A STITCH IN TIME SAVES NINE

Meaning of A STITCH IN TIME SAVES NINE in English

a small repair may prevent a large repair

I believe in maintenance. A stitch in time saves nine.

Wayne Magnuson. English idioms vocabulary. Словарь английских идиом. 2012

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) — ( saying ) it is better to deal with sth immediately because if you wait it may become worse or …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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 — 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
TIME
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
TIME
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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