Etymology: [ wit ] (verb.) before 12th century. From Old English witt, from Proto-Germanic *witjannn from Proto-Indo-European *weid-, *wid- (“see, know”). Cognate with Danish vid, Dutch weet, Gothic
A person who tells funny anecdotes or jokes; someone witty, Know, be aware of , Intelligence; common sense, Spoken humour, especially when clever or quick, The ability to think quickly; mental cleverness, especially under short time constraints, Sanity, The senses, Intellectual ability; faculty of thinking, reasoning, a witty amusing person who makes jokes, The ability to think quickly; mental cleverness, especially wittiness, A mental faculty, or power of the mind; used in this sense chiefly in the plural, and in certain phrases; as, to lose one's wits; at one's wits' end, and the like, You can refer to your ability to think quickly and cleverly in a difficult situation as your wits. She has used her wits to progress to the position she holds today, emphasis You can use wits in expressions such as frighten someone out of their wits and scare the wits out of someone to emphasize that a person or thing worries or frightens someone very much. You scared us out of our wits. We heard you had an accident, If you have your wits about you or keep your wits about you, you are alert and ready to act in a difficult situation. Travellers need to keep their wits about them, If you say that someone has the wit to do something, you mean that they have the intelligence and understanding to make the right decision or take the right action in a particular situation. The information is there and waiting to be accessed by anyone with the wit to use it. = sense, If you describe someone as a wit, you mean that they have the ability to use words or ideas in an amusing, clever, and imaginative way. Holmes was gregarious, a great wit, a man of wide interests, intellect; reason; cleverness; sharpness; one who is sharp, know (Archaic), Wit is the ability to use words or ideas in an amusing, clever, and imaginative way. Boulding was known for his biting wit, emphasis If you say that you are at your wits' end, you are emphasizing that you are so worried and exhausted by problems or difficulties that you do not know what to do next. We row a lot and we never have time on our own. I'm at my wit's end, If you pit your wits against someone, you compete against them in a test of knowledge or intelligence. He has to pit his wits against an adversary who is cool, clever and cunning, Felicitous association of objects not usually connected, so as to produce a pleasant surprise; also, the power of readily combining objects in such a manner, A person of eminent sense or knowledge; a man of genius, fancy, or humor; one distinguished for bright or amusing sayings, for repartee, and the like, Mind; intellect; understanding; sense, To know; to learn, To wit is used to indicate that you are about to state or describe something more precisely. He'd like `happiness' to be given a new and more scientifically descriptive label, to wit `Major affective disorder, pleasant type'. = namely, a message whose ingenuity or verbal skill or incongruity has the power to evoke laughter, mental ability; "he's got plenty of brains but no common sense", esprit, That is to say; namely; specifically, Simple past tense and past participle of wit, To know, be aware of, Destitute of wit or understanding; wanting thought; hence, indiscreet; not under the guidance of judgment, The state of being witless; stupidity, senses, plural form of wit, Knowledge, awareness, Present participle of wit, aware, knowledgable, in a witting manner, intentionally, on purpose, intentionally conceived; "a conscious effort to speak more slowly"; "a conscious policy", that's to say, namely, meaning, Past tense and past participle of wit, Knew, obsolete, past of wit, lacking intelligence, silly, stupid, foolish, doltish, (of especially persons) lacking sense or understanding or judgment, disapproval If you describe something or someone as witless, you mean that they are very foolish or stupid. a witless, nasty piece of journalism. = mindless, stupid, stupidly, in a witless manner, in a witless manner, foolishness, lack of intelligence, plural of wit, the basic human power of intelligent thought and perception; "he used his wits to get ahead"; "I was scared out of my wits"; "he still had all his marbles and was in full possession of a lively mind, soundness of mind; sane mental faculties; sanity; cleverness and ability to think quickly, intelligent, perceptive, clever; having a wit or understanding of a particular nature (e.g. slow-witted), Having (such) a wit or understanding; as, a quick-witted boy, having a specified form of wit, done consciously; intentional, aware or knowing; "a witting tool of the Communists", knowing, aware; deliberate, knowledge; news (British), aware, aware or knowing; "a witting tool of the Communists, with full knowledge and deliberation; "he wittingly deleted the references", in an informed manner; in a deliberate manner, If you do something wittingly, you are fully aware of what you are doing and what its consequences will be. When she had an affair with her friend's husband, she wittingly set off a chain of crises. unwittingly, Knowingly; with knowledge; by design, with full knowledge and deliberation; "he wittingly deleted the references,
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A person who tells funny anecdotes or jokes; someone witty - "Your friend is quite a wit, isn't he?"
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Know, be aware of - "She looked through these to God and was God’s priest."
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Intelligence; common sense - "The opportunity was right in front of you, and you didn't even have the wit to take it!"
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Spoken humour, especially when clever or quick - "The best man's speech was hilarious, full of wit and charm."
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The ability to think quickly; mental cleverness, especially under short time constraints - "My father had a quick wit and a steady hand."
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Sanity - "He's gone completely out of his wits."
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The senses
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Intellectual ability; faculty of thinking, reasoning - "Where she has gone to is beyond the wit of man to say."
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a witty amusing person who makes jokes
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The ability to think quickly; mental cleverness, especially wittiness
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A mental faculty, or power of the mind; used in this sense chiefly in the plural, and in certain phrases; as, to lose one's wits; at one's wits' end, and the like
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You can refer to your ability to think quickly and cleverly in a difficult situation as your wits. She has used her wits to progress to the position she holds today
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emphasis You can use wits in expressions such as frighten someone out of their wits and scare the wits out of someone to emphasize that a person or thing worries or frightens someone very much. You scared us out of our wits. We heard you had an accident
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If you have your wits about you or keep your wits about you, you are alert and ready to act in a difficult situation. Travellers need to keep their wits about them
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If you say that someone has the wit to do something, you mean that they have the intelligence and understanding to make the right decision or take the right action in a particular situation. The information is there and waiting to be accessed by anyone with the wit to use it. = sense
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If you describe someone as a wit, you mean that they have the ability to use words or ideas in an amusing, clever, and imaginative way. Holmes was gregarious, a great wit, a man of wide interests
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intellect; reason; cleverness; sharpness; one who is sharp isim
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know (Archaic) fiil
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Wit is the ability to use words or ideas in an amusing, clever, and imaginative way. Boulding was known for his biting wit
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emphasis If you say that you are at your wits' end, you are emphasizing that you are so worried and exhausted by problems or difficulties that you do not know what to do next. We row a lot and we never have time on our own. I'm at my wit's end
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If you pit your wits against someone, you compete against them in a test of knowledge or intelligence. He has to pit his wits against an adversary who is cool, clever and cunning
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Felicitous association of objects not usually connected, so as to produce a pleasant surprise; also
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the power of readily combining objects in such a manner
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A person of eminent sense or knowledge; a man of genius, fancy, or humor; one distinguished for bright or amusing sayings, for repartee, and the like
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Mind; intellect; understanding; sense
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To know; to learn
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To wit is used to indicate that you are about to state or describe something more precisely. He'd like `happiness' to be given a new and more scientifically descriptive label, to wit `Major affective disorder, pleasant type'. = namely
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a message whose ingenuity or verbal skill or incongruity has the power to evoke laughter
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mental ability; "he's got plenty of brains but no common sense"
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A wit.
esprit
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That is to say; namely; specifically - "Though the animation code above demonstrates how a thread could be included as part of an object while still making that object be serializable, there is a major problem with it if we recall how Java creates objects. To wit, when we create an object with the new keyword, the object’s constructor is called only when a new instance of a class is created."
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wist
Simple past tense and past participle of wit - "And lang ere witless Jeanie wist, / Her heart was tint, her peace was stown!"
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wist
To know, be aware of
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witless
Destitute of wit or understanding; wanting thought; hence, indiscreet; not under the guidance of judgment
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witlessness
The state of being witless; stupidity
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wits
senses
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wits
plural form of wit
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witting
Knowledge, awareness - "for his wyf was at a someres game, / Wiþouten his wityng, he forsook hire eke."
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witting
Present participle of wit
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witting
aware, knowledgable
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wittingly
in a witting manner, intentionally, on purpose
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witting
intentionally conceived; "a conscious effort to speak more slowly"; "a conscious policy"
(of especially persons) lacking sense or understanding or judgment
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witless
disapproval If you describe something or someone as witless, you mean that they are very foolish or stupid. a witless, nasty piece of journalism. = mindless, stupid
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witlessly
stupidly, in a witless manner
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witlessly
in a witless manner
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witlessness
foolishness, lack of intelligence isim
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wits
plural of wit
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wits
the basic human power of intelligent thought and perception; "he used his wits to get ahead"; "I was scared out of my wits"; "he still had all his marbles and was in full possession of a lively mind
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wits
soundness of mind; sane mental faculties; sanity; cleverness and ability to think quickly isim
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witted
intelligent, perceptive, clever; having a wit or understanding of a particular nature (e.g. slow-witted) sıfat
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witted
Having (such) a wit or understanding; as, a quick-witted boy
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witted
having a specified form of wit
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witting
done consciously; intentional
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witting
aware or knowing; "a witting tool of the Communists"
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witting
knowing, aware; deliberate sıfat
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witting
knowledge; news (British) isim
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witting
aware
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witting
aware or knowing; "a witting tool of the Communists
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wittingly
with full knowledge and deliberation; "he wittingly deleted the references"
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wittingly
in an informed manner; in a deliberate manner
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wittingly
If you do something wittingly, you are fully aware of what you are doing and what its consequences will be. When she had an affair with her friend's husband, she wittingly set off a chain of crises. unwittingly
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wittingly
Knowingly; with knowledge; by design
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wittingly
with full knowledge and deliberation; "he wittingly deleted the references
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