wis
verb (used with or without object)
to know.
wis
1 American
[wis]
/ wɪs /
verb (used with or without object)
Archaic.
Wis.
2
American
Or
Wisc
abbreviation
Wis.
1
British
abbreviation
wis
2
British
/ wɪs /
verb
Etymology
Origin of wis
1500–10; by false analysis of iwis as I wis I know; see wit 2
Example Sentences
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“I wasn’t a part of the approval process, and I didn’t have access to the financing, not even” for her firm, WIS Media Partners.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 3, 2020
The $26 million paid to WIS Media Partners, the firm founded by Melania Trump’s friend, was mostly redirected to subcontractors that provided services for the events.
From Slate • Feb. 16, 2018
After claiming the conference championship in 2013 and 2014, WIS is trying to recapture the title this fall.
From Washington Post • Oct. 5, 2016
“It was a huge motivational tool. WIS doesn’t have a football or lacrosse team, so our main thing is soccer. It’s the biggest thing that gets the whole community out together.”
From Washington Post • Sep. 21, 2016
Above all, write your own name distinctly,—which is more than many do, and much more than was done by the gentleman described in the following letter from a kindly correspondent:— MADISON, WIS.
From The Continental Monthly, Vol. 1, No. 3, March, 1862 by Various
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