wise

wise
wise
A sout n (way) façon f ; in no wise en aucune façon, aucunement.
B adj
1 (prudent) [person] sage, prudent ; [action, advice, decision, precaution] sage ; [choice] judicieux/-ieuse ; it is wise of sb to do il est prudent de la part de qn de faire ; you would be wise to do tu ferais bien de faire ; I think it wise that you should do je pense qu'il serait sage de ta part de faire ; to be wise enough to do avoir le bon sens de faire ; the wisest thing (to do) would be to le plus sage serait de ; was that wise? était-ce bien raisonnable? ;
2 (learned) [academic, book, speech] pertinent ; to be wise after the event être sage après coup ; to be none the wiser (understand no better) ne pas être plus avancé ; (not realize) ne s'apercevoir de rien ; to be sadder and wiser tirer la leçon de la triste expérience ;
3 (aware) to be wise to être au courant de [facts] ; to get wise to prendre le coup de [situation] ; to get wise to sb saisir à qui on a affaire ; to put sb wise to mettre qn au courant de, affranchir qn de [facts].
C -wise (dans composés)
1 (direction) dans le sens de ; length-/width-wise dans le sens de la longueur/de la largeur ;
2 (with regard to) pour ce qui est de ; time-/work-wise pour ce qui est du temps/du travail.
Idiom
a word to the wise :… en tout cas un conseil :…
Phrasal verb
wise up se mettre au courant (to de).

Big English-French dictionary. 2003.

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