Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - haste
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Haste
haste
~ n 1 great speed in doing something, especially because you do not have enough time (I soon regretted my haste. | in your haste to do sth) (In his haste to leave he forgot his briefcase.) 2 in haste quickly or in a hurry (They left in haste, without even saying goodbye.) 3 make haste old use to hurry or do something quickly 4 more haste less speed BrE used to say that it is useless to do something too quickly
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1. Haste is the quality of doing something quickly, sometimes too quickly so that you are careless and make mistakes. In their haste to escape the rising water, they dropped some expensive equipment... N-UNCOUNT 2. If you do something in haste, you do it quickly and hurriedly, and sometimes carelessly. Don’t act in haste or be hot-headed. PHRASE: PHR after v ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French, of Germanic origin; akin to Old English h?st violence Date: 14th century 1. rapidity of motion ; swiftness 2. rash or headlong action ; precipitateness the beauty of speed uncontaminated by ~ — Harper's 3. undue eagerness to act Synonyms: ~, hurry, speed, expedition, dispatch mean quickness in movement or action. ~ applies to personal action and implies urgency and precipitancy and often rashness marry in ~. hurry often has a strong suggestion of agitated bustle or confusion in the hurry of departure she forgot her toothbrush. speed suggests swift efficiency in movement or action exercises to increase your reading speed. expedition and dispatch both imply speed and efficiency in handling affairs but expedition stresses ease or efficiency of performance and dispatch stresses promptness in concluding matters the case came to trial with expedition paid bills with dispatch. II. verb (~d; hasting) Date: 14th century transitive verb archaic to urge on ; ~n intransitive verb to move or act swiftly ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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n. & v. --n. 1 urgency of movement or action. 2 excessive hurry. --v.intr. archaic = HASTEN. Phrases and idioms in haste quickly, hurriedly. make haste hurry; be quick. Etymology: ME f. OF haste, haster f. WG ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1. поспешность, торопливость; спешка in haste —- поспешно; второпях, наспех; наскоро, на скорую руку to be in haste —- спешить торопиться to be in no haste to do smth. —- не спешить сделать что-л.; медлить с чем-л. to do smth. in haste —- сделать что-л. в спешке (наспех) to run off in (great) haste —- быстро удрать, поспешно исчезнуть make haste! —- торопись!, поторапливайся!, скорее! he made haste to help her —- он поспешил ей на помощь bring the doctor in haste —- срочно позовите врача the matter requires haste —- дело не терпит отлагательства 2. опрометчивость in haste —- опрометчиво to act in haste —- действовать опрометчиво Id: (the) more haste, (the) less speed —- посл. тише едешь - дальше будешь Id: to make more haste than good speed, fool's haste is no speed, haste makes waste —- посл. поспешишь - людей насмешишь 3. редк. спешить, торопиться ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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1. noun 1) поспешность, торопливость; спешка to make no haste to do smth. - медлить с чем-л. make haste! - поторапливайся! - make haste 2) опрометчивость more haste, less speed - тише едешь, дальше будешь haste makes waste - поспешишь - людей насмешишь Syn: see speed 2. v.; = hasten 1); hasten 2) ...Англо-русский словарь
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