MORE HASTE, LESS SPEED

Meaning of MORE HASTE, LESS SPEED in English

( BrE , saying ) you will finish doing sth sooner if you do not try to do it too quickly because you will make fewer mistakes

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

MORE HASTE LESS SPEED — don't act in haste, haste makes waste, acting too quickly brings poor results
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MORE HASTE, LESS SPEED — Чем больше спешка, тем меньше скорость; тише едешь, дальше будешь.
Англо-Русский словарь идиом
MORE HASTE, LESS SPEED — Чем больше спешка, тем меньше скорость. Ср. Скоро, да не споро. Тише едешь - дальше будешь
Английские поговорки
HASTE — n haste, hurry
Interlingua English vocab
SPEED — I. ˈspēd noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English spede, from Old English spēd; akin to Old High German spuot …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
MORE — I. ˈmō(ə)r, ˈmȯ(ə)r, -ōə, -ȯ(ə) adjective Etymology: Middle English more, moore, mo, from Old English māra (adjective), mā (adjective & …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
LESS — I. ˈles adjective ( less·er ˈlesə(r) ; least ˈlēst) Etymology: Middle English lasse, las, less, lesse, partly from Old English …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
HASTE — I. ˈhāst noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English, from Old French, of Germanic origin; akin to Old English hǣst …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
-LESS — lə̇s adjective suffix Etymology: Middle English -les, -lesse, from Old English -lēas, from lēas devoid, false; akin to Old Saxon …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
LESS — (a.) Smaller; not so large or great; not so much; shorter; inferior; as, a less quantity or number; a horse …
Английский словарь Webster
LESS — ( a. ) Smaller; not so large or great; not so much; shorter; inferior; as, a less quantity or number; …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
SPEED — — speedful , adj. — speedfully , adv. — speedfulness , n. — speedingly , adv. — speedingness , n. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
MORE — — moreness , n. /mawr, mohr/ , adj., compar. of much or many with most as superl. 1. in greater …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
LESS — /les/ , adv., a compar. of little with least as superl. 1. to a smaller extent, amount, or degree: less …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
HASTE — — hasteful , adj. — hastefully , adv. — hasteless , adj. — hastelessness , n. /hayst/ , n. , …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
LESS — I. ˈles adjective, comparative of (I) little Etymology: Middle English, partly from Old English lǣs, adverb & noun; partly from …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
HASTE — I. ˈhāst noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French, of Germanic origin; akin to Old English hǣst violence Date: 14th century …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
MORE — adv with a verb or participle. 2. more ·noun a hill. 3. more ·noun a root. 4. more ·superl greater; …
Webster English vocab
LESS — noun a smaller portion or quantity. 2. less ·conj unless. 3. less ·noun the inferior, younger, or smaller. 4. less …
Webster English vocab
HASTE — noun to hasten; to hurry. 2. haste ·noun celerity of motion; speed; swiftness; dispatch; expedition; applied only to voluntary …
Webster English vocab
LESS — [less] adj, comparative of [1]little [ME, partly fr. OE laes, adv. & n.; partly fr. laessa, adj.; akin to OFris …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
HASTE — [haste] n [ME, fr. MF, of Gmc origin; akin to OE haest violence] (14c) 1: rapidity of motion: swiftness 2: …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
HASTE — haste BrE AmE heɪst
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
SPEED — / spiːd; NAmE / noun , verb ■ noun RATE OF MOVEMENT / ACTION 1. [ C , U ] …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
MORE — / mɔː(r); NAmE / determiner , pronoun , adverb ■ determiner , pronoun (used as the comparative of 'much', 'a …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
LESS — / les; NAmE / determiner , pronoun , adverb , preposition ■ determiner , pronoun used with uncountable nouns to …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
HASTE — / heɪst; NAmE / noun [ U ] ( formal ) speed in doing sth, especially because you do not …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SPEED — I. speed 1 S2 W1 /spiːd/ BrE AmE noun [ Word Family: noun : ↑ speed , ↑ speeding ; …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
MORE — I. more 1 S1 W1 /mɔː $ mɔːr/ BrE AmE adverb 1 . [used before an adjective or adverb to …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
LESS — I. less 1 S1 W1 /les/ BrE AmE adverb 1 . not so much or to a smaller degree OPP …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
HASTE — haste /heɪst/ BrE AmE noun [uncountable] [ Date: 1200-1300 ; Language: Old French ] 1 . great speed in doing …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
SPEED — n. & v. --n. 1 rapidity of movement (with all speed; at full speed). 2 a rate of progress or …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
MORE — adj., n., & adv. --adj. 1 existing in a greater or additional quantity, amount, or degree (more problems than last …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
LESS — adj., adv., n., & prep. --adj. 1 smaller in extent, degree, duration, number, etc. (of less importance; in a less …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
HASTE — n. & v. --n. 1 urgency of movement or action. 2 excessive hurry. --v.intr. archaic = HASTEN. øin haste quickly, …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
SPEED — n. & v. n. 1 rapidity of movement (with all speed; at full speed). 2 a rate of progress or …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
MORE — adj., n., & adv. adj. 1 existing in a greater or additional quantity, amount, or degree (more problems than last …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
LESS — adj., adv., n., & prep. adj. 1 smaller in extent, degree, duration, number, etc. (of less importance; in a less …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
HASTE — n. & v. n. 1 urgency of movement or action. 2 excessive hurry. v.intr. archaic = HASTEN. in haste quickly, …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
SPEED — n. & v. --n. 1. rapidity of movement (with all speed; at full speed). 2 a rate of progress or …
Oxford English vocab
MORE — adj., n., & adv. --adj. 1. existing in a greater or additional quantity, amount, or degree (more problems than last …
Oxford English vocab
LESS — adj., adv., n., & prep. --adj. 1. smaller in extent, degree, duration, number, etc. (of less importance; in a less …
Oxford English vocab
HASTE — n. & v. --n. 1. urgency of movement or action. 2 excessive hurry. --v.intr. archaic HASTEN. Phrases and idioms: in …
Oxford English vocab
SPEED — ( speeds, speeding, sped, speeded) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. Note: The …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
MORE — Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. Note: 'More' is often considered to be …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
LESS — Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. Note: 'Less' is often considered to be …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
HASTE — 1. Haste is the quality of doing something quickly, sometimes too quickly so that you are careless and make mistakes. …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
LESS — Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. Note: 'Less' is often considered to be …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
HASTE — 1. Haste is the quality of doing something quickly, sometimes too quickly so that you are careless and make mistakes. …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
SPEED
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
MORE — adverb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a bit more/less ▪ Can we have a bit less noise, please? a little more/better/further …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
LESS — adverb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a bit more/less ▪ Can we have a bit less noise, please? be more so/less …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
HASTE — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES frantic pace/rush/haste etc ▪ There was a frantic rush to escape from the building. indecent …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
SPEED — [noun] [U]He's one of those people who gets a thrill from speed (= very fast movement).Everyone has been struck by …
Cambridge English vocab
MORE — [determiner], [pronoun], [adverb] [not gradable] - a larger or extra number or amount (of)She kept on asking if I wanted …
Cambridge English vocab
HASTE — [noun] [U] [disapproving] - (too much) speedUnfortunately the report was prepared in haste and contained several inaccuracies.In her haste to …
Cambridge English vocab
HASTE — See: MAKE HASTE.
Slang English vocab
HASTE — n. Function: noun 1 rapidity of motion or action FF1C; we finished our job with great haste FF1E; Synonyms: celerity, …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
HASTE — I. noun 1. rapidity of motion or action we finished our job with great haste Synonyms: celerity, dispatch, expedition, expeditiousness, …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocabulary
HASTE — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ great ▪ She worked with great ~. ▪ indecent ( esp. BrE ), undue , unseemly ( …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
SPEED — INDEX: 1. how fast something moves or is done RELATED WORDS see also ↑ FAST ↑ SLOW ◆◆◆ 1. how …
Longman Activator English vocab
MORE — INDEX: more/another 1. more of the same thing, or another one of the same things more than a number or …
Longman Activator English vocab
MORE — See ↑ MORE 1,2,4,4,5,6,6 ◆◆◆ • ↑ be more than • ↑ no more than • ↑ no more/not any …
Longman Activator English vocab
LESS — INDEX: 1. a smaller amount or number 2. less than a number or amount 3. less interesting, expensive, difficult, exciting …
Longman Activator English vocab

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary

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