haste

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   Great speed in doing something, often with too little care.

   In my haste to leave, I forgot my keys.

2. 2
   noun

   A need to hurry because something is urgent.

   There is no haste, so take all the time you need.

3. 3
   verb

   To move or act quickly; to hurry.

   They hasted to reach the city before nightfall.

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 hef…

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