Meaning

8 senses

  1. (uncountable)An element of personal character that enables one to distinguish the wise from the unwise.

    Weisheit

    му́дростьmúdrostʹ

    му́дрістьmúdristʹ

  2. (countable)A piece of wise advice.

    Weisheit

    му́дростьmúdrostʹ

  3. (countable, uncountable)The discretionary use of knowledge for the greatest good.

    Weisheit

    му́дростьmúdrostʹ

  4. (countable, uncountable)The ability to apply relevant knowledge in an insightful way, especially to different situations from that in which the knowledge was gained.

    Weisheit

    му́дростьmúdrostʹ

    ability to apply knowledge or experience or understanding or common sense and insight

  5. (countable, uncountable)The ability to make a decision based on the combination of knowledge, experience, and intuitive understanding.

    Weisheit

    му́дростьmúdrostʹ

  6. (countable, uncountable)The ability to know and apply spiritual truths.

    Weisheit

    му́дростьmúdrostʹ

  7. (countable, rare, uncountable)A group of wombats.

  8. (countable, rare, uncountable)A group of owls.

Examples

432 sentences

  1. My upper right wisdom tooth hurts.

    Мій верхній правий зуб мудрості болить. — Ahha

    ruУ меня болит верхний правый зуб мудрости. — marafon

    deMein rechter oberer Weisheitszahn tut weh. — xtofu80

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  2. My wisdom teeth are coming in.

    ruУ меня режутся зубы мудрости. — polymerase

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  3. Tom had his wisdom teeth taken out.

    ruТому удалили зуб мудрости. — sharptoothed

    deTom ließ sich die Weisheitszähne ziehen. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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  4. She had enough wisdom to refuse the offer.

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  5. One of my wisdom teeth is coming in.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
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element of personal character:
Русский
By meaning 1
element of personal character:
Deutsch
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element of personal character:

Origin

From Middle English wisdom, from Old English wīsdōm (“wisdom”), from Proto-West Germanic *

From Middle English wisdom, from Old English wīsdōm (“wisdom”), from Proto-West Germanic *wīsadōm, from Proto-Germanic *wīsadōmaz (“wisdom”), corresponding to wise + -dom. Cognate with Scots wisdom, wysdom (“wisdom”), West Frisian wiisdom (“wisdom”), Dutch wijsdom (“wisdom”), German Weistum (“legal sentence”), Danish/Norwegian/Swedish visdom (“wisdom”), Icelandic vísdómur (“wisdom”).

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Forms

plural: wisdoms
Singularwisdom
Pluralwisdoms

regular

Synonyms

27 synonyms
parliamentB2discriminationB1insightB1understandingB2witB2acuityastutenessclairvoyancediscernmentgumptionnouspenetrationperspicacityprudence
Close in meaning
  • the trait of utilizing knowledge and experience with common sense and insight:wiseness
  • the quality of being prudent and sensible:wisenesssoundness
  • ability to apply knowledge or experience or understanding or common sense and insight:sapience
  • an Apocryphal book consisting mainly of a meditation on wisdom; although ascribed to Solomon it was probably written in the first century BC:Book of WisdomWisdom of Solomon

Antonyms

6 antonyms
foolishnessfollyB2foolhardinessimprudencestupidityunwisdom

Word family

22 related words
RelatedwiseA2moralityB2intelligenceA2sageB2wiseheadwiseness
Derivedantiwisdomconventional wisdomlip wisdomomniwisdompenny wisdomreceived wisdomstreetwisdomstreet wisdomwisdomfulwisdomlesswisdomshipwisdom toothwisdomwisewisdumbwitkeyworldwisdom

Lessons for this word

1 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
wiretapwiringwirywiseA2wisely
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