haste

«haste» in Mova's school dictionary: Great speed, often too much speed, when you hurry: In her… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (haste — uncountable)

meaning for a pupil

1) Great speed, often too much speed, when you hurry: In her haste she forgot her bag. tree →

2) «make haste» (old-fashioned) = hurry up. tree →

sense in the lessons

In stories haste causes mistakes, as in the proverb «More haste, less speed» (rushing makes you slower in the end); in safety lessons haste near roads is dangerous. Phrases: «in haste», «make haste», «more haste, less speed», «marry in haste».

examples

• In my haste I spilt the milk. tree →
• «Make haste!» cried the king. tree →
• He left in haste without saying goodbye. tree →
• More haste, less speed — check your answers carefully. tree →
• The letter was written in haste and full of mistakes. tree →
• There is no need for haste; we have plenty of time. tree →
• Hi! comrades, make haste! make haste!’ tree →

note

Uncountable. A bit formal or old-fashioned; in plain talk «hurry» or «rush». Adjective: hasty; verb: hasten (silent t: «HAY-sun»).

In the corpora

• And Moses made haste, and bowed his head toward the earth, and worshipped.
• And the sun stayed in the midst of heaven, and hasted not to go down about a whole day.
• Thy children make haste; thy destroyers and they that made thee waste shall go forth from thee.
• The calamity of Moab is near to come, and his affliction hasteth fast.
• Make haste to help me, O LORD, my salvation.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «haste» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.