wises (up)

verb

Definition of wises (up)next
present tense third-person singular of wise (up)
1
as in informs
to give information to wised him up to some of the more effective tricks of salesmanship

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2
as in realizes
to come to an awareness of she eventually wised up to the fact that he was taking advantage of her

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for wises (up)
  1. informs
  2. realizes
  3. advises
  4. discovers
  5. tells
  6. sees
  7. instructs
  8. learns
Verb
  • Perspective informs your truth and your truth makes your reality.
    Ryan Gaydos, Fox News, 23 Dec. 2024
  • The Oklahoma City Thunder are inking reserve shooting guard Alex Caruso to a four-season, $81 million contract extension to stay with the club long-term, Caruso's agent at Wasserman, Greg Lawrence, informs Shams Charania of ESPN.
    Gord Magill, Newsweek, 22 Dec. 2024
Definition of informs
Verb
  • From the perspective of sentiment, this is the part of the trend where everyone realizes at once the direction of the trend.
    Beth Kindig, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
  • And in this episode, Maddie finally realizes it, too.
    Erin Strecker, IndieWire, 23 Dec. 2024
Definition of realizes
Verb
  • To avoid a surprise result, Nitti advises companies to gather as much information as possible and sit down with a good tax advisor to discuss options and timing in 2025.
    Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes, 24 Dec. 2024
  • Legendary investor Warren Buffett advises to be fearful when others are greedy, and be greedy when others are fearful.
    Dividend Channel, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
Definition of advises
Verb
  • Meanwhile, Jun-ho infiltrates the facility and discovers the Front Man is his brother In-ho (Lee Byung-hun), a former winner of the games and now its most zealous convert.
    Kelly Lawler, USA TODAY, 24 Dec. 2024
  • Among the 456 players, Gi-Hun discovers one is his childhood friend Sang-woo (Park Hae-soo).
    Kelly Lawler, USA TODAY, 24 Dec. 2024
Definition of discovers
Verb
  • Moving onto the finale, where Paul tells Jimmy to face his shame and fear with Alice.
    Jim Halterman, Variety, 24 Dec. 2024
  • Historic New Orleans Collection This is a museum, research center, and publisher that was founded in the 1960s and tells the story of New Orleans and the Gulf South through exhibitions, original texts, and its public research center.
    Nicole Kliest, Vogue, 24 Dec. 2024
Definition of tells
Verb
  • Nobody sees Santa Claus, but that is no sign that there is no Santa Claus.
    Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 24 Dec. 2024
  • And in fact, the IEA’s own medium-term forecast, out to 2030, suggests that oil demand will rise by 3 million barrels per day (mb/d) by 2030, versus the Stated Policies scenario in the latest World Energy Outlook, which sees 2030 oil demand as virtually unchanged from 2023.
    Michael Lynch, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
Definition of sees
Verb
  • The bill instructs the convening of an 11-member council with appointments made by the president and leaders in both parties to include academic experts, researchers, parents, youth representatives and others who are well-versed in social media and online safety.
    Lisa Hagen, Hartford Courant, 19 Dec. 2024
  • The tablet also instructs adherents to worship on Mount Gerizim, a holy site for Samaritans, near the modern-day city of Nablus.
    Sarah Ventre, NPR, 16 Dec. 2024
Definition of instructs
Verb
  • Yet as the story unfolds, Scrooge himself learns the profound value of a pause through his transformative journey with the Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present, and Yet to Come.
    Scott Hutcheson, Forbes, 24 Dec. 2024
  • Our reporter is the first person to visit the camp and learns what the future of the residents looks like now that the regime has fallen.
    Greg Dixon, NPR, 23 Dec. 2024
Definition of learns
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