Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

posthaste

/ˌpoʊstˈheɪst/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.61 in modern English

Syllables: posthaste
IPA: /ˌpoʊstˈheɪst/

14

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

1

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

Quickly, as fast as someone travelling post; with great speed.

Dated; Formal

noun

Alternative spelling of post-haste.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"It is imperative that you finish your task posthaste."
""Sasi cannot last through the night." These words from his physician, and the spectacle of my friend, now reduced almost to a skeleton, sent me posthaste to Serampore."
""And this, I take it, Is the main motive of our preparations The source of this our watch, and the chief head Of this post-haste and rummage in the land.""

Etymology

From the former instruction on letters ‘haste, post, haste’, later reinterpreted as a compound of post + haste.

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˌpoʊstˈheɪst/
British English: /ˌpəʊstˈheɪst/

Usage

Inflected Forms

post-haste (alternative) post haste (alternative) postehaste (alternative, archaic) poste-haste (alternative, archaic)

Synonyms

ASAP quickly

Homonyms

post-haste

Questions

How do you pronounce posthaste?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˌpoʊstˈheɪst/.
What does posthaste mean?: Quickly, as fast as someone travelling post; with great speed.
Where does posthaste come from?: From the former instruction on letters ‘haste, post, haste’, later reinterpreted as a compound of post + haste.

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