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• I heard a crash and hurried into the kitchen .
• The telephone rang and she hurried to pick it up.
• He hurried down the corridor .
• She could catch the train if she hurried.
• I don't want to hurry you but we need to leave quite soon .

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(Definition of hurry from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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Definition of hurry

 (Entry 1 of 2)

transitive verb

intransitive verb

Definition of hurry  (Entry 2 of 2)

• precipitation
• precipitousness

haste , hurry , speed , expedition , dispatch mean quickness in movement or action.

haste applies to personal action and implies urgency and precipitancy and often rashness.

hurry often has a strong suggestion of agitated bustle or confusion.

speed suggests swift efficiency in movement or action.

expedition and dispatch both imply speed and efficiency in handling affairs but expedition stresses ease or efficiency of performance and dispatch stresses promptness in concluding matters.

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Word History

Verb and Noun

perhaps from Middle English horyen

1592, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a

1600, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Phrases Containing hurry

• hurry it up
• hurry - scurry
• hurry up and wait
• in no hurry
• not in any / a hurry
• hurry - skurry

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“Hurry.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary , Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hurry. Accessed 2 Apr. 2024.

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to move, proceed, or act with haste (often followed by up ): Hurry, or we'll be late. Hurry up, it's starting to rain.

to drive, carry, or cause to move or perform with speed.

to hasten; urge forward (often followed by up ).

to impel or perform with undue haste: to hurry someone into a decision.

a state of urgency or eagerness: to be in a hurry to meet a train.

hurried movement or action; haste.

Origin of hurry

Synonym study for hurry, other words for hurry, opposites for hurry, other words from hurry.

• hur·ry·ing·ly, adverb
• o·ver·hur·ry, verb, o·ver·hur·ried, o·ver·hur·ry·ing.
• un·hur·ry·ing, adjective
• un·hur·ry·ing·ly, adverb

Words Nearby hurry

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• hurricane-force wind
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Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2024

How to use hurry in a sentence

Higher wattage isn’t nearly as significant when it comes to slow cooking, but if you’re looking to achieve perfectly prepared meals in a hurry , it’s important to go for a toaster oven that’s powered sufficiently for your needs.

In no hurry to leave, it could generate snow showers and flurries into Tuesday.

Ohio State can also throw up points in a hurry , with the No.

I hope down the line Apple tweaks it to add a mode that captures both a raw and a jpeg version like many DSLRs do, so it’s easy to upload a shot to an Instagram story in a hurry , but also leaves you with a high-quality raw file to edit later.

In a home setting, it will be useful for tasks like truly wireless AR and VR, which require lots of data delivered in a hurry .

I could complain about how, two out of eight episodes in, Agent Carter is in no hurry to introduce its real villain.

Lorenzo Music delivers his lines as the title character in no particular hurry and with plenty of bite.

And so some long-standing policies have changed dramatically and in a hurry .

They also want the administration to hurry up and decide how it plans to go after the group, both in Iraq and in Syria.

Johnson indicated the school was in no hurry to unveil a new nickname or logo.

With him one is at high pressure all the time, and I have gained a good many more ideas from him than I can work up in a hurry .

The little crowd and the boats on the beach were right under them and no one paid any attention or seemed to be in a hurry .

That was because he was hungry, you see, but pigs nearly always eat fast, as though they were continually in a hurry .

Murat was in no hurry to commence his reign, and his subjects showed no great anxiety to see their new ruler.

Enough for him that it was one of the hated race, to be killed in a violent hurry or fled from in tremendous haste!

British Dictionary definitions for hurry

/ ( ˈhʌrɪ ) /

( intr often foll by up ) to hasten (to do something); rush

( tr often foll by along ) to speed up the completion, progress, etc, of

urgency or eagerness

in a hurry informal

easily : you won't beat him in a hurry

willingly : we won't go there again in a hurry

Derived forms of hurry

• hurrying , noun , adjective
• hurryingly , adverb

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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“no hurry” is gramatically correct. dave: can you take me to the library? alex: sure! i can take you in 30 mins. dave: thanks! no hurry.

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