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wise
/wz/ Adjective Having or showing experience, knowledge, and good judgment: "a wise precaution".
Synonyms adjective. sage - clever - sapient - judicious intelligent noun. manner - way - mode - fashion - method modus
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Pronunciation: /wz/
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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
(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
understand and assess a situation only after its implications have become obvious: it is easy to be wise after the event
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
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