Acumen
11acumen — The 19c pronunciation as recorded in the OED was with the stress on the second syllable. This is still the dominant pronunciation in AmE, but in BrE stress on the first syllable is now standard …
12acumen — [n] ability to understand and reason acuity, acuteness, astuteness, awareness, brains, brilliance, cleverness, comprehension, cunning, discernment, discrimination, farsightedness, good taste, grasp, guile, ingenuity, insight, intellect,… …
13acumen — ► NOUN ▪ the ability to make good judgements and take quick decisions. ORIGIN Latin, sharpness, point …
14acumen — [ə kyo͞o′mən, ak′yə mən] n. [L, a point, sting, mental acuteness < acuere, to sharpen < IE base * ak̑ : see ACID] keenness and quickness in understanding and dealing with a situation; shrewdness …
15acumen — n. 1) to demonstrate, display acumen 2) business; legal acumen 3) the acumen to + inf. (she had enough acumen to see through the scheme) * * * [ ækjʊmən] display acumen legal acumen business to demonstrate the acumen to + inf. (she had enough… …
16acumen — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ considerable, great ▪ business, commercial (BrE), financial, legal, political, technical VERB + ACUMEN …
17acumen — [16] Acumen is a direct borrowing from Latin acūmen, which meant both literally ‘point’ and figuratively ‘sharpness’. It derived from the verb acuere ‘sharpen’, which was also the source of English acute. The original pronunciation of acumen in… …
18acumen — [16] Acumen is a direct borrowing from Latin acūmen, which meant both literally ‘point’ and figuratively ‘sharpness’. It derived from the verb acuere ‘sharpen’, which was also the source of English acute. The original pronunciation of acumen in… …
19acumen — acuminous /euh kyooh meuh neuhs/, adj. /euh kyooh meuhn, ak yeuh /, n. keen insight; shrewdness: remarkable acumen in business matters. [1525 35; < L acumen sharpness, equiv. to acu (s. of acuere to sharpen; see ACUTE) + men n. suffix] * * * …
20acumen — ac|u|men [ˈækjumən, əˈkju:mən] n [U] [Date: 1500 1600; : Latin; Origin: point , from acuere; ACUTE] the ability to think quickly and make good judgments business/political/financial etc acumen ▪ The firm s success is largely due to Brannon s… …
