Tra từ wit - Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

▪ I. wit [wit wits] BrE [wɪt] NAmE [wɪt] noun
1. uncountable, singular the ability to say or write things that are both clever and amusing
•to have a quick/sharp/dry/ready wit
•a woman of wit and intelligence
•a book full of the wit and wisdom of his 30 years in politics
2. countable a person who has the ability to say or write things that are both clever and amusing
•a well-known wit and raconteur
3. witsplural your ability to think quickly and clearly and to make good decisions
•He needed all his wits to find his way out.
•The game was a long battle of wits.
•Kate paused and gathered her wits.
•a chance to pit your wits against (= compete with, using your intelligence) our quiz champion
4. -witted (in adjectives)having the type of intelligence mentioned
•a quick-witted group of students
5. uncountable ~ to do sth the intelligence or good sense to know what is the right thing to do
•At least you had the wit to ask for help.
•It should not be beyond the wit of man to resolve this dispute.
see also ↑witless
more at live by your wits at ↑live ¹
Idioms: ↑at your wits' end ▪ ↑have your wits about you ▪ ↑scared out of your wits

Word Origin:
Old English wit(t), gewit(t), denoting the mind as the seat of consciousness, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch weet and German Witz, also to wit in the archaic sense ‘have knowledge’.

Word Family:
wit noun
witty adjective
witticism noun
outwit verb

Example Bank:
•He had a dry wit.
•He has plenty of wit and imagination.
•I hope he has the wit to take the key with him.
•I hope you had the wits to apologize.
•I was scared out of my wits!
•I'm at my wits' end trying to cope with his moods.
•Living alone in the country had dulled his wits.
•She couldn't seem to gather her wits and tell us what had happened.
•She had to use all her native wit to convince the police.
•The game allows you to match wits with a computer criminal.
•The latest news has scared the wits out of investors.
•The strike developed into a battle of wits between management and workers.
•They do tough interviews so you'll need to have your wits about you.
•He was blessed with great charm and a quick wit.
•I wanted to bowl him over with my sparkling wit.
•It shouldn't be beyond the wit of man to solve this issue.
•You'd think they'd have the wit to ask for help.

▪ II. to ˈwit idiom
(old-fashioned, formal)you use to wit when you are about to be more exact about sth that you have just referred to
•Pilot error, to wit failure to follow procedures, was the cause of the accident.
Main entry: ↑wit_idiom