly eager speed (and possible carelessness)
- he soon regretted his haste