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post-haste en · ADV

Pronunciation

  • /ˌpəʊstˈheɪst/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /ˌpoʊstˈheɪst/ (US)
  • (US) audio

Etymology

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

Meanings

  1. (alt-of, alternative, not-comparable) Alternative spelling of posthaste.
    alt of posthaste

Synonyms

quickly (quickly) · ASAP (quickly)

post-haste en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /ˌpəʊstˈheɪst/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /ˌpoʊstˈheɪst/ (US)
  • (US) audio

Etymology

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

Meanings

  1. (uncountable) A great hurry.
    • 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. c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene i], lines 103-106: