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• Wiles — is a family name. For its etymology, meaning, related names, and translations, see Wiktionary. People commonly known by the family name Wiles include: * Andrew Wiles, British mathematician who proved Fermat s Last Theorem * Archie Wiles,… …   Wikipedia

• Wiles — ist der Familienname folgender Personen: Andrew Wiles (* 1953), britischer Mathematiker Archie Wiles (1892–1957), Cricketspieler aus Barbados, der für Trinidad spielte Irving Ramsey Wiles (1861–1948), US amerikanischer Maler Jason Wiles (* 1970) …   Deutsch Wikipedia

• wiles — [waılz] n [plural] [Date: 1100 1200; Origin: Perhaps from an unrecorded Old North French wile (singular), from Old French guile; GUILE] clever talk or tricks used to persuade someone to do what you want ▪ It was impossible to resist her feminine… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• Wiles — Andrew John …   Scientists

• wiles — index knavery Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

• wiles — [ waılz ] noun plural ways of persuading or tricking someone so that they do what you want …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• wiles — ► PLURAL NOUN ▪ devious or cunning stratagems. ORIGIN perhaps related to an Old Norse word meaning craft …   English terms dictionary

• Wiles, Andrew John — ▪ 1994       In June 1993, at a small conference of mathematicians at the Isaac Newton Institute, Cambridge, Andrew Wiles dropped a historic bombshell. He had solved one of mathematics oldest mysteries, Fermat s last theorem. The Princeton… …   Universalium

• wiles — n tricks, stratagems, ruses, ploys, devices, contrivances, guile, manoeuvres, subterfuge, cunning, deceit, deception, cheating, trickery, fraud, craftiness, artfulness, chicanery COLLOQ. dodges ≠ guilelessness * * * [plural noun] trickery,… …   Useful english dictionary

• Wiles , Andrew John — (1953–) British mathematician The son of a theology professor, Wiles was educated at Cambridge University, where he gained his PhD in 1980. He immediately took up an appointment as professor of mathematics at Princeton. Wiles worked on the most… …   Scientists

• wiles — [[t]wa͟ɪlz[/t]] N PLURAL: usu supp N, N of n Wiles are clever tricks that people, especially women, use to persuade other people to do something. She claimed that women use their feminine wiles to get on …   English dictionary