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# wisdom

«wisdom» in Mova's school dictionary: **the ability to make good, sensible decisions and…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (wisdom — uncountable)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Wisdom is the ability to make good, sensible decisions and judgments, using knowledge and experience. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wisdom/#m1)

2) Wisdom is the knowledge and good advice that people gather over time: «old wisdom», «the wisdom of our grandparents». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wisdom/#m2)

3) «Wisdom teeth» are the last back teeth, which grow in late teens or adulthood. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wisdom/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In stories and fables, wise characters — the owl, the old woman, the mentor — share wisdom; proverbs like «Look before you leap» are pieces of wisdom. In school, teachers say wisdom is more than knowing facts: it is knowing how and when to use them, and listening to others. In health lessons, wisdom teeth come late and sometimes need removing. Phrases: «words of wisdom», «wisdom teeth», «conventional wisdom».

### examples

- Grandma's words of wisdom helped me. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wisdom/#x1)
- The owl is a symbol of wisdom. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wisdom/#x2)
- It takes wisdom to know when to stay quiet. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wisdom/#x3)
- Fables teach wisdom through stories. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wisdom/#x4)
- Dad had his wisdom teeth out. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wisdom/#x5)
- Knowledge is knowing facts; wisdom is using them well. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wisdom/#x6)
- The king was famous for his wisdom. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wisdom/#x7)

### note

Uncountable: «wisdom», not «a wisdom». Adjective: wise. Spelling: wis-dom (wise loses the e and the s keeps the «z» sound). Myth: owls are really wise — they are excellent hunters, but not clever problem-solvers like crows.

### In the corpora

- [Everyone gets older: grey hair, glasses and stiffer knees come, but so do experience and wisdom.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/40-being-a-good-grown-up/13/)
- [The wise owl idea comes from ancient Greece, where the owl was the bird of Athena, the goddess of wisdom.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/154-more-animal-myths-from-cartoons/14/)
- [Children have 20 baby teeth and most have 28 adult teeth by about 13, with wisdom teeth sometimes later.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/76-olympiad-body-numbers-clocks-and-scores/13/)
- [Buddhism aims to end suffering through wisdom and kindness.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/33-buddhism-humanism-and-respect/6/)
- [King Solomon, famous for his wisdom, appears in the Bible, in the Qur'an and in the stories of many peoples.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/101-solomon-and-the-queen-of-sheba-one-story-in-many-books-and-the-legends-of-the-ring-and-the-jinn/0/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «wisdom» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wisdom/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.