Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Quickness, accuracy, and keenness of judgment or insight.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Quickness of perception; the faculty of nice discrimination; mental acuteness or penetration; keenness of insight.
- noun In botany, a tapering point. Synonyms Penetration, discernment, acuteness, sharpness, perspicacity, insight.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Quickness of perception or discernment; penetration of mind; the faculty of nice discrimination.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun quickness of perception or discernment; penetration of mind; the faculty of nice discrimination
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun shrewdness shown by keen insight
- noun a tapering point
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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That business acumen is particularly important these days as Volcom has been hit hard by the drop in consumer spending.
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Their acumen is also a testament to the kind of player Britt could be in the NFL.
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This specimen of legal acumen is front and center in the Cartel ` s jihad, having appeared for Viacom when it sued YouTube, for the RIAA against Jammie Thomas, single mother.
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This specimen of legal acumen is front and center in the Cartel ` s jihad, having appeared for Viacom when it sued YouTube, for the RIAA against Jammie Thomas, single mother.
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But the overlap between love of books and native business acumen is fairly narrow.
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As before, Cole's military acumen is almost flawless, except for one hard-to-believe casualty that Cole's demonstrated savvy seems sure to have avoided.
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Your political acumen is matched only by your apparently burgeoning music critic career ….
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Monkey: Your scientific acumen is clearly lacking.
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If offensive acumen is measured in first downs, the game was among the most one-sided in the history of both franchises.
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Ambassador Tony Garza married to Maria Asunción Aramburuzabala, who has holdings in Grupo Modelo and Televisa and whose management acumen is well-recognized.
adski commented on the word acumen
Overused by my boss?
May 26, 2008
bilby commented on the word acumen
Don't like. *bruxes*
September 8, 2008
everett commented on the word acumen
The inaugural entry on my "Words I dislike" list.
December 11, 2009
jwjarvis commented on the word acumen
business acumen
September 8, 2010
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She was a pretty blond vampire I'd met a couple of times before, a sensible sort of individual with considerable business acumen. -Charlaine Harris, Living Dead in Dallas
December 11, 2010
myth17 commented on the word acumen
Is Acumen the answer for a good GRE score?
August 5, 2012