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- [heyst]
- /heɪst/
- /hæst/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [heyst]
- /heɪst/
Definitions of hasted word
- noun hasted swiftness of motion; speed; celerity: He performed his task with great haste. They felt the need for haste. 1
- noun hasted urgent need of quick action; a hurry or rush: to be in haste to get ahead in the world. 1
- noun hasted unnecessarily quick action; thoughtless, rash, or undue speed: Haste makes waste. 1
- idioms hasted make haste, to act or go with speed; hurry: She made haste to tell the president the good news. 1
- noun hasted Simple past tense and past participle of haste. 1
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Origin of hasted
First appearance:
before 1250 One of the 11% oldest English words
1250-1300; Middle English < Old French < Germanic; akin to Old Frisian hāste, Old English hæst violence, Old Norse heifst hatred, Gothic haifsts quarrel
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Parts of speech for Hasted
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
hasted popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 95% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
According to our data about 63% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.
hasted usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for hasted
verb hasted
- fly — to move through the air using wings.
- shoot — to hit, wound, damage, kill, or destroy with a missile discharged from a weapon.
- rush — to move, act, or progress with speed, impetuosity, or violence.
- gallop — to ride a horse at a gallop; ride at full speed: They galloped off to meet their friends.
- tear — the act of tearing.
noun hasted
- sped — a simple past tense and past participle of speed.
- rushed — to move, act, or progress with speed, impetuosity, or violence.
- hurried — moving or working rapidly, especially forced or required to hurry, as a person.
- dashed — made up of dashes: a dashed line down the middle of the road.
- dispatched — to send off or away with speed, as a messenger, telegram, body of troops, etc.
Antonyms for hasted
verb hasted
- walk — to advance or travel on foot at a moderate speed or pace; proceed by steps; move by advancing the feet alternately so that there is always one foot on the ground in bipedal locomotion and two or more feet on the ground in quadrupedal locomotion.
- slow — moving or proceeding with little or less than usual speed or velocity: a slow train.
- wait — to remain inactive or in a state of repose, as until something expected happens (often followed by for, till, or until): to wait for the bus to arrive.
- dawdle — If you dawdle, you spend more time than is necessary going somewhere.
- aid — Aid is money, equipment, or services that are provided for people, countries, or organizations who need them but cannot provide them for themselves.
noun hasted
- calmed — Simple past tense and past participle of calm.
- delayed — of or relating to a particle, as a neutron or alpha particle, that is emitted from an excited nucleus formed in a nuclear reaction, the emission occurring some time after the reaction is completed.
- rested — the part that is left or remains; remainder: The rest of the students are in the corridor.
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