A2verb · intransitive · common

wise

wise · wises · wised · wising

To become wiseTo become wise.

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/waɪz/

» Tom is a very wise person.

Tom ist ein sehr weiser Mann.

Том очень мудрый человек.

Том дуже мудра людина.

Meaning

7 senses

To become wise.
(ergative, slang)Usually with "up", to inform or learn.
Mo wised him up about his situation.
After Mo had a word with him, he wised up.
(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.

Examples

765 sentences

Tom is a very wise person.
Том дуже мудра людина.
ruТом очень мудрый человек.
deTom ist ein sehr weiser Mann.
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I don't think that was a wise decision.
Я не думаю, що це було мудрим рішенням.
ruЯ не думаю, что это было мудрым решением.
deIch glaube nicht, dass das eine weise Entscheidung war.
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You were wise not to follow his advice.
Ти мудро вчинив, не дослухавшися до його поради.
deDu hast gut daran getan, seinen Rat nicht zu befolgen.
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I think that Tom made a wise decision.
Думаю, Том прийняв мудре рішення.
deIch denke, dass Tom eine weise Entscheidung getroffen hat.
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She is very wise.
Вона дуже мудра.
ruОна очень мудра.
deSie ist sehr weise.
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Origin

From Middle English wys, wyse, from Old English wīs (“wise”), from Proto-Germanic *wīsaz (

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”).

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”).

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Forms

wises, wising, wised, wised

Base form	wise · to wise
3rd person singular	wises
Present participle	wising
Past simple	wised
Past participle	wised

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, they	wise
he, she, it	wises

Past simpleLesson

all persons

wised

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, they	have wised
he, she, it	has wised

Future simple (will)Lesson

all persons

will wise

Phrasal verbs

2 phrasal verbs

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle

Collocations

12 patterns

would be wise
be wise to
wise to do
a wise decision
a wise man
wise decision
wise man
was a wise
made a wise
older and wiser
a wise person
wise person