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acumen

  (ăk'yə-mən, ə-kyū'-) pronunciation
n.

Quickness, accuracy, and keenness of judgment or insight.

[Latin acūmen, from acuere, to sharpen, from acus, needle.]

USAGE NOTE   The pronunciation (ə-kyū'mən), with stress on the second syllable, is an older, traditional pronunciation reflecting the word's Latin origin. In recent years it has been supplanted as the most common pronunciation of the word by an Anglicized variant with stress on the first syllable, (ăk'yə-mən). In a recent survey, 68 percent of the Usage Panel chose this as their pronunciation, while 29 percent preferred the pronunciation with stress on the second syllable. The remaining 3 percent of the Panelists said they use both pronunciations.


 
 
Antonyms: acumen

n

Definition: ability to understand and reason
Antonyms: denseness, ignorance, inability, ineptness, obtuseness, stupidity


 
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IN BRIEF: Quick thinking or insight.

pronunciation Daniel approached the issues with great acumen.

 
Translations: Translations for: Acumen

Dansk (Danish)
n. - skarpsindighed, skarpsyn, kløgt, dygtighed

Nederlands (Dutch)
scherpzinnigheid

Français (French)
n. - sagacité, perspicacité, flair

Deutsch (German)
n. - Scharfsinn, Scharfsinnigkeit

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - οξυδέρκεια, οξύνοια

Italiano (Italian)
acume, perspicacia

Português (Portuguese)
n. - acume (m), perspicácia (f)

Русский (Russian)
проницательность

Español (Spanish)
n. - agudeza, perspicacia

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - skarpsinne

中文(简体) (Chinese (Simplified))
敏锐, 聪明

中文(繁體) (Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 敏銳, 聰明

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 날카로움, 안식, 총명

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 鋭さ, 眼識, 明敏

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) فطنه‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮פיקחות, חריפות השכל‬


 
 

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