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Meaning of haste | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2 Standard
heɪst

Definitions

  1. Speed; swiftness; dispatch
  2. A surname from Old French.
  3. Speed; swiftness; dispatch.
  4. Urgency; sudden excitement of feeling or passion; precipitance; vehemence
  5. Urgency; sudden excitement of feeling or passion; precipitance; vehemence.
  6. To urge onward; to hasten
  7. To move with haste

Equivalents

Azərbaycanca qaçaqaç tələsiklik
Български бързина
Bosanski graba kalup žurba журба
Català pressa
Čeština chvat kalup kvap spěch
Dansk hast
Deutsch Eile Hast Sput
Ελληνικά βιασύνη σπουδή
Esperanto hasto
Español acucia apuro premura priesa prisa
Suomi hätiköinti hatka hosu kiire kiiru
Français haste hasté hâte
Gaeilge dithneas
Gàidhlig cabhag deann deifir sgoinn
Hrvatski graba kalup žurba журба
日本語 せかせか 特急
Kurdî haşt
Polski gwałt pośpiech
Português haste pressa
Română graba
Русский спешка
සිංහල කඩිනම
Српски graba kalup žurba журба
Svenska brådska hast
Türkçe acele
Українська поспіх

Examples

“We were running late so we finished our meal in haste.”
“The king's business required haste.”
“There was a stampede as the congressmen jumped the banister in their hastes to be the first to sign away their souls.”
“I said in my haste, All men are liars.”

CEFR level

C2
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