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Word:
wisdom
IPA transcription: [w'ɪzdəm]
Pronunciations of wisdom
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noun
meaning of the word
Synonyms:
wisdom
Meaning:
accumulated knowledge or erudition or enlightenment
Synonyms:
wisdom, wiseness
Meaning:
the trait of utilizing knowledge and experience with common sense and insight
Synonyms:
wisdom, sapience
Meaning:
ability to apply knowledge or experience or understanding or common sense and insight
Synonyms:
wisdom, wiseness, soundness
Meaning:
the quality of being prudent and sensible
Usage examples
The Prince Who Acquired Wisdom.
'Madness in youth is true wisdom.
'But what about your words of wisdom?'
"And He has promised wisdom to those who ask it.
Solomon would reply that love forms a part of wisdom.
Her stumbling ignorance which sought the road of wisdom
You certainly can't expect wisdom in a country of Clowns."
Thrice in age, and thrice in wisdom, and thrice in knowledge.
Thus did all thought, all science, all wisdom perish on earth.
And is not the love of learning the love of wisdom, which is philosophy?
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Introduction to evolution
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