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noun Informal.
1.
initiative; aggressiveness; resourcefulness: With his gumption he'll make a success of himself.
2.
courage; spunk; guts: It takes gumption to quit a high-paying job.
3.
common sense; shrewdness.
Origin:
1710–20; orig. Scots
1710–20; orig. Scots
Related forms
gump·tion·less, adjective
gump·tious, adjective
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Gumption
is an SAT word you need to know.
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Example Sentences
- Governments have not the gumption to constrain civil service costs.
- In old Hollywood, they called it gumption or moxie.
- He wished there was some way he could inject a shot of spirit and gumption into his father.
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gumption
1719, Scottish, "common sense, shrewdness," also "drive, initiative," possibly connected with M.E. gome "attention, heed," from O.N. gaumr "heed." Originally "common sense, shrewdness," sense of "initiative" is first recorded 1812.
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