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nounWit is the ability to use words or ideas in an amusing, clever, and imaginative way.Boulding was known for his biting wit.They love her practical attitude to life, her zest and wit.If you describe someone as a wit, you mean that they have the ability to use words or ideas in an amusing, clever, and imaginative way.Holmes was gregarious, a great wit, a man of wide interests.If you say that someone has the wit to do something, you mean that they have the intelligence and understanding to make the right decision or take the right action in a particular situation .The information is there and waiting to be accessed by anyone with the wit to use it.You can refer to your ability to think quickly and cleverly in a difficult situation as your wits .She has used her wits to progress to the position she holds today.You can use wits in expressions such as frighten someone out of their wits and scare the wits out of someone to emphasize that a person or thing worries or frightens someone very much.You scared us out of our wits. We heard you had an accident....a huge bass drum which frightened the wits out of the organist each time it was banged. C1

word	wit
definition	noun Wit is the ability to use words or ideas in an amusing, clever, and imaginative way. Boulding was known for his biting wit. They love her practical attitude to life, her zest and wit. If you describe someone as a wit, you mean that they have the ability to use words or ideas in an amusing, clever, and imaginative way. Holmes was gregarious, a great wit, a man of wide interests. If you say that someone has the wit to do something, you mean that they have the intelligence and understanding to make the right decision or take the right action in a particular situation . The information is there and waiting to be accessed by anyone with the wit to use it. You can refer to your ability to think quickly and cleverly in a difficult situation as your wits . She has used her wits to progress to the position she holds today. You can use wits in expressions such as frighten someone out of their wits and scare the wits out of someone to emphasize that a person or thing worries or frightens someone very much. You scared us out of our wits. We heard you had an accident. ...a huge bass drum which frightened the wits out of the organist each time it was banged.
inflections	wits
cefr-level	C1

Wits Ability Words Ideas Amusing Clever Imaginative Situation