A STITCH IN TIME (SAVES NINE)

Meaning of A STITCH IN TIME (SAVES NINE) in English

( saying ) it is better to deal with sth immediately because if you wait it may become worse or more difficult and cause extra work

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне. 2005

A STITCH IN TIME SAVES NINE — little preventive maintenance can save the need for repairs later
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
A STITCH IN TIME SAVES NINE — a small repair may prevent a large repair I believe in maintenance. A stitch in time saves nine.
English Idioms vocab
(A) STITCH IN TIME SAVES NINE — any damage or mistake should be corrected immediately in order to prevent it getting worse You should try and repair …
English Idioms vocab
A STITCH IN TIME SAVES NINE — a small repair may prevent a large repair I believe in maintenance. A stitch in time saves nine.
English Idioms vocabulary
A STITCH IN TIME SAVES NINE — один стежок
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
A STITCH IN TIME SAVES NINE — один стежок
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
A STITCH IN TIME SAVES NINE — * stitch in time saves nine, a Один стежок, сделанный вовремя, стоит девяти; Дорога ложка к обеду
Англо-Русский словарь английских идиом
A STITCH IN TIME SAVES NINE — 1. Лучшая тактика - профилактика; Легче предупредить ошибку, чем исправлять ее последствия; Один стежок, сделанный вовремя, ст о ит девяти; …
Англо-Русский словарь идиом
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
STITCH — 1. сущ. 1) стежок; строчка, шов; петля (в вязанье) to cast, make a stitch ≈ делать стежок to drop, pick …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
STITCH — 1. сущ. 1) стежок; строчка, шов; петля (в вязанье) to cast, make a stitch ≈ делать стежок to drop, pick …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
TIME — I. ˈtīm noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English time, tyme, from Old English tīma, tȳma; akin to Old Norse …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
STITCH — I. ˈstich noun ( -es ) Etymology: Middle English stiche, from Old English stice stab, puncture, stitch in the side; …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
NINE — I. ˈnīn sometimes for emphasis, as by telephone operators, -īən adjective Etymology: Middle English nyne, nigen, from Old English nigon; …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
IN — I. (|)in, ən; usu ə n after t, d, s, or z as in “split in two”, often ə m …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SAVES — present third singular of save plural of save
Webster's New International English Dictionary
NINE — (n.) A symbol representing nine units, as 9 or ix.
Английский словарь Webster
NINE — (n.) The number greater than eight by a unit; nine units or objects.
Английский словарь Webster
NINE — (a.) Eight and one more; one less than ten; as, nine miles.
Английский словарь Webster
NINE — ( n. ) The number greater than eight by a unit; nine units or objects.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
NINE — ( n. ) A symbol representing nine units, as 9 or ix.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
TIME — /tuym/ , n., adj., v., timed, timing . n. 1. the system of those sequential relations that any event has …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
STITCH — — stitcher , n. — stitchlike , adj. /stich/ , n. 1. one complete movement of a threaded needle through …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
NINE — /nuyn/ , n. 1. a cardinal number, eight plus one. 2. a symbol for this number, as 9 or IX. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
STITCH — I. ˈstich noun Etymology: Middle English stiche, from Old English stice; akin to Old English stician to stick Date: before …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
NINE — noun Etymology: Middle English, from nyne, adjective, from Old English nigon; akin to Old High German niun nine, Latin novem, …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
STITCH — vi a contortion, or twist. 2. stitch ·vt to form land into ridges. 3. stitch ·vi a furrow. 4. stitch …
Webster English vocab
NINE — noun a symbol representing nine units, as 9 or ix. 2. nine ·adj eight and one more; one less than …
Webster English vocab
STITCH — [stitch] n [ME stiche, fr. OE stice; akin to OE stician to stick] (bef. 12c) 1: a local sharp and …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
NINE — [nine] n [ME, fr. nyne, adj., fr. OE nigon; akin to OHG niun nine, L novem, Gk ennea] (bef. 12c) …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
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Britannica English vocabulary
NINE — nine BrE AmE naɪn —but for clarity in communication code, niner ˈnaɪn ə ‖ - ə r ▷ nines naɪnz …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
TIME — / taɪm; NAmE / noun , verb ■ noun —see also times MINUTES / HOURS / YEARS, etc. 1. [ …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
STITCH — / stɪtʃ; NAmE / noun , verb ■ noun 1. [ C ] one of the small lines of thread …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
NINE — / naɪn; NAmE / number 9 HELP NOTE : There are examples of how to use numbers at the entry …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
TIME — I. time 1 S1 W1 /taɪm/ BrE AmE noun [ Word Family: noun : ↑ time , ↑ overtime , …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
STITCH — I. stitch 1 /stɪtʃ/ BrE AmE noun [ Language: Old English ; Origin: stice 'prick' ] 1 . SEWING [countable] …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
NINE — nine /naɪn/ BrE AmE number [ Language: Old English ; Origin: nigon ] 1 . the number 9: He’s only …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
TIME — n. & v. --n. 1 the indefinite continued progress of existence, events, etc., in past, present, and future regarded as …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
STITCH — n. & v. --n. 1 a (in sewing or knitting or crocheting etc.) a single pass of a needle or …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
NINE — n. & adj. --n. 1 one more than eight, or one less than ten; the sum of five units and …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
TIME — n. & v. n. 1 the indefinite continued progress of existence, events, etc., in past, present, and future regarded as …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
STITCH — n. & v. n. 1 a (in sewing or knitting or crocheting etc.) a single pass of a needle or …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
NINE — n. & adj. n. 1 one more than eight, or one less than ten; the sum of five units and …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
TIME — n. & v. --n. 1. the indefinite continued progress of existence, events, etc., in past, present, and future regarded as …
Oxford English vocab
STITCH — n. & v. --n. 1. a (in sewing or knitting or crocheting etc.) a single pass of a needle or …
Oxford English vocab
NINE — n. & adj. --n. 1. one more than eight, or one less than ten; the sum of five units and …
Oxford English vocab
TIME — ( times, timing, timed) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. Time is …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
STITCH — ( stitches, stitching, stitched) 1. If you stitch cloth, you use a needle and thread to join two pieces together …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
NINE — ( nines) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. Nine is the number 9. …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
STITCH — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES chain stitch COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ ADJECTIVE plain ▪ First choose a pattern that …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
NINE — number COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a clock strikes eight/nine etc (= makes eight/nine etc sounds according to the hour ) …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
NINE — [determiner], [pronoun], [noun] - (the number) 9eight, nine, tena nine-month prison sentenceNine cities have shown an interest in hosting the …
Cambridge English vocab
STITCH — I. noun 1 in sewing ADJECTIVE ▪ decorative , embroidery ▪ hand , machine ▪ blanket , chain , cross …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
TIME — INDEX: what time is it? 1. when you ask what time it is 2. ways of saying what time it …
Longman Activator English vocab
NINE — See: CAT HAS NINE LIVES, ON CLOUD NINE.
Словарь английских идиом
SAVES — vases
Anagrams English vocabulary
TIME — 1. сущ. 1) а) время in/on one's own time ≈ в свободное время on time амер. ≈ точно, вовремя make …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
SAVES — Сохраняет
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
NINE — 1. числ. колич. 1) девять nine men's morris ≈ название старинной английской игры, напоминающей шашки nine times out of ten …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
SAVES — Хранит
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
SAVES — Сохраняет
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
SAVES — Сберегает
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
TIME — time.ogg 1. taım n _I 1. время absolute relative, objective time - абсолютное относительное, объективное время space and time - …
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