haste applies to personal action and implies urgency and precipitancy and often rashness.
marry in haste
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
Example Sentences
Noun The application had been approved with undue haste. made haste to get there on time
Recent Examples on the Web
Noun
As long as something could still possibly happen (with emphasis on possibly), why act in haste? Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 10 Sep. 2022 Where is the haste inside the boardroom of a company like Chevron?New York Times, 9 Oct. 2021 But the government’s haste to put an end to the pandemic, repair the economy and pave the way for the Games, stands in contrast to the public’s caution.Washington Post, 18 Dec. 2020 Also this month, unfolding at the same time that the big-C Church has been tripping over itself in its haste to avoid blame and to assail investigative journalism, beautiful things have been happening in the little-c church all around me.The Salt Lake Tribune, 29 Aug. 2022 Benedict’s response to the scandal was compromised by his haste to canonize John Paul, amid mounting evidence of the late Pope’s lack of sensitivity to the issue, and by his own reluctance to admit error on the Church’s part. Paul Elie, The New Yorker, 26 July 2022 In its haste for vengeance, the United States embarked on massive wars targeting not only Iraq and Afghanistan but activities in some 80 countries. James Nalton, Forbes, 8 June 2022 By not moving with haste for Hauser, the Heat held back the two-way contact that instead went in September to Martin, who ultimately thrived as a rotation player. Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 22 June 2022 The stories that Dawn tells in therapy are mired in a fractured past, missing logical connections, sapped of beauty, articulated in great haste, full of self-sabotage. Hannah Gold, The New Yorker, 2 Aug. 2022
Verb
But haste and carelessness in crafting the aid created a wellspring for fraud and waste - a mess that hundreds of federal investigators are still trying to clean up. Lisa Rein And Yeganeh Torbati, Anchorage Daily News, 25 Aug. 2022 Amanda, who went placidly amid the noise and haste up until that point, freaks out and throws a glass at Hannah. Brian Moylan, Vulture, 25 Feb. 2021 These Green New Deals and Green Revolutions are increasingly being seen as the only solution to meeting the climate, corona and credit crises at the scale and haste that science and justice require. Sophie Shnapp, refinery29.com, 5 Jan. 2021 If steady, mature Gerald Ford succumbed to haste when his presidency was on the line, imagine what Donald Trump will do. Rick Perlstein, Star Tribune, 3 Sep. 2020 See More
Word History
Etymology
Noun and Verb
Middle English, from Anglo-French, of Germanic origin; akin to Old English hǣst violence
ADJECTIVE | VERB + HASTE | PREPOSITION | PHRASESADJECTIVE➤great十分匆忙◇She worked with great haste.她工作起來心急火燎的。➤indecent, undue, unseemly (especially BrE) 不適宜的匆忙;過分的匆忙◇He accused the government of undue haste in bringing in the new law.他指責政府過於倉促地推出了新法律。VERB + HASTE➤make趕忙◇I had to make haste if I wasn't to be late.要想不遲到,我必須得趕緊。PREPOSITION➤in haste, in your haste匆忙之中◇They obviously left in great haste.顯然他們離開得很倉促。◇In his haste to get home, he forgot to go to the library.他急着趕回家,結果忘了去圖書館。➤with haste匆忙◇He married again with almost indecent haste.他再婚了,倉促得幾乎有失體面。➤without haste不慌不忙◇They approached without haste.他們不緊不慢地靠了過來。PHRASES➤with all haste (especially BrE) 儘快◇The ships were ordered to sea with all haste.船隻奉命立刻出海。