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# wizard

noun (a wizard, wizards); adjective (wizard — old UK slang); interjection

«wizard» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A wizard is a man in stories who has magic powers. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wizard/#m1)
2. A wizard is a person who is extremely good at something, as in a maths wizard. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wizard/#m2)
3. (computing) A wizard is a step-by-step helper in a computer program. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wizard/#m3)
4. (old UK slang) Wizard! meant excellent, in old school stories. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wizard/#m4)

### In the lessons

In stories and fairy tales, wizards like Merlin and Gandalf cast spells and give advice; a witch is usually a woman with magic. In everyday life, praise someone as a wizard with numbers or a wizard on the football pitch. On computers, a setup wizard guides you through steps. Old British children's books use wizard! for great.

### Examples

- Merlin was a wise old wizard. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wizard/#x1)
- The wizard waved his wand and the frog became a prince. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wizard/#x2)
- My sister is a wizard at maths. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wizard/#x3)
- He's a wizard with a football. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wizard/#x4)
- Follow the setup wizard to install the game. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wizard/#x5)
- What a wizard idea! (old UK slang) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wizard/#x6)

### Note

Countable. Magic in stories is not real. Related: wizardry (great skill or magic). Wizard is usually male; witch is usually female in stories, though some modern stories use wizard for everyone.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «wizard» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wizard/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«wizard» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/wizard.html) on Mova free.