Standard Lemma guide
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adj
Showing good judgement or the benefit of experience.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Antonyms: improvident
adj
Disrespectful.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: colloquial, ironic, sarcastic
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adj
Aware, informed (to something).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: colloquial
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name
A surname.
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name
A township in Isabella County, Michigan, United States.
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name
An unincorporated community in Warren County, North Carolina, United States.
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name
A town, the county seat of Wise County, Virginia, United States.
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name
Acronym of 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”).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US, abbreviation, acronym, alt-of
Topics: aerospace, business, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, space-science
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noun
Way, manner, or method.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic
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noun
Acronym of wing-in-surface effect.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of
Topics: aeronautics, aerospace, aviation, business, engineering, natural-sciences, nautical, physical-sciences, transport
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verb
To become wise.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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verb
Usually with "up", to inform or learn.
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Usage: ergative, slang
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verb
To instruct.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: dialectal
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verb
To advise; induce.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: dialectal
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verb
To show the way, guide.
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Usage: dialectal
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verb
To direct the course of, pilot.
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Usage: dialectal
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verb
To cause to turn.
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Usage: dialectal
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adjective
having or prompted by wisdom or discernment
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Antonyms: foolish
adjective satellite
improperly forward or bold
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: fresh, impertinent, impudent, overbold, smart, saucy, sassy
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adjective satellite
marked by the exercise of good judgment or common sense in practical matters
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: judicious, heady
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noun
a way of doing or being
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: manner, mode, style, way, fashion
noun
United States religious leader (born in Bohemia) who united reform Jewish organizations in the United States (1819-1900)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: Isaac Mayer Wise
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: religious leader
noun
United States Jewish leader (born in Hungary) (1874-1949)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: Stephen Samuel Wise
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: religious leader
History
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *weyd- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *wéydos Proto-Indo-European *weyd-s-ós Proto-Germanic *wīsaz Old English wīs Middle English wys, wyse English wise From Middle English wys, wyse, from Old English wīs (“wise”), from Proto-Germanic *wīsaz (“knowledgeable, wise”), from Proto-Indo-European *wéydos (“seeing; knowledge”), from *weyd- (“to see”). Cognates Cognate with West Frisian wiis (“wise”), Dutch wijs (“wise”), German weis, weise (“wise”), Low German wies (“wise; clever”), Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish vis (“wise”), Icelandic vís (“wise; certain”), Gothic *𐍅𐌴𐌹𐍃 (*weis, “wise”); also Irish fios (“knowledge; information”), Manx fys (“knowledge; information”), Scottish Gaelic fhios, fios (“knowledge; information”), Welsh gwys, gwŷs (“citation, summons”), Latin videō (“to look, perceive, see; to note, observe; to comprehend, understand”), Greek είδος (eídos, “form, kind, type”), Albanian vizë (“line, stripe, track; dash”), Latvian veids (“form, kind, mode, type”), Lithuanian veidas (“face; appearance, aspect, look”), Belarusian ве́даць (vjédacʹ, “to know”), Bulgarian вям (vjam, “to know”), Czech vědět (“to know”), Polish wiedzieć (“to know”), Russian ве́дать (védatʹ, “to know”), Serbo-Croatian vedeti, viedieti (“to know”), Slovak vedieť (“to know”), Slovene vedeti (“to know”), Ukrainian ві́дати (vídaty, “to know”), Armenian գիտեմ (gitem, “I know”), գիտենալ (gitenal), գիտնալ (gitnal, “to know”), Avestan 𐬬𐬀𐬉𐬛 (vaēd, “find”), 𐬬𐬌𐬛 (vid, “to know”), Persian نوید (navid / nawīd, nuwēd, “invitation; annunciation; good news”), Tocharian A ime (“awareness, consciousness, memory, thought”), Tocharian B īme (“awareness, consciousness, memory, thought”), ūwe (“educated, learned, knowledgeable”), Sanskrit वेदस् (vedas, “knowledge, science; property, wealth”). Compare wit.
From Middle English wise, from Old English wīse, from Proto-Germanic *wīsō. Cognate with Dutch wijze, German Weise, Norwegian vis, Swedish visa, vis, Italian guisa, Spanish guisa. Compare -wise. Doublet of guise.
From Middle English wisen (“to advise, direct”), from Old English wisian (“to show the way, guide, direct”), from Proto-West Germanic *wīsōn, from Proto-Germanic *wīsōną (“to show the way, dispense knowledge”), from Proto-Indo-European *weyd- (“to know”). Compare Dutch wijzen (“to indicate, point out”), German weisen (“to show, indicate”), Danish and Norwegian Bokmål vise (“to show”), Norwegian Nynorsk visa (“to show”).
Across languages
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