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W0189800 (wĭt) n. 1. a. The natural ability to perceive and understand; intelligence. b. often wits Practical intelligence; shrewdness or resourcefulness: living by one's wits. c. wits Sound mental faculties; sanity: scared out of my wits. d. Archaic A person of exceptional intelligence. 2. a. The ability to express oneself intelligently in a playful or humorous manner, often in overturning audience expectations: a writer with a scintillating wit. b. A person noted for this ability, especially in conversation: "My mother, the family wit and teaser, knew better than to joke about the disaster" (Donald Hall). c. Intelligent playfulness or humor in expression, as in speech, writing, or art: novels known for their wit and inventiveness. Idioms: at (one's) wits' end At the limit of one's mental resources; utterly at a loss. have (or keep) (one's) wits about (one)To remain alert or calm, especially in a crisis.

[Middle English, from Old English; see weid- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.]

wit²

W0189800 (wĭt)v. wist (wĭst), wit·ting (wĭt′ĭng), first and third person singular present tense wot (wŏt) Archaic v.tr. To be or become aware of; learn.v.intr. To know.Idiom: to wit That is to say; namely.

[Middle English, from Old English witan; see weid- in Indo-European roots.]

wits

(wɪts) pl n1. (sometimes singular) the ability to reason and act, esp quickly (esp in the phrase have one's wits about one)2. (sometimes singular) right mind, sanity (esp in the phrase out of one's wits)3. at one's wits' end at a loss to know how to proceed4. five wits obsolete the five senses or mental faculties5. live by one's wits to gain a livelihood by craftiness and cunning rather than by hard work

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(wɪts) n (Education) informal South African University of the Witwatersrand

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wits - the basic human power of intelligent thought and perception; "he used his wits to get ahead"; "I was scared out of my wits"; "he still had all his marbles and was in full possession of a lively mind"marblesintelligence - the ability to comprehend; to understand and profit from experience

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WITS

Acronym	Definition
WITS➣University of the Witwatersrand (South Africa)
WITS➣Writers in the Schools
WITS➣Web Based Inventory Tracking and Point of Sale
WITS➣Workshop on Information Technology and Systems
WITS➣Workshop on Issues in the Theory of Security
WITS➣Workshop on Information Technologies and Systems
WITS➣Washington Interagency Telecommunications System
WITS➣Washington State Court Interpreters and Translators Society
WITS➣Web Interface for Telescience
WITS➣Watershed Information Technical System
WITS➣Wellsite Information Transfer Specification
WITS➣Women and Infant Transmission Study
WITS➣Wisconsin Institute for Torah Study
WITS➣Wireless Independent Target System (MILES Component)
WITS➣Workshop on Internet Technology and Systems
WITS➣Wadhwa Ingenious Training Services (India)
WITS➣Wireless Information Transfer Systems
WITS➣Windermere Information Technology Systems
WITS➣WWMCCS Integrated Training Standards
WITS➣Worldwide Ionosphere Thermosphere Study
WITS➣WWMCCS Intelligent Terminal System
WITS➣Wales Interpretation and Translation Service (UK)

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