"wisdom" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

wisdom sustantivo

sustantivo + wisdom
Kolokacji: 5
folk wisdom • wisdom of one's decision • World Wisdom • wisdom of one's years • wisdom of one's readers
wisdom + sustantivo
Kolokacji: 4
Wisdom Tooth • Wisdom Publication • wisdom literature • wisdom tradition
wisdom + verbo
Kolokacji: 12
wisdom holds • wisdom says • wisdom comes • wisdom suggests • wisdom dictates • ...
verbo + wisdom
Kolokacji: 29
question the wisdom • see the wisdom • give wisdom • wisdom is missed • learn wisdom • ...
(1) question, defy, doubt
Kolokacji: 3
2. defy wisdom = przecz mądrości defy wisdom
  • But it is anyone's guess what will happen next, in a year that has seemed to defy conventional wisdom at almost every turn.
  • The album's success defies the conventional wisdom of the record business.
  • "That is partly why this appears to defy conventional wisdom."
  • Very sure of himself, he seems determined to defy conventional wisdom about what can and cannot be accomplished in Israel.
  • These observations are trends which have developed over time, and sometimes defy conventional wisdom.
  • "Here's a man who in a very unconventional year continues to defy conventional wisdom," he said.
  • Public housing isn't the only factor in the area's comeback that seems to defy conventional wisdom.
  • It's a reminder of how thoroughly the economy has defied the old conventional wisdom.
  • No one, it seems, wants to bet too heavily on the direction of interest rates, which could always defy conventional wisdom and head higher again.
  • President Clinton defied conventional wisdom and forced global warming to the center of our public dialogue.
3. doubt the wisdom = wątp w mądrość doubt the wisdom
(4) miss, possess, need, lack
Kolokacji: 4
(5) show, bring, call, convey
Kolokacji: 4
(6) seek, accumulate
Kolokacji: 2
(7) represent, embody, mean
Kolokacji: 3
adjetivo + wisdom
Kolokacji: 47
conventional wisdom • great wisdom • common wisdom • ancient wisdom • infinite wisdom • ...
preposición + wisdom
Kolokacji: 13
of wisdom • with wisdom • for wisdom • in one's wisdom • to wisdom • ...

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