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 Definitions of -wise  [ɪz]  

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Definition of '-wise' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1.  -wise
a suffixal use of wise2 in adverbs denoting manner, position, direction, reference, etc.:
clockwise; edgewise; marketwise; timewise.

Etymology:  (1585–95; < MD wijssager prophet, trans. of MHG wīssage, late OHG wīssago, earlier wīzzago wise person, c. OE wītega; akin to wit2)

Translation of '-wise' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: in respect of or as regards
This new idea may prove to be difficult costwise.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: gewys Arabic flag Arabic: لاحِقَه بِمَعْنى: فيما يَ Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: по отношение на
Brazilian flag Brazilian: em relação a Czech flag Czech: co se týče German flag German: ...-mäßig
Danish flag Danish: -mæssig Greek flag Greek: όσον αφορά (ως β΄ συνθ.) Spanish flag Spanish: en relación a, en cuanto
Estonian flag Estonian: suhtes Farsi flag Farsi: معقول Finnish flag Finnish: suhteen
French flag French: en ce qui concerne Hebrew flag Hebrew: מַצָב Hindi flag Hindi: प्रकार, भांति
Croatian flag Croatian: način Hungarian flag Hungarian: ... vonatkozásában Indonesian flag Indonesian: dalam hal
Icelandic flag Icelandic: -lega Italian flag Italian: (quanto a), (per quanto r Japanese flag Japanese: -に関して
Korean flag Korean: …의 점에서는 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: (ko nors) atžvilgiu, (kie Latvian flag Latvian: attiecībā uz
Malay flag Malay: dihargai Dutch flag Dutch: met bettrekking tot Norwegian flag Norwegian: -messig,–vis, –aktig
Polish flag Polish: pod względem ... Portuguese flag Portuguese: em relação a Romanian flag Romanian: în ceea ce priveşte
Russian flag Russian: в отношении, касательно ч Slovak flag Slovak: čo sa týka Slovenian flag Slovenian: kar se tiče
Serbian flag Serbian: u smislu Swedish flag Swedish: -mässigt Thai flag Thai: พิจารณา
Turkish flag Turkish: gibi, tarzında Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: (後綴)有關 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: щодо
Urdu flag Urdu: کے مطابق Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: có sáng suốt Chinese flag Chinese: (后缀)表示状态

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