acumen

acumen englannista suomeksi

1. äly, terävyys, terävä-älyisyys

2. terävä kärki

0. Substantiivi

1. terävä-älyisyys, äly, terävyys

acumen englanniksi

1. Quickness of perception or discernment; penetration of mind; the faculty of nice discrimination.

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2. (RQ:Landon Lady Anne Granard)

3. (RQ:Churchill Celebrity)A silver snaffle on a heavy leather watch guard which connected the pockets of his corduroy waistcoat, together with a huge gold stirrup in his Ascot tie, sufficiently proclaimed his tastes.(..)But withal there was a perceptible acumen about the man which was puzzling in the extreme.

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6. A sharp, tapering point extending from a plant.

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8. (quote-journal) the stem leaves lack recurved serrations on the margins, the acumina of the branch leaves are usually distinctly dentate.

9. A bony, often sharp, protuberance, especially that of the ischium.

10. a sharpened point

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