haste

The definition of haste is speed or urgency.

(noun)

An example of haste is how quickly a package is delivered; delivered with haste.
An example of haste is the hurrying of a catering staff to get food served; working with haste.

See haste in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

Origin: ME < OFr < Frank *haist, violence, akin to OE hæst < IE base *eibh-, quick, violent > Sans ibham, quick

transitive verb, intransitive verb hasted, hasting

Rare hasten

See haste in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

intr. & tr.v. hast·ed, hast·ing, hastes

To hasten or cause to hasten.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English

Origin: , from Old French

Origin: , of Germanic origin

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