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Wise: /wīz/ Adjective Having or Showing Experience, Knowledge, and Good Judgment: "A Wise Precaution"

1. The document defines the word "wise" as an adjective meaning having experience, knowledge, and good judgment. It also defines it as a noun referring to the manner or extent of something. 2. Synonyms of the adjective "wise" include sage, clever, sapient, and judicious. Synonyms of the noun include manner, way, mode, fashion, and method. 3. The definition provides examples of using "wise" as an adjective, such as "a wise precaution" and "it would be wise to discuss the matter." It also defines the informal phrase "wise to" as meaning aware of, especially so as to know how to act.

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Wise: /wīz/ Adjective Having or Showing Experience, Knowledge, and Good Judgment: "A Wise Precaution"

1. The document defines the word "wise" as an adjective meaning having experience, knowledge, and good judgment. It also defines it as a noun referring to the manner or extent of something. 2. Synonyms of the adjective "wise" include sage, clever, sapient, and judicious. Synonyms of the noun include manner, way, mode, fashion, and method. 3. The definition provides examples of using "wise" as an adjective, such as "a wise precaution" and "it would be wise to discuss the matter." It also defines the informal phrase "wise to" as meaning aware of, especially so as to know how to act.

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/wz/ Adjective Having or showing experience, knowledge, and good judgment: "a wise precaution".

Noun The manner or extent of something.

Synonyms adjective. sage - clever - sapient - judicious intelligent noun. manner - way - mode - fashion - method modus

Definition of wise in English

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Pronunciation: /wz/

Translate wise | into French | into German | into Italian | into Spanish adjective

having or showing experience, knowledge, and good judgement:she seems kind and wise a wise precaution

sensible or prudent:it would be wise to discuss the matter with the chairman

having knowledge in a specified subject:he is wise in the ways of haute couture

(wise to) informal aware of, especially so as to know how to act:at seven she was already wise to the police

verb [no object] (wise up) [often in imperative] informal become aware of or informed about something:wise up to the flavours of North Africa

Phrases

be wise after the event

understand and assess a situation only after its implications have become obvious: it is easy to be wise after the event

be none (or not any) the wiser

not understand something, even though it has been explained: she said an awful lot but he wasnt any the wiser I am still none the wiser about the meaning of the word

Derivatives

wisely adverb

Origin:

Old English ws, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch wijs and German weise, also to wit2

wise in other Oxford dictionaries Definition of wise in the US English dictionary

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