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  • 1haste — n Haste, hurry, speed, expedition, dispatch are comparable when meaning quickness or swiftness in movement or in action. Haste implies quickness or swiftness in persons rather than in machines, vehicles, or methods of transportation; thus, a… …

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  • 2haste — [hāst] n. [ME < OFr < Frank * haist, violence, akin to OE hæst < IE base * k̑eibh , quick, violent > Sans s̍ibham, quick] 1. the act of hurrying; quickness of motion; rapidity 2. the act of hurrying carelessly or recklessly [haste… …

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  • 3Haste the Day — Infobox musical artist Name = Haste the Day Img capt = Haste the Day in 2007 Img size = Background = group or band Birth name = Alias = Born = Died = Origin = Carmel, Indiana, United States Instrument = Genre = Metalcore [… …

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  • 4Haste — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Haste >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 haste haste urgency Sgm: N 1 despatch despatch dispatch Sgm: N 1 acceleration acceleration spurt spirt forced march rush dash Sgm …

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  • 5haste — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ great ▪ She worked with great haste. ▪ indecent (esp. BrE), undue, unseemly (esp. BrE) ▪ He accused the government of undue haste in bringing in the new law …

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  • 6haste — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Swiftness Nouns haste, urgency; dispatch; acceleration, spurt, forced march, rush, dash; velocity; precipitancy, precipitation, precipitousness; impatience, impetuosity; expedition, earliness; hurry,… …

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  • 7haste — /heɪst / (say hayst) noun 1. energetic speed in motion or action. 2. speed as a result of urgency. 3. quickness without due reflection; thoughtless or rash speed: haste makes waste. –verb (t), verb (i) (hasted, hasting) 4. Archaic → hasten.… …

  • 8haste — 1. noun /heɪst/ A speedy or quick action. (e.g. We were running late so we finished our meal in haste) See Also: hurry, rush, scramble, scamper, scurry 2. verb /heɪst/ a) To urge …

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  • 9Haste to the Wedding — is a three act comic opera with a libretto by W. S. Gilbert and music by George Grossmith, based on Gilbert s 1873 play, The Wedding March . The opera was the most ambitious piece of composition undertaken by Grossmith.The piece was produced… …

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  • 10Haste — (h[=a]st), n. [OE. hast; akin to D. haast, G., Dan., Sw., & OFries. hast, cf. OF. haste, F. h[^a]te (of German origin); all perh. fr. the root of E. hate in a earlier sense of, to pursue. See {Hate}.] 1. Celerity of motion; speed; swiftness;… …

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