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wist

wist
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [wist]
    • /wɪst/
    • /ˈwɪst/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [wist]
    • /wɪst/

Definitions of wist word

  • verb wist simple past tense and past participle of wit2 . 1
  • idioms wist to wit, that is to say; namely: It was the time of the vernal equinox, to wit, the beginning of spring. 1
  • noun wist (archaic) Simple past tense and past participle of wit. 1
  • abbreviation WIST wit2 0
  • verb wist (nonstandard, pseudo-archaic) To know, be aware of. 0

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Origin of wist

First appearance:

before 900
One of the 4% oldest English words
before 900; Middle English witen, Old English witan; cognate with Dutch weten, German wissen, Old Norse vita, Gothic witan to know; akin to Latin vidēre, Greek ideîn to see, Sanskrit vidati (he) knows. See wot

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Parts of speech for Wist

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

wist popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 77% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.

wist usage trend in Literature

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Synonyms for wist

noun wist

  • funned — something that provides mirth or amusement: A picnic would be fun.
  • humored — a comic, absurd, or incongruous quality causing amusement: the humor of a situation.
  • joked — Simple past tense and past participle of joke.
  • bantered — Simple past tense and past participle of banter.
  • gagged — to introduce usually comic interpolations into (a script, an actor's part, or the like) (usually followed by up).

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