Acumen Definition

ăkyə-mən, ə-kyo͝o-

noun

Quickness, accuracy, and keenness of judgment or insight.

American Heritage

Keenness and quickness in understanding and dealing with a situation; shrewdness.

Webster's New World

The definition of acumen is the ability to quickly and accurately understand and deal with a situation or choice.

A person with common sense is an example of someone with acumen.

YourDictionary

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

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Other Word Forms of Acumen

Singular:

acumen

Plural:

acumens

Latin acūmen from acuere to sharpen from acus needle ak- in Indo-European roots

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
From Latin acūmen (“sharp point”).

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