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see the wood for the trees

see the wood for the tree
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [see stressed th ee woo d fawr stressed th ee tree]
    • /si stressed ði wʊd fɔr stressed ði tri/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [see stressed th ee woo d fawr stressed th ee tree]
    • /si stressed ði wʊd fɔr stressed ði tri/

Definitions of see the wood for the trees words

  • noun see the wood for the trees to obtain a general view of a situation, problem, etc, without allowing details to cloud one's analysis 0
  • verb see the wood for the trees Alternative form of see the forest for the trees. 0
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Parts of speech for See the wood for the trees

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
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see the wood for the trees popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 95% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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