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- [heyst]
- /heɪst/
- /hæst/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [heyst]
- /heɪst/
Definitions of hasting word
- noun hasting swiftness of motion; speed; celerity: He performed his task with great haste. They felt the need for haste. 1
- noun hasting urgent need of quick action; a hurry or rush: to be in haste to get ahead in the world. 1
- noun hasting unnecessarily quick action; thoughtless, rash, or undue speed: Haste makes waste. 1
- idioms hasting make haste, to act or go with speed; hurry: She made haste to tell the president the good news. 1
- noun hasting Present participle of haste. 1
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Origin of hasting
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 Hasting
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
hasting 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.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
hasting usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for hasting
verb hasting
- 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.
Antonyms for hasting
verb hasting
- 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.
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