Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

make haste

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.37 in modern English

Syllables: make haste
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

1

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To hurry or hasten.

Dated; Intransitive verb

Example Sentences

"Since I have your good leave to go away, I will make haste: but, till I come again, No bed shall e'er be guilty of my stay, Nor rest be interposer 'twixt us twain."
"Bid the players make haste. Will you two help to hasten them?"
"“The second will be to promise me upon pain of death that you will permit no word of this affair to get into the newspapers. If you do not do both, neither of you will be alive when I pass next through that doorway. Do you understand?” And, without waiting for a reply: “Make haste; there is ink before you, and paper and a pen.”"

Usage

Inflected Forms

makes haste (present, singular) making haste (participle, present) made haste (participle, past) made haste (past)

Phrases

make haste slowly

Questions

What does make haste mean?: To hurry or hasten.

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