Words For Urgency

5 words in this vocabulary list

adverb immediately or without delay

preposition used to indicate simultaneous action or occurrence

  • The manager requested all employees to submit their reports at once.
  • Can you please hand me the remote at once?
  • Let's bounce from this party at once.
  • The sudden news hit them like a ton of bricks, causing them to react at once.

verb to move or act quickly; to hurry

  • In order to meet the deadline, we must hasten the completion of the project.
  • Let's hasten our pace so we can finish this task quickly.
  • Come on, let's hasten up and get this done!
  • The setting sun seemed to hasten towards the horizon, signaling the end of the day.

adverb A word that modifies a verb, adjective, or other adverb, indicating manner, time, place, or degree, such as 'quickly' or 'hastily'.

  • The project was completed hastily in order to meet the deadline.
  • She hastily grabbed her keys and ran out the door.
  • I hastily threw on some clothes and rushed to the party.
  • The news spread hastily through the small town like wildfire.

noun a verb phrase that means to hurry or move quickly

  • Please make haste in completing the report before the deadline.
  • Hey, make haste or we'll be late for the movie.
  • Come on, make haste or we'll miss out on all the fun.
  • Time is running out, make haste and seize the opportunity before it's too late.

adverb with great speed or urgency

  • Please send the documents over posthaste so we can review them before the meeting.
  • Hey, can you grab me a coffee posthaste? I'm running late for the presentation.
  • Dude, we need to bounce from this party posthaste, it's getting boring.
  • The team needs to come up with a solution posthaste before the project falls behind schedule.