NECESSITY IS THE MOTHER OF INVENTION

Meaning of NECESSITY IS THE MOTHER OF INVENTION in English

our needs cause us to invent devices, build a better mousetrap Do you think the invention of TV proves that necessity is the mother of invention?

English idioms vocab. Словарь английских идиом и выражений. 2012

NECESSITY IS THE MOTHER OF INVENTION — things are invented as a result of need, many inventions are born out of a lack
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
NECESSITY IS THE MOTHER OF INVENTION — ( saying ) a difficult new problem forces people to think of a solution to it
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
NECESSITY IS THE MOTHER OF INVENTION — our needs cause us to invent devices Do you think the invention of TV proves that necessity is the mother …
English Idioms vocabulary
NECESSITY IS THE MOTHER OF INVENTION — голь на выдумки хитра, нужда мать изобретательности
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
NECESSITY IS THE MOTHER OF INVENTION — голь на выдумки хитра, нужда мать изобретательности
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
NECESSITY IS THE MOTHER OF INVENTION — Необходимость – мать изобретательности. Swift (Свифт).
English-Russian aphorisms, русские афоризмы
NECESSITY IS THE MOTHER OF INVENTION — Необходимость - мать изобретательства. Ср. Нужда всему научит. Голь на выдумки хитра
Английские поговорки
INVENTION — n invention; invention del cruce Invention of the Cross
Interlingua English vocab
MOTHER — [c mediumvioletred] (as used in expressions) Great Mother of the Gods Mother Jones Mother Goose Mother Lode Country Mother's Day …
Английский словарь Британика
NECESSITY — I. nə̇ˈsesəd.ē, -ətē, -ˈsestē, -i noun ( -es ) Etymology: Middle English necessite, from Middle French necessité, from Latin necessitat-, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
MOTHER
Webster's New International English Dictionary
INVENTION — ə̇nˈvenchən noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English invencioun, from Middle French invention, from Latin invention-, inventio, from inventus (past …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
INVENTION — (n.) The faculty of inventing; imaginative faculty; skill or ingenuity in contriving anything new; as, a man of invention.
Английский словарь Webster
INVENTION — (n.) That which is invented; an original contrivance or construction; a device; as, this fable was the invention of Esop; …
Английский словарь Webster
INVENTION — (n.) The act of finding out or inventing; contrivance or construction of that which has not before existed; as, the …
Английский словарь Webster
INVENTION — ( n. ) The act of finding out or inventing; contrivance or construction of that which has not before existed; …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
INVENTION — ( n. ) That which is invented; an original contrivance or construction; a device; as, this fable was the invention …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
NECESSITY — /neuh ses"i tee/ , n. , pl. necessities . 1. something necessary or indispensable: food, shelter, and other necessities of …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
MOTHER
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
MOTHER
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
NECESSITY — noun ( plural -ties ) Etymology: Middle English necessite, from Anglo-French necessité, from Latin necessitat-, necessitas, from necesse Date: 14th …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
NECESSITY — noun the condition of being needy or necessitous; pressing need; indigence; want. 2. necessity ·noun that which is necessary; a …
Webster English vocab
MOTHER — noun an old woman or matron. 2. mother ·noun hysterical passion; hysteria. 3. mother ·vi to become like, or full …
Webster English vocab
INVENTION — noun thought; idea. 2. invention ·noun a fabrication to deceive; a fiction; a forgery; a falsehood. 3. invention ·noun the …
Webster English vocab
NECESSITY — [ne.ces.si.ty] n, pl -ties [ME necessite, fr. MF necessite, fr. L necessitat-, necessitas, fr. necesse] (14c) 1: the quality or …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
MOTHER
Merriam-Webster English vocab
INVENTION — in music, any of a number of markedly dissimilar compositional forms dating from the 16th century to the present. While …
Britannica English vocabulary
MOTHER — mother, M~ BrE AmE ˈmʌð ə AmE - ə r ▷ mother|ed d ▷ mothering ˈmʌð ə r‿ɪŋ ▷ mother|s …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
INVENTION — invention BrE AmE ɪn ˈven t ʃ ə n ▷ invention|s z
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
NECESSITY — / nəˈsesəti; NAmE / noun 1. [ U ] necessity (for sth) | necessity (of sth / of doing sth) …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
MOTHER — / ˈmʌðə(r); NAmE / noun , verb ■ noun 1. a female parent of a child or animal; a person …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
INVENTION — / ɪnˈvenʃn; NAmE / noun 1. [ C ] a thing or an idea that has been invented : Fax …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
NECESSITY — ne ‧ ces ‧ si ‧ ty /nəˈsesəti, nɪˈsesəti/ BrE AmE noun ( plural necessities ) [ Word Family: noun …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
MOTHER
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
INVENTION — in ‧ ven ‧ tion /ɪnˈvenʃ ə n/ BrE AmE noun [ Word Family: noun : ↑ invention , ↑ …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
NECESSITY — n. (pl. -ies) 1 a an indispensible thing; a necessary (central heating is a necessity). b (usu. foll. by of) …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
MOTHER — n. & v. --n. 1 a a woman in relation to a child or children to whom she has given …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
NECESSITY — n. (pl. -ies) 1 a an indispensible thing; a necessary (central heating is a necessity). b (usu. foll. by of) …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
MOTHER — n. & v. n. 1 a a woman in relation to a child or children to whom she has given …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
NECESSITY — n. (pl. -ies) 1. a an indispensible thing; a necessary (central heating is a necessity). b (usu. foll. by of) …
Oxford English vocab
MOTHER — n. & v. --n. 1. a a woman in relation to a child or children to whom she has given …
Oxford English vocab
NECESSITY — ( necessities) 1. The necessity of something is the fact that it must happen or exist. There is agreement on …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
MOTHER — ( mothers, mothering, mothered) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. Your mother …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
INVENTION — ( inventions) 1. An invention is a machine, device, or system that has been invented by someone. The spinning wheel …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
INVENTION — (~s) 1. An ~ is a machine, device, or system that has been invented by someone. The spinning wheel was …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
NECESSITY — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES the bare essentials/necessities ▪ Her bag was light, packed with only the bare essentials. COLLOCATIONS …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
MOTHER — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a proud mother/father/parent ▪ Mark is the proud father of a three-week-old baby boy. …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
IS — COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a baby is born ▪ Let me know as soon as the baby is born. a …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
INVENTION — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ ADJECTIVE great ▪ Use a diffuser - the greatest frizz-beating invention ever - to dry …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
NECESSITY — [noun] - the need for somethingYou can come early and help if you want to, but there's no necessity. [U]Is …
Cambridge English vocab
MOTHER — (PARENT) [noun] [C] - a female parentMy mother was 21 when she had (= gave birth to) me.All the mothers …
Cambridge English vocab
INVENTION — [noun]As far as cookery is concerned his (power of) invention (= ability to do new things) is quite surprising. [U]Be …
Cambridge English vocab
MOTHER — n. Mother Cabrini Great Mother of the Gods Mother Jones Mother Goose Mother Lode Country Mother's Day and Father's Day …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
NECESSITY — See: MAKE A VIRTUE OF NECESSITY, OF NECESSITY.
Slang English vocab
MOTHER — MOTHER, or THE MOTHER. A bawd. Mother abbess: the same. Mother midnight; a midwife. Mother in law's bit; a small …
Slang English vocab
NECESSITY — noun 1 fact that sth must happen; sth that cannot be avoided ADJECTIVE ▪ absolute , fundamental ( esp. BrE …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
MOTHER — INDEX: 1. a mother 2. what you call your mother 3. the time when a woman is a mother 4. …
Longman Activator English vocab
NECESSITY — n. 25B6; noun the VCR is now regarded as a necessity : ESSENTIAL, indispensable item, requisite, prerequisite, necessary, basic, sine …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
INVENTION
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
NECESSITY — n. 1 requirement, essential, necessary, requisite, need, prerequisite, basic, fundamental, sine qua non, desideratum, constraint I was marooned for a …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
INVENTION — n. 1 creation, origination, contriving, devising, conception, contrivance, introduction, development The invention of the screwdriver has spared many a broken …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
NECESSITY — See: MAKE A VIRTUE OF NECESSITY, OF NECESSITY.
Словарь английских идиом
NECESSITY — noun BAD : It was then that I felt the necessity to improve my English. GOOD : It was then …
Longman Common Errors English vocabulary
NECESSITY — сущ. 1) а) необходимость, настоятельная потребность to obviate a necessity ≈ избегать необходимости absolute, dire necessity ≈ крайняя необходимость military …
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