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# hurry

verb (hurry, hurries, hurried, hurrying); noun (a hurry; in a hurry)

«hurry» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. To hurry means to move or do something quickly because there is not much time. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hurry/#m1)
2. A hurry is a need to be quick; if you are in a hurry, you have to be fast. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hurry/#m2)
3. To hurry someone means to make them go faster. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hurry/#m3)

### In the lessons

In everyday life, parents say «hurry up» in the morning before school. In safety lessons, hurrying causes accidents: never hurry across a road, run near a pool or rush down stairs. In stories, a character in a hurry is late or worried. Phrases: hurry up, in a hurry, no hurry, hurry home, what's the hurry.

### Examples

- Hurry up, or we'll miss the bus! [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hurry/#x1)
- She hurried home before it got dark. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hurry/#x2)
- I'm in a hurry, so I can't talk now. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hurry/#x3)
- There's no hurry; take your time. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hurry/#x4)
- Don't hurry across the road; stop and look first. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hurry/#x5)
- He hurried through his homework and made mistakes. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hurry/#x6)
- Don't hurry me, I'm still thinking! [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hurry/#x7)
- The rabbit was always in a hurry. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hurry/#x8)
- "Hurry up, can't you?" he said. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hurry/#x9)

### Note

Y changes to i: hurries, hurried; but hurrying. «In a hurry» needs «a». Hurrying often causes mistakes in maths; checking your work is worth the time. «Hurry» and «rush» mean almost the same.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «hurry» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hurry/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«hurry» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/hurry.html) on Mova free.