see also: Wise, WISE
Pronunciation
- IPA: /waɪz/
From Middle English wis, wys, from Old English wīs, from Proto-Germanic *wīsaz, from Proto-Indo-European *weydstos, *weydtos, a participle form of *weyd-.
Cognate with Dutch wijs, German weise, Norwegian - and Swedish vis. Compare wit.
Adjectivewise (comparative wiser, superlative wisest)
- Showing good judgement or the benefit of experience.
- Storing extra food for the winter was a wise decision.
- They were considered the wise old men of the administration.
- (colloquial, ironic, sarcastic) Disrespectful.
- Don't get wise with me!
- (colloquial) Aware, informed (to something).
- Be careful: the boss is wise to your plan to call out sick.
- See Thesaurus:wise
- French: sage
- German: weise, klug
- Italian: saggio
- Portuguese: sábio, sensato
- Russian: му́дрый
- Spanish: sabio, juicioso, sapiente
wise (wises, present participle wising; simple past and past participle wised)
- To become wise.
- (ergative, slang) Usually with "up", to inform or learn.
- Mo wised him up about his situation.
- After Mo had a word with him, he wised up.
From Middle English wise, from Old English wīse, from Proto-Germanic *wīsō.
Nounwise (plural wises)
(archaic) Way, manner, or method. - 1927, M[ohandas] K[aramchand] Gandhi, chapter XVIII, in Mahadev Desai, transl., The Story of My Experiments with Truth: Translated from the Original in Gujarati, volume I, Ahmedabad, Gujarat: Navajivan Press, →OCLC ↗:
- Meantime a serious question came up for discussion. […] The discussion arose somewhat in this wise. The President of the Society was Mr. Hills, proprietor of the Thames Iron Works. He was a puritan. […]
From Middle English wisen, from Old English wisian, from Proto-West Germanic *wīsijan, from Proto-Germanic *wīsaną, *wīsijaną, from Proto-Indo-European *weyd-.
Cognate with Dutch wijzen, German weisen, Danish - and Norwegian Bokmål vise, Norwegian Nynorsk visa.
Verbwise (wises, present participle wising; simple past and past participle wised)
- (dialectal) To instruct.
- (dialectal) To advise; induce.
- (dialectal) To show the way, guide.
- (dialectal) To direct the course of, pilot.
- (dialectal) To cause to turn.
Wise
Proper noun
- Surname.
- A twp in Isabella County, Michigan.
- An unincorporated community in Warren County, North Carolina.
- A town/county seat in Wise County, Virginia.
WISE
Noun
wise (plural wises)
Synonyms- wing-in-surface-effect, wing in surface-effect, wing-in-surface effect, wing in surface effect
- (space science, US) Acronym of w:Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer a NASA infrared-wavelength astronomical space telescope that performed an all-sky astronomical survey with images in 3-22 μm wavelength bands
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