İngilizce-Türkçe-Almanca sözlük

1. farkında ol(mak). akil, zekâ, anlayis, zekâ kivrakligi; nükte; nükteci kimse. v.farkında ol:n.nükte. v.farkında ol:n.nükte. zekâ, ince zekâ, akıl, ince espri, nükte, zeki kimse. yâni, bilmek, öğrenmek.
2. f, demek ki, öğrenmek, bilmek, to wit yani.
3. akıl. zeka. anlayış. zeka kıvraklığı. nükte. nükteci kimse.
4. akıl. fikir. anlayış. zekâ. duygu. espri. nükte. nükteci kimse. yaratıcılık.
5. farkında ol nükte.

Etymology : Middle English witen , from Old English witan ; akin to Old High German wizzan to know, Latin vidEre to see, Greek eidenai to know, idein to see
Pronunciation : wit
Function : verb
Date : before 12th century

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1. intellect; reason; cleverness; sharpness; one who is sharp. know (Archaic). with. half-wit.
2. To know; to learn.
3. Mind; intellect; understanding; sense.
4. A mental faculty, or power of the mind; used in this sense chiefly in the plural, and in certain phrases; as, to lose one's wits; at one's wits' end, and the like.
5. Felicitous association of objects not usually connected, so as to produce a pleasant surprise; also. the power of readily combining objects in such a manner.
6. A person of eminent sense or knowledge; a man of genius, fancy, or humor; one distinguished for bright or amusing sayings, for repartee, and the like. a message whose ingenuity or verbal skill or incongruity has the power to evoke laughter.
7. 1. Wit is the ability to use words or ideas in an amusing, clever, and imaginative way. Boulding was known for his biting wit.
8. If you describe someone as a wit, you mean that they have the ability to use words or ideas in an amusing, clever, and imaginative way. Holmes was gregarious, a great wit, a man of wide interests.
9. 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. = sense.
10. You can refer to your ability to think quickly and cleverly in a difficult situation as your wits. She has used her wits to progress to the position she holds today.
11. emphasis 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.
12. If you have your wits about you or keep your wits about you, you are alert and ready to act in a difficult situation. Travellers need to keep their wits about them.
13. emphasis If you say that you are at your wits' end, you are emphasizing that you are so worried and exhausted by problems or difficulties that you do not know what to do next. We row a lot and we never have time on our own. I'm at my wit's end.
14. If you pit your wits against someone, you compete against them in a test of knowledge or intelligence. He has to pit his wits against an adversary who is cool, clever and cunning.
15. To wit is used to indicate that you are about to state or describe something more precisely. He'd like `happiness' to be given a new and more scientifically descriptive label, to wit `Major affective disorder, pleasant type'. = namely.