Haste, hurry, speed, expedition, dispatch mean quickness in movement or action While all these words mean quickness in movement or action, hurry often has a strong suggestion of agitated bustle or confusion. 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 Some common synonyms of hurry are dispatch, expedition, haste, and speed Verb (used without object) hurried, hurrying to move, proceed, or act with haste (often followed byup )
Hurry up, it's starting to rain. You won't beat him in a hurry We won't go there again in a hurry. 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. Definition of hurry verb in oxford advanced learner's dictionary Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more. Discover everything about the word hurry in english
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.
