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a·cu·men    Audio Help   [uh-kyoo-muhn, ak-yuh-] Pronunciation Key
–noun
keen insight; shrewdness: remarkable acumen in business matters.

[Origin: 1525–35; < L acūmen sharpness, equiv. to acū- (s. of acuere to sharpen; see acute) + -men n. suffix]

a·cu·mi·nous    Audio Help   [uh-kyoo-muh-nuhs] Pronunciation Key, adjective
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ac·u·men    Audio Help   (āk'yə-mən, ə-kyōō'-)  Pronunciation Key 
n.   Quickness, accuracy, and keenness of judgment or insight.


[Latin acūmen, from acuere, to sharpen, from acus, needle; see ak- in Indo-European roots.]

Usage Note: The pronunciation (ə-kyōō'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, (āk'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.

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acumen 
1531, from L. acumen "a point, sting," hence "sharpness, shrewdness," from acuere "to sharpen" (see acuity).

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acumen

noun
1. a tapering point 
2. shrewdness shown by keen insight [syn: insightfulness

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Acumen

A*cu"men\, n. [L. acumen, fr. acuere to sharpen. Cf. Acute.] Quickness of perception or discernment; penetration of mind; the faculty of nice discrimination. --Selden.

Syn: Sharpness; sagacity; keenness; shrewdness; acuteness.
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Acumen

A*cu"mi*nate\, a. [L. acuminatus, p. p. of acuminare to sharpen, fr. acumen. See Acumen.] Tapering to a point; pointed; as, acuminate leaves, teeth, etc.
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