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say it: wahyz
wise is an adjective and noun meaning "having or prompted by wisdom or discernment". It is pronounced /ˈwaɪz/ — wahyz. It carries 7 recorded senses.
having or prompted by wisdom or discernment
“a wise leader”
“a wise and perceptive comment”
marked by the exercise of good judgment or common sense in practical matters
“judicious use of one's money”
“a wise decision”
United States Jewish leader (born in Hungary) (1874-1949)
United States religious leader (born in Bohemia) who united reform Jewish organizations in the United States (1819-1900)
Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for wise come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.