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adjective wʌɪzwaɪz 1Having or showing experience, knowledge, and good judgement. Example sentencesExamples - Some of the more advanced moves take longer to master, but this was a wise design decision since it rewards more experienced players.
- An increasing number of wise consumers are shunning the shop-rage experience for a simpler, calmer and efficient alternative.
- I know because I was 18 and keeping a diary of my experiences, wise thoughts and bad poetry.
- I think they are very wise in regards to experience with our intelligence.
- Both are now doing the tour of duty around company boardrooms as non-executive directors, lending a bit of experience here and a wise word there.
- David agreed to be interviewed by Ron and was delighted to listen to the wise words of someone with so much experience in the game.
- Not all of them were as experienced or as wise as they made themselves out to be, but it was a learning experience, certainly.
- His eyes were gray, and piercing, and were perceived as wise, and experienced.
- Allow some leeway on return times since trips often take longer than expected, but having someone ready to call for help if your group is overdue is a wise precaution.
- This is a wise precaution before trying anything you feel uncomfortable with.
- The dive boat had a recompression chamber on board, too, which I thought might be a wise precaution!
- Howard is old, boring and stuffy… or wise, experienced and reliable, depending on your viewpoint.
- Half of them did not have enough data about side effects to allow people to make wise decisions if they experience one.
- But, although we undoubtedly assume that one becomes wise through experiences of life and death, this process is not a matter of course.
- There, with a bit of good advice and wise judgement, you'll eat some of the most fascinating and memorable food you could ever hope to experience at a fraction of the price.
- It was one of the few things we could really get deep about and I loved to hear his wise and experienced opinion on the subject.
- It would not be wise to reveal his knowledge to these people.
- She was so worldly and wise, and experienced in the world of theater and beyond, and in the short time I'd known her, she sort of took me under her wing as a mother would.
- It's wise to begin experimenting early with these different preventive techniques.
- With that experience under her belt, she should be wise enough to do herself full justice tomorrow.
Synonyms sage, sagacious, intelligent, clever, learned, with/showing great knowledge, knowledgeable, informed, enlightened astute, shrewd, acute, sharp, sharp-witted, canny, knowing, sensible, prudent, discerning, judicious, penetrating, perceptive, full of insight, insightful, clear-sighted, percipient, perspicacious, perspicuous, owlish well advised, well thought out, well judged, politic, expedient, strategic, tactical, far-sighted rational, logical, sound, sane informal smart British informal fly dated long-headed rare sapient, argute - 1.1 Sensible or prudent.
it would be wise to discuss the matter with the chairman Example sentencesExamples - Other times, she was calmer and seemed almost wise, sensible, and compassionate to their plight.
- This is both constitutionally mandated and politically wise.
- Even if you can't meet the target the World Health Organisation recommends - five servings of fruit and vegetables a day - moving in that direction is a wise strategy.
- They had to be as tough as nails to get that job done, as well as wise and prudent - if not downright practical.
- Given his overwhelming majority, this is a wise and sensible move designed to promote unity.
- This is a wise and prudent course, but it will be politically difficult to achieve.
- Bruce has often sounded astute before, but rarely has he sounded so wise.
- Through sensible saving and wise investment choices, I have some money that I'll be willing to advance you in the form of plane tickets.
- They say you're not supposed to say it, it's not politically wise.
- Still, its ideal is a judicial system which dispenses objective, appropriate, rational, and wise justice.
- Seriously, this is really more character assassination and it's disturbing to see wise and intelligent people discussing this in these terms.
- That's a wise tactic for a politician who's likely to set his sights on another public job.
- In a dangerous world, wise leadership requires a prudent anticipation of untoward events and preparations to prevent them or mitigate their effects.
- He added: ‘There are times when a prudent silence is wise.’
- A wise teacher was discussing life with a young student one day.
- We have to do this in a very smart, wise, sensible way.
- He's a wise sage, a joker, a politico, an eccentric artist, a culture buff and a visionary rolled into one.
- It was a wise concession to Russian sensibilities.
- If that does not indicate wise and sensible stewardship, I do not know what does.
- A compassionate, wise, sensible man who always craves another adventure.
- 1.2 Having knowledge in a specified subject.
he is wise in the ways of haute couture Example sentencesExamples - My mother told me my grandmother was wise in ways lots of so-called educated people were not.
- Also, some missionaries have not always been wise in their methods, even inducing people to come to church for needed material help.
- However, I fear these men are too wise in the ways of War to permit that.
- He had been wise in his career choices, guided by his sprawling but close-knit family and his pugnacious agent.
- My friend had worked in ‘the Industry’ and was wise in the ways of Hollywood.
- Don't be in a hurry in purchasing replacement parts, be wise in choosing the parts you are going to use in your Ford car or truck.
- She was wise in some ways, foolish in others, strong and yet weak, stubborn and yet compliant.
- They are a genuinely friendly people, full of interest in the outside world and consummately wise in the ways of the desert.
- Be wise in your handling of this precious knowledge; its secrecy is imperative.
- Now, it may not be always the case that a commander in chief has served or that it was necessary that they served to be wise in the deployment of the military.
- A man who was wise in policy, valiant in action and distinctive in leadership.
- Pro football fans evidently are wise in their television-viewing ways.
- A feudal prince must be wise in controlling the nobles and keeping the people content.
- As manufacturers know all too well, gun magazine editors are wise in all things concerning how to make guns - they always have lots of suggestions.
- May they be wise in the paths they choose to follow.
- Unfortunately, though he was wise in certain matters, he seemed to blind to other matters.
- Is pine conversion economically wise in the long run - the real long run?
- Its theme is expectation, and it shows an artist infinitely wise in the ways of horses.
- You know that we are weak, but you are wise in seeing our strengths.
- We also have to be wise in where we choose to attack.
- 1.3wise toinformal Aware of, especially so as to know how to act.
fortunately I was already wise to the approach used in this scam Example sentencesExamples - Burglars rarely took stolen gear back to their homes, were wise to police interviewing techniques and rarely left evidence at the scene of their crimes, Mr Blowers said.
- On April 10, the forestry police finally became wise to the situation and raided the restaurant, arresting the owner and 20 employees.
Synonyms aware of, familiar with, acquainted with, cognizant of
verb wʌɪzwaɪz [no object]informal 1wise upoften in imperative Become alert to or aware of something. wise up and sort yourselves out before it's too late Example sentencesExamples - The public are wising up because if recent past elections are anything to go by apathetic turn outs just keep getting worse.
- We are wising up to such something-for-nothing marketing schemes which turn out to be the opposite.
- It never ceased to amaze us that this trick worked day after day, week after week without the fools wising up to us.
- Forever desperate to present his charges as potential world-beaters four years down the line, he should wise up to the fact that moulding them into a team merely tough to beat might be as good as it can get.
- But this is difficult as the market wises up to their e-business models.
2wise offNorth American Make jokes or witty remarks. Jake and I would wise off to him
Phrases Understand and assess a situation only after its implications have become obvious. it is easy to be wise after the event Example sentencesExamples - It is so easy to be wise after the event and to condemn as negligence that which was only a misadventure.
- It is not being wise after the event to say Northampton's decline was predictable.
- Reflecting on the time of my involvement there were some key decisions on player contracts in 1999 that we know now were mistakes, but it's easy to be wise after the event.
- It is easy to be wise after the event and almost impossible before it
- While it would be easy to be wise after the event, Simon was never a player that any of us would have picked out as a future star, as a player who would go all the way to the top.
be none (or not any) the wiser Not understand something, even though it has been explained. she said an awful lot but he wasn't any the wiser I am still none the wiser about the meaning of the word Example sentencesExamples - At the end of his frustrating book, I was left none the wiser.
- The whole issue gets me totally annoyed and I'm still none the wiser as to what value we get from paying them at all.
- It was closed, though, so we're still none the wiser.
- If I want to ruin the reputation of a B-list celeb I could so with in a couple of days, and their PR agency would be none the wiser until the stories started appearing.
- Both airlines could have simply increased their prices by $6, and most customers would be none the wiser.
Origin Old English wīs, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch wijs and German weise, also to wit2. Both wise and wisdom (Old English) are related to wit, and the three words share an ancient root meaning ‘to know’. The -wise in clockwise (Late Middle English) and lengthwise (late 16th century) means ‘way, manner’, but is ultimately related to the other wise. Of the many proverbs and sayings relating to wisdom, it is easy to be wise after the event originated in the early 17th century, whereas the price of wisdom is above rubies comes from the biblical book of Job. In the USA a wise guy is a person who makes sarcastic or cheeky remarks to show how clever they are. Since the 1970s it has also been a term for a member of the Mafia. See also early, history, ignorance, magic, monkey, word
Rhymes advise, apprise, apprize, arise, assize, capsize, chastise, comprise, demise, despise, devise, downsize, excise, flies, guise, incise, low-rise, misprize, outsize, previse, prise, prize, remise, revise, rise, size, surmise, surprise, uprise noun wʌɪzwaɪz archaic The manner or extent of something.
Phrases Example sentencesExamples - The ‘welcome’ signs, artfully disposed, make it clear that hospitality is merely an allusive flavor; they are in no wise meant to be taken literally.
- Yes, I rule on it and my ruling is that I am in no wise disqualified from hearing the case.
- He knows that his view is fraudulent, but that in no wise affects his ability to believe it.
- ‘Him that cometh to me I will in no wise cast out ‘.
- It is admitted that he did sincerely believe in the soundness of his ship; but the sincerity of his conviction can in no wise help him, because he had no right to believe on such evidence as was before him.
Origin Old English wīse, of Germanic origin; related to wit2. adjectivewīzwaɪz 1Having or showing experience, knowledge, and good judgment. Example sentencesExamples - Both are now doing the tour of duty around company boardrooms as non-executive directors, lending a bit of experience here and a wise word there.
- I think they are very wise in regards to experience with our intelligence.
- It was one of the few things we could really get deep about and I loved to hear his wise and experienced opinion on the subject.
- Not all of them were as experienced or as wise as they made themselves out to be, but it was a learning experience, certainly.
- The dive boat had a recompression chamber on board, too, which I thought might be a wise precaution!
- There, with a bit of good advice and wise judgement, you'll eat some of the most fascinating and memorable food you could ever hope to experience at a fraction of the price.
- It's wise to begin experimenting early with these different preventive techniques.
- His eyes were gray, and piercing, and were perceived as wise, and experienced.
- An increasing number of wise consumers are shunning the shop-rage experience for a simpler, calmer and efficient alternative.
- Howard is old, boring and stuffy… or wise, experienced and reliable, depending on your viewpoint.
- But, although we undoubtedly assume that one becomes wise through experiences of life and death, this process is not a matter of course.
- David agreed to be interviewed by Ron and was delighted to listen to the wise words of someone with so much experience in the game.
- She was so worldly and wise, and experienced in the world of theater and beyond, and in the short time I'd known her, she sort of took me under her wing as a mother would.
- It would not be wise to reveal his knowledge to these people.
- Some of the more advanced moves take longer to master, but this was a wise design decision since it rewards more experienced players.
- I know because I was 18 and keeping a diary of my experiences, wise thoughts and bad poetry.
- This is a wise precaution before trying anything you feel uncomfortable with.
- Half of them did not have enough data about side effects to allow people to make wise decisions if they experience one.
- Allow some leeway on return times since trips often take longer than expected, but having someone ready to call for help if your group is overdue is a wise precaution.
- With that experience under her belt, she should be wise enough to do herself full justice tomorrow.
Synonyms sage, sagacious, intelligent, clever, learned, showing great knowledge, with great knowledge, knowledgeable, informed, enlightened - 1.1 Responding sensibly or shrewdly to a particular situation.
it would be wise to discuss the matter with the chairman of the committee Example sentencesExamples - A compassionate, wise, sensible man who always craves another adventure.
- This is both constitutionally mandated and politically wise.
- A wise teacher was discussing life with a young student one day.
- This is a wise and prudent course, but it will be politically difficult to achieve.
- He's a wise sage, a joker, a politico, an eccentric artist, a culture buff and a visionary rolled into one.
- That's a wise tactic for a politician who's likely to set his sights on another public job.
- Given his overwhelming majority, this is a wise and sensible move designed to promote unity.
- We have to do this in a very smart, wise, sensible way.
- They say you're not supposed to say it, it's not politically wise.
- He added: ‘There are times when a prudent silence is wise.’
- If that does not indicate wise and sensible stewardship, I do not know what does.
- It was a wise concession to Russian sensibilities.
- They had to be as tough as nails to get that job done, as well as wise and prudent - if not downright practical.
- Seriously, this is really more character assassination and it's disturbing to see wise and intelligent people discussing this in these terms.
- Bruce has often sounded astute before, but rarely has he sounded so wise.
- Other times, she was calmer and seemed almost wise, sensible, and compassionate to their plight.
- In a dangerous world, wise leadership requires a prudent anticipation of untoward events and preparations to prevent them or mitigate their effects.
- Still, its ideal is a judicial system which dispenses objective, appropriate, rational, and wise justice.
- Through sensible saving and wise investment choices, I have some money that I'll be willing to advance you in the form of plane tickets.
- Even if you can't meet the target the World Health Organisation recommends - five servings of fruit and vegetables a day - moving in that direction is a wise strategy.
- 1.2predicative Having knowledge in a specified subject.
families wise in the way of hurricane survival Example sentencesExamples - Also, some missionaries have not always been wise in their methods, even inducing people to come to church for needed material help.
- Be wise in your handling of this precious knowledge; its secrecy is imperative.
- As manufacturers know all too well, gun magazine editors are wise in all things concerning how to make guns - they always have lots of suggestions.
- You know that we are weak, but you are wise in seeing our strengths.
- Is pine conversion economically wise in the long run - the real long run?
- He had been wise in his career choices, guided by his sprawling but close-knit family and his pugnacious agent.
- They are a genuinely friendly people, full of interest in the outside world and consummately wise in the ways of the desert.
- My friend had worked in ‘the Industry’ and was wise in the ways of Hollywood.
- A man who was wise in policy, valiant in action and distinctive in leadership.
- She was wise in some ways, foolish in others, strong and yet weak, stubborn and yet compliant.
- Its theme is expectation, and it shows an artist infinitely wise in the ways of horses.
- Unfortunately, though he was wise in certain matters, he seemed to blind to other matters.
- May they be wise in the paths they choose to follow.
- Don't be in a hurry in purchasing replacement parts, be wise in choosing the parts you are going to use in your Ford car or truck.
- Now, it may not be always the case that a commander in chief has served or that it was necessary that they served to be wise in the deployment of the military.
- Pro football fans evidently are wise in their television-viewing ways.
- My mother told me my grandmother was wise in ways lots of so-called educated people were not.
- However, I fear these men are too wise in the ways of War to permit that.
- A feudal prince must be wise in controlling the nobles and keeping the people content.
- We also have to be wise in where we choose to attack.
- 1.3wise toinformal predicative Alert to or aware of.
fortunately I was already wise to the approach used in this scam Example sentencesExamples - Burglars rarely took stolen gear back to their homes, were wise to police interviewing techniques and rarely left evidence at the scene of their crimes, Mr Blowers said.
- On April 10, the forestry police finally became wise to the situation and raided the restaurant, arresting the owner and 20 employees.
Synonyms aware of, familiar with, acquainted with, cognizant of
verbwīzwaɪz [no object]informal 1wise upoften in imperative Become alert to or aware of something. wise up and sort yourselves out before it's too late Example sentencesExamples - We are wising up to such something-for-nothing marketing schemes which turn out to be the opposite.
- But this is difficult as the market wises up to their e-business models.
- It never ceased to amaze us that this trick worked day after day, week after week without the fools wising up to us.
- The public are wising up because if recent past elections are anything to go by apathetic turn outs just keep getting worse.
- Forever desperate to present his charges as potential world-beaters four years down the line, he should wise up to the fact that moulding them into a team merely tough to beat might be as good as it can get.
2wise offNorth American Make jokes or witty remarks. Jake and I would wise off to him
Phrases Understand and assess an event or situation only after its implications have become obvious. Example sentencesExamples - It is easy to be wise after the event and almost impossible before it
- It is so easy to be wise after the event and to condemn as negligence that which was only a misadventure.
- Reflecting on the time of my involvement there were some key decisions on player contracts in 1999 that we know now were mistakes, but it's easy to be wise after the event.
- While it would be easy to be wise after the event, Simon was never a player that any of us would have picked out as a future star, as a player who would go all the way to the top.
- It is not being wise after the event to say Northampton's decline was predictable.
be none (or not any) the wiser Know no more than before. Example sentencesExamples - If I want to ruin the reputation of a B-list celeb I could so with in a couple of days, and their PR agency would be none the wiser until the stories started appearing.
- Both airlines could have simply increased their prices by $6, and most customers would be none the wiser.
- It was closed, though, so we're still none the wiser.
- The whole issue gets me totally annoyed and I'm still none the wiser as to what value we get from paying them at all.
- At the end of his frustrating book, I was left none the wiser.
the birds get wise and figure out it's just noise Example sentencesExamples - I was only certain of one thing: I got wise because I outlived my earlier mistakes.
- American buyers are getting wise to the fact that they're overpriced, oversized, overly thirsty and over the bumper of other innocent vehicles in an accident.
- Move it around every day or two, so the birds don't get wise.
- How many times do big chunks of these pay days get passed on to other operators and organizations without the operators and organizations getting wise to the game?
- Following yet another arrest, the authorities got wise to his true identity and fugitive status.
Origin Old English wīs, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch wijs and German weise, also to wit. nounwīzwaɪz archaic The manner or extent of something.
Phrases Example sentencesExamples - It is admitted that he did sincerely believe in the soundness of his ship; but the sincerity of his conviction can in no wise help him, because he had no right to believe on such evidence as was before him.
- ‘Him that cometh to me I will in no wise cast out ‘.
- Yes, I rule on it and my ruling is that I am in no wise disqualified from hearing the case.
- The ‘welcome’ signs, artfully disposed, make it clear that hospitality is merely an allusive flavor; they are in no wise meant to be taken literally.
- He knows that his view is fraudulent, but that in no wise affects his ability to believe it.
Origin Old English wīse, of Germanic origin; related to wit. |