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- Dictionaryhurry/ˈhʌri/
verb
- 1. move or act with great haste: "we'd better hurry" Similar Opposite
noun
- 1. great haste: "in my hurry to leave I knocked over a pile of books"
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to move or do things more quickly than normal or to make someone do this: Hurry or you'll be late. [ + to infinitive ] She hurried to answer the phone. be hurried intoI refuse to be hurried into a decision (= to be forced to make a decision too quickly).
The meaning of HURRY is to carry or cause to go with haste. How to use hurry in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Hurry.
If you hurry someone to a place or into a situation, you try to make them go to that place or get into that situation quickly.
Hurry definition: to move, proceed, or act with haste (often followed by up). See examples of HURRY used in a sentence.
To hurry is to rush, or to move quickly. 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.
1. To cause to move or act with speed or haste: hurried the children to school. 2. To cause to move or act with undue haste; rush: was hurried into marriage. 3. To speed the progress or completion of; expedite: hurried the delivery of the product. n. pl. hur·ries. 1.
HURRY definition: 1. to move or do things more quickly than normal or to make someone do this: 2. If you are in a…. Learn more.
Definition of hurry verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
very rapidly; in a rush eager to do, act, etc. in a hurry to graduate and find a job
1 Jul 2024 · ( intransitive) To do things quickly. He's hurrying because he's late. ( intransitive) Often with up, to speed up the rate of doing something. If you don't hurry (up) you won't finish on time. ( transitive) To cause to be done quickly. ( transitive) To hasten; to impel to greater speed; to urge on.
