wise
IPA: wˈaɪz
noun
- (archaic) Way, manner, or method.
- A surname.
- A township in Isabella County, Michigan, United States.
- An unincorporated community in Warren County, North Carolina, United States.
- A town, the county seat of Wise County, Virginia, United States.
- (aviation, nautical) Acronym of wing-in-surface effect.
- (space science, US) 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)
verb
- To become wise.
- (ergative, slang) Usually with "up", to inform or learn.
- (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.
adjective
- Showing good judgement or the benefit of experience.
- (colloquial, ironic, sarcastic) Disrespectful.
- (colloquial) Aware, informed (to something).
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Examples of "wise" in Sentences
- He is wise and prescient.
- They are the wise and the smart.
- She dealt with the poser pretty wisely.
- It is an epithet of the learned and wise.
- I promise to be prudent, wise and sagacious.
- Elders are the wise and the old of the village.
- He was a wise legislator and a good diplomatist.
- They thought it is not wise to disburse lavishly.
- The candle of the wise in this darkness of sorrow.
- The villagers are proud of their resourceful wise man.
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