AT ONE'S WIT'S END

Meaning of AT ONE'S WIT'S END in English

or at one's wits' end : at a loss for a means of solving a problem

Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary. Merriam Webster - Энциклопедический словарь английского языка. 2012

AT ONE'S WIT'S END — or at one's wits' end phrasal at a loss for a means of solving a problem
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
AT ONE'S WIT'S END — at a loss as means to solve a problem
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AT ONE'S WIT'S END — or at one's wits' end : at a loss for a means of solving a problem
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
AT ONE'S WIT'S END — = at wits end {adj. phr.} Having no ideas as to how to meet a difficulty or solve a problem; …
Slang English vocab
AT ONE'S WIT'S END — adj. phr. Having no ideas as to how to meet a difficulty or solve a problem; feeling puzzled after having …
American Idioms English vocabulary
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
WIT — I. ˈwit, usu -id.+V verb ( past wist ˈwist ; past part wist present part witting present first & third …
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
END — I. ˈend noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English ende, from Old English; akin to Old High German enti end, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
AT — I. ət, (ˈ)at, usu -d.+V preposition Etymology: Middle English, from Old English æt; akin to Old High German az at, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
WIT — wit 1 /wit/ , n. 1. the keen perception and cleverly apt expression of those connections between ideas that awaken …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
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
END — end 1 — ender , n. /end/ , n. 1. the last part or extremity, lengthwise, of anything that is …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
WIT — I. ˈwit verb ( wist ˈwist ; wit·ting present first & third singular wot ˈwät) Etymology: Middle English witen (1st …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
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
WIT — (·inf) of wit. 2. wit ·v mind; intellect; understanding; sense. 3. wit ·noun to know; to learn. 4. wit ·v …
Webster English vocab
AT — prep the relations of time, age, or order; as, at ten o'clock; at twenty-one; at once; at first. 2. at …
Webster English vocab
WIT — [wit] vb wist ; wit.ting pres 1st & 3d sing wot [ME witen (1st & 3d sing. pres. wot, past …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
WIT — / wɪt; NAmE / noun 1. [ U , sing. ] the ability to say or write things that are …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
WIT — wit /wɪt/ BrE AmE noun [ Language: Old English ; Origin: 'knowledge, intelligence' ] 1 . AMUSING [uncountable] the ability …
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
END — I. end 1 S1 W1 /end/ BrE AmE noun [ Word Family: noun : ↑ end , ↑ ending ; …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
AT — at S1 W1 /ət; strong æt/ BrE AmE preposition [ Language: Old English ; Origin: æt ] 1 . used …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
WIT — n. 1 (in sing. or pl.) intelligence; quick understanding (has quick wits; a nimble wit). 2 a the unexpected, quick, …
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
END — n. & v. --n. 1 a the extreme limit; the point beyond which a thing does not continue. b an …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
WIT — n. 1 (in sing. or pl.) intelligence; quick understanding (has quick wits; a nimble wit). 2 a the unexpected, quick, …
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
END — n. & v. n. 1 a the extreme limit; the point beyond which a thing does not continue. b an …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
WIT — 1. n.1 (in sing. or pl.) intelligence; quick understanding (has quick wits; a nimble wit). 2 a the unexpected, quick, …
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
END — n. & v. --n. 1. a the extreme limit; the point beyond which a thing does not continue. b an …
Oxford English vocab
WIT — ( wits) 1. Wit is the ability to use words or ideas in an amusing, clever, and imaginative way. Boulding …
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
END — ( ends, ending, ended) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. The end …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
AT — Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. Note: In addition to the uses shown …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
WIT — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a ready wit ▪ an intelligent man with a ready wit addle sb’s brains/wits ▪ …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
WIT — [noun] [U]Is it really beyond the wit (= wits) of the council to realise they can't postpone this decision indefinitely?He …
Cambridge English vocab
END — (LAST POINT) [noun] [C] - the point in space or time beyond which something no longer exists, or a part …
Cambridge English vocab
WIT — Synonyms and related words : ESP, IQ, Italian hand, ability, acumen, acuteness, address, adeptness, adroitness, airmanship, alertness, apprehension, art, artfulness, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
END — See: AT LOOSE ENDS, AT ONE'S WITS' END, BURN THE CANDLE AT BOTH ENDS, GO OFF THE DEEP END, HAIR …
Slang English vocab
WIT — n. half wit mother wit to wit
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
WIT — n. Function: noun 1 Synonyms: MIND 1, brain, gray matter, head, ||upper story, ||upperworks Related Words: perspicacity, sagacity; apprehension, awareness, …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
WIT — I. ||wit verb Synonyms: understand 3, assume, believe, ||conceit, conceive, gather, imagine, ||reckon, suppose, think II. wit noun 1. Synonyms: …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocabulary
WIT — noun 1 clever use of words ADJECTIVE ▪ great ▪ quick , ready ▪ acerbic , barbed , biting , …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
END — INDEX: 1. the last part of an event or period of time 2. the last part of a book, film, …
Longman Activator English vocab
WIT — n. 25B6; noun he needed all his wits to escape : INTELLIGENCE, shrewdness, astuteness, cleverness, canniness, (common) sense, wisdom, sagacity, …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
WIT — n. 1 intelligence, brains, mind, (common) sense, judgement, understanding, discernment, wisdom, sagacity, insight, astuteness, cleverness, Slang savvy He hasn't the …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
END — See: AT LOOSE ENDS, AT ONE'S WITS' END, BURN THE CANDLE AT BOTH ENDS, GO OFF THE DEEP END, HAIR …
Словарь английских идиом
ONE — pronoun 1 BAD : Fluency in English is one of the best qualifications you can have. GOOD : Fluency in …
Longman Common Errors English vocabulary
END — I verb 1 BAD : The film was ended at eight-thirty. GOOD : The film ended at eight-thirty. ◆◆◆ The …
Longman Common Errors English vocabulary
WIT — 1. сущ. 1) часто мн. разум, ум 2) остроумие to display, show wit ≈ продемонстрировать остроумие/сообразительность dry wit ≈ сдержанный …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
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Большой Англо-Русский словарь
END — конец, окончание - happy * счастливый конец; счастливая развязка - to put an * to smth. положить конец чему-либо, покончить …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
AT — I (полная форма); (редуцированная форма) предл. 1) (самое общее значение нахождения в некоторой точке пространства) у, в, за, на He …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
WIT — wit.ogg _I wıt n 1. часто pl ум, разум quick slow wits - сообразительность несообразительность dull wits - тупоумие, тупость …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
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Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
END — end.ogg 1. end n _I 1. конец, окончание happy end - счастливый /благополучный/ конец; счастливая развязка to put /to set/ …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
AT — at.ogg æt (полная форма); ət (редуцированная форма) prep 1. в пространственном значении указывает на 1> нахождение около какого-л. предмета у, …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей

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