wisdom

CEFRB2

/ˈwɪzdəm/

noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    The ability to make good decisions based on knowledge and experience.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    A piece of wise advice.

Examples

  • It requires wisdom to understand wisdom: the music is nothing if the audience is deaf.

  • She was known to be a woman of great wisdom.

At a glance

Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
5
Synonyms
5

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. The discretionary use of knowledge for the greatest good.

  2. An element of personal character that enables one to distinguish the wise from the unwise.

  3. The ability to apply relevant knowledge in an insightful way, especially to different situations from that in which the knowledge was gained.

More examples

In context

  • Without hesitating, the dean selects infinite wisdom.

  • It would also be difficult to get to the bottom line accurately if a wisdom of wombats ate your working papers. Both scenarios are equal in probability.

  • All of us, whether we gather into a wisp of snipes, a wisdom of owls, a wing of plovers, or remain like a single regretful priest on his knees before his God, we are one and it is not for us to decide another's fate.

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Origin

noun

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”).