n. | 1. | Celerity of motion; speed; swiftness; dispatch; expedition; - applied only to voluntary beings, as men and other animals. | |||
2. | The state of being urged or pressed by business; hurry; urgency; sudden excitement of feeling or passion; precipitance; vehemence.
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v. t. & i. | 1. | To hasten; to hurry. |
Noun | 1. | haste - overly eager speed (and possible carelessness); "he soon regretted his haste" |
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3. | haste - a condition of urgency making it necessary to hurry; "in a hurry to lock the door" Synonyms: hurry |