Haste applies to personal action and implies urgency and precipitancy and often rashness. To move or do things more quickly than normal or to make someone do this To move, proceed, or act with haste (often followed byup ). See examples of hurry used in a sentence. If you are in a hurry to do something, you need or want to do something quickly If you do something in a hurry, you do it quickly or suddenly
Kate was in a hurry to grow up, eager for knowledge and experience Eric left the barge in a hurry. You won't beat him in a hurry We won't go there again in a hurry. To move or act with speed or haste. To (cause to) move, proceed, or act with haste
[~ + to + verb] she hurried to help him when he fell [~ + up] could you please hurry up [~ + object] the outfielder hurried his throw to first base. There are 14 meanings listed in oed's entry for the noun hurry, four of which are labelled obsolete See ‘meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence. To hurry is to rush, or to move quickly
If you're late for a movie and you don't want to miss the beginning, you'll have to hurry into the theater, not stopping to buy popcorn. Some common synonyms of hurry are dispatch, expedition, haste, and speed While all these words mean quickness in movement or action, hurry often has a strong suggestion of agitated bustle or confusion.
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