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41haste — hasteful, adj. hastefully, adv. hasteless, adj. hastelessness, n. /hayst/, n., v., hasted, hasting. n. 1. swiftness of motion; speed; celerity: He performed his task with great haste. They felt the need for haste. 2. urgent need of quick action;… …
42haste — [[t]he͟ɪst[/t]] 1) N UNCOUNT 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... The translations… …
43haste — noun (U) 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,… …
44Haste — This interesting and uncommon name is of Old French origin, and is one of that group of early European surnames that were gradually created from the habitual use of nicknames. These were acquired in the first instance with reference to a person s …
45haste — n. 1) to make haste ( to hurry ) 2) in haste (they acted in great haste) * * * [heɪst] to make haste ( to hurry ) in haste (they acted in great haste) …
46haste — 01. In our [haste] to leave for our camping trip, we actually forgot to bring our tent. 02. Don t do things so [hastily] or you ll make a lot of mistakes. 03. I think I was being a bit [hasty] when I told you I wasn t interested in the job… …
47haste — UK [heɪst] / US noun [uncountable] formal great speed in doing something because of limited time in someone s haste to do something: In my haste to escape, I tripped over a fallen branch. • haste makes waste/more haste less speed used for saying… …
48haste — see haste is from the devil more haste, less speed haste makes waste make haste slowly marry in haste and repent at leisure nothing should be done in haste but gripping a flea …
49haste — [[t]heɪst[/t]] n. 1) swiftness of motion; speed 2) unnecessarily quick action; thoughtless, rash, or undue speed: Haste makes waste[/ex] 3) urgent need of quick action; a hurry 4) archaic to hasten • make haste Etymology: 1250–1300; < OF <… …
50haste makes waste — Waste properly means the squandering of time, money, etc., though it is also used with reference to material waste. c 1386 CHAUCER Tale of Melibee 1.1053 The proverbe seith..in wikked haste is no profit. 1546 J. HEYWOOD Dialogue of Proverbs I. ii …
