[dīengsā] (v) EN: be sensible ; know the way of the world ; be intelligent ; be responsible ; be mature ; be of age ; reach the age of discretion ; know what is right or wrongFR: être raisonnable ; être sensé ; être avisé ; faire preuve de maturité
(n) the manner in which people typically behave or things typically happen, Syn. the ways of the world, Example:the ordinary reader is endowed with considerable wisdom and knowledge of the way of the world; she was well-versed in the ways of the world before she had taken the veil; he was amazingly innocent of the ways of the world