wisdom

UK:*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈwɪzdəm/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/ˈwɪzdəm/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(wiz′dəm)

Collocations for "wisdom"


Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "wisdom" in context.

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wisdom

ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.
n
  1. [conventional, Eastern, ancient, moral] wisdoms
  2. [conventional] wisdom [has it, says] that
  3. wisdom [offered, contained, given] (by)
  4. [offered, gave, professed] some words of wisdom
  5. [heed, listen to] her words of wisdom
  6. (a few) words of wisdom
  7. [question, doubt, debate, disagree with] the wisdom of
  8. in all their wisdom (they chose to)
  9. a [man, woman, person] of wisdom
  10. the wisdom of [building, spending, creating, making]
  11. the wisdom of the [schools, leaders, Gods, ancient philosophers, elders]
n as adj
  1. [two, three, four, all] wisdom teeth
  2. his wisdom [teeth, tooth] started [coming out, appearing, forming, erupting]
  3. her wisdom tooth [came out]
  4. his wisdom tooth is [causing, giving] him [pain, discomfort]
  5. my wisdom tooth (really) hurts!
  6. [had, got] my wisdom teeth [pulled, out, removed, extracted]
  7. had my wisdom teeth [pulled, taken] out
  8. (finally) cut his wisdom teeth
'wisdom' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
ancient - applicable - born - conventional - dispense - divine - doubt - female - fountain - goddess - old - outreach - pearl - received - removal - sage - seven - spring - timeless - tooth - torch - voice

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