Meaning

3 senses
  1. An expert in a particular field, especially as called upon to provide comment or opinion in the media; a commentator, a critic.

    Experte, Kommentator, Meinungsführer

    знато́кznatók, экспе́ртekspért, специали́стspecialíst

  2. A learned person in India; someone with knowledge of Sanskrit, philosophy, religion and law; a Hindu scholar.

    Pandit

    панди́тpandít

  3. (historical)A native surveyor in British India, trained to carry out clandestine surveillance beyond British borders.

More definitions
  • someone who has been admitted to membership in a scholarly field

Examples

9 sentences
  1. Why are pundits so pig-headed?

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  2. Political pundits have begun weighing in on the president's speech.

    ruВидные политологи приступили к спорам по поводу президентской речи.

    deDie politischen Experten begannen ihre Meinungen zu der Rede des Präsidenten zu äußern.

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  3. Many pundits marvelled at how presidential the president had become.

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  4. Pundits consider him one of the best passers in the league.

    deExperten halten ihn für einen der besten Passgeber der Liga.

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  5. Tom's political prospects dried up after the scandal, so he became a pundit for a conservative news station.

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Translations

8 languages
Русский
By meaning 2
an expert:
a Hindu scholar:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
an expert:
a Hindu scholar:

Origin

Borrowed from Hindi पंडित (paṇḍit) / Urdu پنڈت (panḍit), from Sanskrit पण्डित (paṇḍita, “s

Borrowed from Hindi पंडित (paṇḍit) / Urdu پنڈت (panḍit), from Sanskrit पण्डित (paṇḍita, “scholar, learned man, teacher, philosopher”). Doublet of pandit.

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Forms

plural: pundits
Singularpundit
Pluralpundits

regular

Synonyms

3 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

11 related words

See also

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