accumulated knowledge or erudition or enlightenment
Used in a Sentence
wisdom
How to use wisdom in a sentence. Example sentences and definitions for wisdom.
Editorial note
They draw wisdom from them, so they don't repeat them.
Examples12
Definitions5
Parts of speech1
Quick take
accumulated knowledge or erudition or enlightenment
Meaning at a glance
The clearest senses and uses of wisdom gathered in one view.
the trait of utilizing knowledge and experience with common sense and insight
ability to apply knowledge or experience or understanding or common sense and insight
Definitions
Core meanings and parts of speech for wisdom.
noun
accumulated knowledge or erudition or enlightenment
noun
the trait of utilizing knowledge and experience with common sense and insight
See also: wiseness
noun
ability to apply knowledge or experience or understanding or common sense and insight
See also: sapience
noun
the quality of being prudent and sensible
noun
an Apocryphal book consisting mainly of a meditation on wisdom; although ascribed to Solomon it was probably written in the first century BC
See also: Wisdom
Example sentences
They draw wisdom from them, so they don't repeat them.
Plus of course there are shards of wisdom here and there that are important to know.
They are pearls of wisdom and it would be sad to lose them because of a decline in support for RSS.
There are hundreds of years of wisdom built up about manufacturing that all has to funnel through....
"Now you know not to do that" were his words of wisdom, and I continued programming the system for the next 4 summers with no real mistakes.
Yet no other man was more modest in the possession of the power that is knowledge, more sure that power without wisdom is deadly.
It's received wisdom in the valley that your most lucrative pool of candidates is the network of your current employees.
Instead, she talked to male coworkers, not specifically HR or a founder, about the wisdom of allowing women to hula hoop in the office?
The last essay I read before this one suggested --- in agreement with the conventional wisdom of VC's --- that a company needs to be Dropbox-successful to move the needle for YC.
As usual, Stallman was not only ahead of his time, but also swimming against the tide of conventional wisdom, immediately after the attacks of 9/11.
This article ignores a lot of peer-reviewed literature from planning, public health / injury prevention, and civil engineering in favor of some folksy wisdom of a lieutenant cop.
Contrary to the conventional wisdom, which suggests that doctors in the 1840s were sticking horse-manure-covered hands into the exposed wounds of patients, handwashing was apparently already a norm.
Frequently asked questions
Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.
How do you use wisdom in a sentence?
They draw wisdom from them, so they don't repeat them.
What does wisdom mean?
accumulated knowledge or erudition or enlightenment
What part of speech is wisdom?
wisdom is commonly used as noun.