/ heɪst; NAmE / noun
[ U ] ( formal ) speed in doing sth, especially because you do not have enough time
SYN hurry :
In her haste to complete the work on time, she made a number of mistakes.
The letter had clearly been written in haste .
After his first wife died, he married again with almost indecent haste.
( old-fashioned )
She made haste to open the door.
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IDIOMS
- more haste, less speed
—more at marry
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WORD ORIGIN
Middle English : from Old French haste (noun), haster (verb), of Germanic origin.