GATHER (OR COLLECT) ONE'S WITS

Meaning of GATHER (OR COLLECT) ONE'S WITS in English

gather ( or collect) one's wits

allow oneself to think calmly and clearly in a demanding situation.

→ wit

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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
GATHER — I. verb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a crowd gathers ▪ A large crowd had gathered to watch the procession go …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
COLLECT — I. verb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a collect call American English (= one paid for by the person who receives …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
OR — I. _ə(r), (|)ȯ(ə)r, (|)ȯ(ə), in southern US also (|)ä(r) conjunction Etymology: Middle English other, or, from Old English oththe, oththa, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
ONE — I. |wən adjective Etymology: Middle English oon, on, from Old English ān; akin to Old High German ein one, Old …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
GATHER — I. ˈgathə(r), ˈgeth- sometimes ˈgȧth- verb ( gathered ; gathered ; gathering -th(ə)riŋ ; gathers ) Etymology: Middle English gaderen, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
COLLECT — I. ˈkälikt, -(ˌ)lekt noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English collecte, from Old French, from Medieval Latin collecta (short for …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
WITS — plural of wit
Webster's New International English Dictionary
GATHER — (v. t.) To haul in; to take up; as, to gather the slack of a rope.
Английский словарь Webster
GATHER — (v. t.) To bring closely together the parts or particles of; to contract; to compress; to bring together in folds …
Английский словарь Webster
ONE — /wun/ , adj. 1. being or amounting to a single unit or individual or entire thing, item, or object rather …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
GATHER — — gatherable , adj. — gatherer , n. /gadh"euhr/ , v.t. 1. to bring together into one group, collection, or …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
COLLECT — collect 1 /keuh lekt"/ , v.t. 1. to gather together; assemble: The professor collected the students' exams. 2. to accumulate; …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
WITS — n. soundness of mind; sane mental faculties; sanity; cleverness and ability to think quickly
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ONE — I. ˈwən adjective Etymology: Middle English on, an, from Old English ān; akin to Old High German ein one, Latin …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
GATHER — I. ˈga-thər also ˈge- verb ( gath·ered ; gath·er·ing ˈgath-riŋ, ˈga-thə-) Etymology: Middle English gaderen, from Old English gaderian; akin …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
COLLECT — I. ˈkä-likt also -ˌlekt noun Etymology: Middle English collecte, from Anglo-French, from Medieval Latin collecta (short for oratio ad collectam …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
GATHER — vi to collect or bring things together. 2. gather ·vt to haul in; to take up; as, to gather the …
Webster English vocab
COLLECT — vt to infer from observed facts; to conclude from premises. 2. collect ·vi to infer; to conclude. 3. collect ·vt …
Webster English vocab
GATHER — [gath.er] vb gath.ered ; gath.er.ing [ME gaderen, fr. OE gaderian; akin to Skt gadhya what one clings to--more at good] …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
COLLECT — [col.lect] n [ME collecte, fr. OF, fr. ML collecta (short for oratio ad collectam prayer upon assembly), fr. LL, assembly, …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
GATHER — gather BrE AmE ˈɡæð ə § ˈɡɑːð- AmE - ə r ▷ gather|ed d ▷ gathering ˈɡæð ə r‿ɪŋ § …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
COLLECT — I collect verb, adjective, adverb BrE AmE kə ˈlekt ▷ collect|ed ɪd əd ▷ collect|ing ɪŋ ▷ collect|s s II …
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Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
GATHER — / ˈgæðə(r); NAmE / verb COME / BRING TOGETHER 1. to come together, or bring people together, in one place …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
COLLECT — / kəˈlekt; NAmE / verb , adjective , adverb ■ verb BRING TOGETHER 1. [ vn ] collect sth (from …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
OR — or S1 W1 /ə; strong ɔː $ ər strong ɔːr/ BrE AmE conjunction [ Language: Old English ; Origin: oththe …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
ONE — I. one 1 S1 W1 /wʌn/ BrE AmE number 1 . the number 1: They had one daughter. one hundred …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
GATHER — I. gath ‧ er 1 S3 W2 /ˈɡæðə $ -ər/ BrE AmE verb [ Language: Old English ; Origin: gaderian …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
COLLECT — I. col ‧ lect 1 S1 W2 /kəˈlekt/ BrE AmE verb [ Word Family: noun : ↑ collection , ↑ …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
OR — conj. 1 a introducing the second of two alternatives (white or black). b introducing all but the first, or only …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
ONE — adj., n., & pron. --adj. 1 single and integral in number. 2 (with a noun implied) a single person or …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
GATHER — v. & n. --v. 1 tr. & intr. bring or come together; assemble, accumulate. 2 tr. (usu. foll. by up) …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
OR — conj. 1 a introducing the second of two alternatives (white or black). b introducing all but the first, or only …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
ONE — adj., n., & pron. adj. 1 single and integral in number. 2 (with a noun implied) a single person or …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
GATHER — v. & n. v. 1 tr. & intr. bring or come together; assemble, accumulate. 2 tr. (usu. foll. by up) …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
OR — 1.conj. 1. a introducing the second of two alternatives (white or black). b introducing all but the first, or only …
Oxford English vocab
ONE — adj., n., & pron. --adj. 1. single and integral in number. 2 (with a noun implied) a single person or …
Oxford English vocab
GATHER — v. & n. --v. 1. tr. & intr. bring or come together; assemble, accumulate. 2 tr. (usu. foll. by up) …
Oxford English vocab
COLLECT — 1. v., adj., & adv. --v. 1. tr. & intr. bring or come together; assemble, accumulate. 2 tr. systematically seek …
Oxford English vocab
OR — Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. You use or to link two …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
ONE — ( ones) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. One is the number …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
GATHER — ( gathers, gathering, gathered) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. If people …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
COLLECT — ( collects, collecting, collected) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. If you …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
GATHER — (~s, ~ing, ~ed) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. If people ~ …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
WITS — [plural] [noun] - practical intelligence or understandingShe's learned to survive on her keen wits and intellect.He'll need all the wits …
Cambridge English vocab
GATHER — Synonyms and related words : accouple, accumulate, affiliate, agglomerate, agglutinate, aggregate, aggroup, ally, amass, approach, articulate, assemble, associate, assume, await, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
GATHER — verb 1 come together in a group ADVERB ▪ quickly ▪ about ( BrE ), around , round ( esp. …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
COLLECT — I. verb Collect is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑ crowd Collect is used with these nouns as …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
WITS — • ↑ be at your wits' end • ↑ keep/have your wits about you • ↑ scared stiff/scared out of …
Longman Activator English vocab
COLLECT — INDEX: 1. to collect things 2. someone who collects things 3. things that have been collected RELATED WORDS see also …
Longman Activator English vocab
COLLECT — n. 25B6; verb he collected the rubbish : GATHER, accumulate, assemble; amass, stockpile, pile up, heap up, store (up), hoard, …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
WITS — n. 1) to collect one's ~ 2) the ~ to + inf. (he didn't have enough ~ to realize what …
The Bbi Combinatory Dictionary of English - A Guide to Word Combinations
WITS — gewitt
Англо-Староанглийский словарь
ONE — pronoun 1 BAD : Fluency in English is one of the best qualifications you can have. GOOD : Fluency in …
Longman Common Errors English vocabulary
WITS — [Windows Integrated Test Suite] комплекс тестов в среде Windows, контрольный набор тестов WITS
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
WITS — Остроумие
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
OR — I союз или, иначе Make haste or else you will be late. ≈ Торопитесь, иначе вы опоздаете. or so ≈ …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
ONE
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
GATHER — гл. 1) собирать(ся) (around) to gather a crowd ≈ собирать толпу They gathered around the speaker. ≈ Они столпились вокруг …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
COLLECT — I 1. гл. 1) соединять в целое а) собирать (тж. collect up) Collecting up her belongings, she ran out of …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
WITS — Ум
Американский Англо-Русский словарь

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