(isim) zekâ, ince zekâ, akıl, ince espri, nükte, zeki kimse

Türkisch - Englisch

Definition von (isim) zekâ, ince zekâ, akıl, ince espri, nükte, zeki kimse im Türkisch Englisch wörterbuch

wit

Intelligence; common sense

The opportunity was right in front of you, and you didn't even have the wit to take it!.

Intellectual ability; faculty of thinking, reasoning

Where she has gone to is beyond the wit of man to say.

Sanity

He's gone completely out of his wits.

The ability to think quickly; mental cleverness, especially under short time constraints

My father had a quick wit and a steady hand.

{v} to know, understand, blame

{n} a man of genius, quickness of fancy understanding, sense, judgement

Wit is the ability to use words or ideas in an amusing, clever, and imaginative way. Boulding was known for his biting wit

To know; to learn

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

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

a message whose ingenuity or verbal skill or incongruity has the power to evoke laughter

{f} know (Archaic)

Mind; intellect; understanding; sense

A person who tells funny anecdotes or jokes; someone witty

the power of readily combining objects in such a manner

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

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

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

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

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(i·sim) zekâ·, in·ce zekâ·, a·kıl, in·ce esp·ri, nük·te, ze·ki kim·se