Dec 4, 2016 · haste, hurry, speed, expedition, dispatch mean quickness in movement or action. haste applies to personal action and implies urgency and precipitancy and often rashness.

In spite of all their haste, they didn’t have time to finish. Officials acted in haste (= too quickly), without understanding the situation.

swiftness of motion; speed; celerity He performed his task with great haste They felt the need for haste

Factsheet What does the noun haste mean? There are three meanings listed in OED's entry for the noun haste. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.

What does haste mean? Haste most commonly refers to urgency, such as in completing a task.It can also be used as another word for speed or swiftness, as in We have to move with haste if we want to …

He left in haste [= hurriedly, in a hurry], so I didn't get a chance to talk to him. She sent the letter in haste and later regretted it. In their haste to leave for the airport, they forgot their passports. “You will be …

1. Rapidity of action or motion: the haste with which she climbed the stairs. 2. Rash or headlong action; precipitateness: forgot the tickets in their haste to catch the train.