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   The meaning of WIT is the ability to relate seemingly disparate things so as to illuminate or amuse. How to use wit in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Wit.

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   WIT definition: 1. the ability to use words in a clever and humorous way: 2. a person who is skilled at using…. Learn more.

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   9 meanings: 1. the talent or quality of using unexpected associations between contrasting or disparate words or ideas to make a.... Click for more definitions.

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   Wit is brainpower or mental ability, or the person who possesses such ability, especially when it's used humorously.

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   wit 1 (wĭt) n. 1. a. The natural ability to perceive and understand; intelligence. b. often wits Practical intelligence; shrewdness or resourcefulness: living by one's wits ...

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   What does wit mean?

   • The meaning of WIT is the ability to relate seemingly disparate things so as to illuminate or amuse. How to use wit in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Wit.

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   What does wits mean?

   • 1. the keen perception and clever expression of those connections between ideas that awaken amusement and pleasure. 2. a person having or noted for such perception and expression. 3. witty speech or writing. 4. understanding, intelligence, or sagacity; astuteness. 5. Usu., wits. a. shrewdness; resourcefulness; ingenuity: to live by one's wits.

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   What does it mean if someone has the wit to do something?

   • Holmes was gregarious, a great wit, a man of wide interests. If you say that someone has the wit to do something, you mean that they have the intelligence and understanding to make the right decision or take the right action in a particular situation. The information is there and waiting to be accessed by anyone with the wit to use it.

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   How do you use Wits in a sentence?

   • You can use wits in expressions such as frighten someone out of their wits and scare the wits out of someone to emphasize that a person or thing worries or frightens someone very much. You scared us out of our wits. We heard you had an accident.

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   What does witty mean?

   • (wɪt) n. 1. the keen perception and clever expression of those connections between ideas that awaken amusement and pleasure. 2. a person having or noted for such perception and expression. 3. witty speech or writing. 4. understanding, intelligence, or sagacity; astuteness.

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   What are some examples of wit?

   • Consequently, various forms of memory, sagacity, or wit were highly developed, whereas these bumps typical of vanity and passion for glory were extremely small. One could think of other words, like lungs or wits. To wit: the cause of the order of the matter is its form, since each element's particular place is determined by its form.

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9. www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com › us › definitionwit noun - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage ...

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   [uncountable] wit to do something the intelligence or good sense to know what is the right thing to do. At least you had the wit to ask for help. It should not be beyond the wit of man to resolve this dispute.