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Definition of "wit"

wit

Từ điển Collocation

wit noun

¹ clever use of words

ADJ. great | quick, ready | acerbic, barbed, biting, caustic, dry, sarcastic, sardonic, scathing, sharp, wicked | gentle | dazzling, sparkling

VERB + WIT have He had a dry wit.

PHRASES wit and wisdom a book full of the wit and wisdom of his 30 years in politics

² intelligence

ADJ. native She had to use all her native wit to convince the police.

VERB + WIT have I hope he's got the wit to take the key with him.

PHRASES beyond the wit of man (= impossible) It should not be beyond the wit of man to resolve this dispute

³ wits: ability to think quickly

VERB + WIT gather, recover She couldn't seem to gather her wits and tell us what had happened. | blunt, dull Living alone in the country had dulled his wits. | sharpen

PHRASES a battle of wits The strike developed into a battle of wits between management and workers. | have/keep your wits about you They do tough interviews so you'll need to have your wits about you. | pit your wits against sb Celebrity teams pit their wits against each other in this lively quiz show.

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Từ điển WordNet

n.

• a message whose ingenuity or verbal skill or incongruity has the power to evoke laughter; humor, humour, witticism, wittiness
• mental ability; brain, brainpower, learning ability, mental capacity, mentality

  he's got plenty of brains but no common sense

• a witty amusing person who makes jokes; wag, card

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English Slang Dictionary

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English Synonym and Antonym Dictionary

wits
syn.: humor intelligence sense understanding
ant.: stupidity