post-haste

P p

Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [pohst heyst]
- /poʊst heɪst/
- /pəʊst heɪst/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [pohst heyst]
- /poʊst heɪst/

Definitions of post-haste word

adverb post-haste with the greatest possible speed or promptness: to come to a friend's aid posthaste. 1
noun post-haste Archaic. great haste. 1
adverb post-haste as quickly as possible 1
adverb post-haste If you go somewhere or do something post-haste, you go there or do it as quickly as you can. 0

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Origin of post-haste

First appearance:

before 1530

One of the 29% oldest English words

First recorded in 1530-40; post3 + haste

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Parts of speech for Post-haste

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Post-haste

post-haste popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 59% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.