wise
Енглески[уреди]
Изговор[уреди]
Етимологија 1[уреди]
From Средњи Енглески wis, wys, from Стари Енглески wīs (“wise”), from Proto-Germanic *wīsaz (“wise”), from Пра-Индо-Европски *weydstos, *weydtos, a participle form of *weyd-. Cognate with Холандски wijs, Немачки weise, Норвешки and Шведски vis. Compare wit.
Придев[уреди]
wise (comparative wiser or more wise, superlative wisest or most wise)
- Showing good judgement or the benefit of experience.
- They were considered the wise old men of the administration.
- "It is a profitable thing, if one is wise, to seem foolish" - Aeschylus
- (colloquial, ironic) Disrespectful.
- Don't get wise with me!
- (colloquial) Aware, informed.
- Be careful, the boss is wise.
Usage notes[уреди]
- Objects: person, decision, advice, counsel, saying, adage, proverb etc.
- even though wise is an antonym of foolish, it does not mean smart or intelligent, both of which are antonyms of foolish.
Synonyms[уреди]
- See Тезаурус:wise
Antonyms[уреди]
Derived terms[уреди]
Translations[уреди]
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Verb[уреди]
wise (third-person singular simple present wises, present participle wising, simple past and past participle wised)
- To become wise.
- (ergative, сленг) Usually with "up", to inform or learn.
- Mo wised him up about his situation.
- After Mo had a word with him, he wised up.
Etymology 2[уреди]
From Стари Енглески wīse, from Proto-Germanic *wīsō. Cognate with Холандски wijze, Немачки Weise, Норвешки vis, Шведски visa, vis, Италијански guisa, Шпански guisa. Compare -wise.
Noun[уреди]
wise (plural wises)
- (archaic) Way, manner, method.
- 1481, William Caxton, The History Reynard the Fox
- In such wise that all the beasts, great and small, came to the court save Reynard the Fox.
- 1850, Dante Gabriel Rossetti, The Burden of Nineveh, lines 2-5
- ... the prize
- Dead Greece vouchsafes to living eyes, —
- Her Art for ever in fresh wise
- From hour to hour rejoicing me.
- 1866, Algernon Swinburne, A Ballad of Life, lines 28-30
- A riven hood was pulled across his eyes;
- The token of him being upon this wise
- Made for a sign of Lust.
- 1926, J. S. Fletcher, Sea Fog, page 308
- And within a few minutes the rest of us were on our way too, judiciously instructed by Parkapple and the Brighton official, and disposed of in two taxi-cabs, the drivers of which were ordered to convey us to Rottingdean in such wise that each set his load of humanity at different parts of the village and at the same time that the bus was due to arrive at the hotel.
- 1481, William Caxton, The History Reynard the Fox
Derived terms[уреди]
Etymology 3[уреди]
From Средњи Енглески wisen (“to advise, direct”), from Стари Енглески wisian (“to show the way, guide, direct”), from Proto-Germanic *wīsaną, *wīsijaną (“to show the way, dispense knowledge”), from Пра-Индо-Европски *weyd- (“to know”). Cognate with Холандски wijzen (“to indicate, point out”), Немачки weisen (“to show, indicate”), Дански and Norwegian Bokmål vise (“to show”), Norwegian Nynorsk visa (“to show”).
Verb[уреди]
wise (third-person singular simple present wises, present participle wising, simple past and past participle wised)
- (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
Middle Dutch[уреди]
Contraction[уреди]
wise
- Енглески 1-слог речи
- Енглески термини са ИПА изговором
- Енглески појмови са аудио везама
- Енглески термини са хомофонима
- Риме:Енглески/aɪz
- Енглески појмови изведени од PIE корена *weyd-
- Енглески изрази наслеђени од Средњи Енглески
- Енглески појмови изведени из Средњи Енглески
- Енглески изрази наслеђени од Стари Енглески
- Енглески појмови изведени из Стари Енглески
- Енглески изрази наслеђени од Proto-Germanic
- Енглески појмови изведени из Proto-Germanic
- Енглески изрази наслеђени од Пра-Индо-Европски
- Енглески појмови изведени из Пра-Индо-Европски
- Енглески придеви
- Енглески terms with usage examples
- Енглески colloquialisms
- Стари Енглески црвене везе
- Стари Енглески црвене везе/т
- Terms with manual transliterations different from the automated ones
- Terms with manual transliterations different from the automated ones/otk
- Енглески леме
- Енглески глаголи
- Енглески ergative verbs
- Енглески именице
- Енглески бројевне именице
- Енглески terms with archaic senses
- Proto-Germanic црвене везе
- Proto-Germanic црвене везе/м
- Енглески dialectal terms
- Енглески основне речи
- Средњи Холандски contraction
- Средњи Холандски contractions