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Definitions: Acumen |
AcumenNoun1. A tapering point. 2. Shrewdness shown by keen insight. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "acumen" was first used: 1531. (references) |
Etymology: Acumen \A*cu"men\, noun. [Latin expression acumen, from acuere to sharpen. Compare to Acute.]. (Websters 1913) |
Synonym: AcumenSynonym: insightfulness (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Intelligence Wisdom | Noun: intelligence, capacity, comprehension, understanding; cuteness, sabe , savvy ; intellect; nous, parts, sagacity, mother wit, wit, esprit, gumption, quick parts, grasp of intellect; acuteness; Adjective: acumen, subtlety, penetration, perspicacy, perspicacity; discernment, due sense of, good judgment; discrimination; cunning; refinement; (taste). |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Acumen |
| English words defined with "acumen": Acuminous. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "acumen": SOLOMON. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Acumen" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. Latin (a point, acerbity, acrimony, acuity, acumen, sharpness, sting, witticism), Spanish (acumen). |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Economic History | India | It is a market that requires a careful approach because mistakes can be quite costly and local entrepreneurs yield to no one in terms of business acumen. (references) |
Korea | Conversely, U.S. firms consider financing and marketing acumen to be the two most important qualities to look for when selecting their Korean master franchisee. (references) | |
Bangladesh | Traditionally, the country's poorly paid civil servants have regarded business people as exploitative, and regard themselves as having a near monopoly on economic acumen and patriotism. (references) | |
Travel | Korea | Because of the Japanese colonial period, Koreans have an emotionally intense reaction at times to things Japanese, though there is an admiration for Japanese business acumen. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Acumen" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Acumen" is used about 114 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 114 | 30,294 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Country | Name |
| South Africa | Acumen Holdings Limited |
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Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.
Expression using "acumen": business acumen. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
acumen | 93 |
business acumen | 22 |
acumen cardio trainer | 22 |
acumen solution | 10 |
acumen nation | 9 |
acumen heart rate monitor | 9 |
acumen hsf | 7 |
acumen tradewatch.com | 5 |
acumen definition | 4 |
acumen capital | 4 |
acumen science | 4 |
acumen fund | 3 |
acumen design | 3 |
acumen e | 3 |
acumen journal science | 3 |
acumen heart rate | 2 |
acumen recruitment | 2 |
acumen capital partner | 2 |
acumen gear indicator | 2 |
acumen mortgage | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "acumen"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | mprehtësi (acuity, acuteness, clairvoyance, discernment, edge, insight, penetration, perspicacity, poignancy, quickness, resourcefulness, salt, sharpness, subtlety), mendjemprehtësi (perspicacity, sagacity, shrewdness). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | فطنة (acuity, acuteness, astuteness, discernment, insight, intellect, keenness, perspicacity, sagacity, shrewdness, wit), مستدق الطرف (acuminate, tapering), شم (feel, nose, scent, smell, sniff, snort, snuff). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | съобразителност (acuteness, flexibility, gumption, policy, resourcefulness), находчивост (ingeniousness, ingenuity, know how, mercuriality, repartee, resource, resourcefulness, smartness), проницателност (acuity, discernment, edge, fathom, fineness, insight, penetration, perspicacity, sagacity, shrewdness), прозорливост (perspicacity, sagacity). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 敏" (Acuity, keen, Observant, shrewd). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | prozíravost (farsightedness, foresight, forethought, Providence, prudence, sagacity, vision), pronikavost (pungency, subtlety), bystrost (brightness, quickness, smartness, subtlety). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | snuggerheid (acuity, intelligence), schranderheid (acuity), scherpzinnigheid (acuity), pienterheid (acuity). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | terävyys (edge, keenness, sharpness), äly (astuteness, brains, intelligence, wit). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | sagacité, perspicacité (acuteness), flair. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Scharfsinn (acuity, acuteness, astuteness, brilliance, brilliancy, clairvoyance, discernment, farsightedness, perspicacity, sagacity, shrewdness, subtlety). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | οξύνοια (acuteness, astuteness, sagacity). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | מ"ירות "תפיס", חריפות "מוח (acuteness, keenness, sharpness, sharpwittedness). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | eszesség (artifice, shrewdness, wit), gyors felfogás (quick wits, wit), éles ész (acuity, acuteness, hair-trigger mind). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | ketajaman (acidity, acrimony, acuity, discernment). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | acume (astuteness, perspicacity, sharpness). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 鋭敏 (keenness, mental acumen, sensitiveness, sharpness). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | めいさつ (discernment, famous temple, insight, intellectual acumen, penetration), えいび" (keenness, mental acumen, sensitiveness, sharpness). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | acumenay argúcia (acuity, astuteness, sagacity, subtlety), acume, sagacidade (adroitness, apprehensiveness, canniness, deepness, freehearted, policy, sagacity, sapience, wisdom, wit), perspicácia (acuity, acuteness, aptitude, astuteness, clairvoyance, discharge, insight, perspicacity, quickness, sagacity, vision, wit). (various references) sagacitate (sagacity, wisdom), putere de pãtrundere (grasp, penetration), perspicacitate (flair, insight, perspicacity, sagacity, vision), pãtrundere (acuteness, comprehensiveness, entrance, in-going, ingress, insight, intelligence, interpenetration, intromission, penetration, permeation, perspicacity, pervasion, understanding, vision). (various references) проницательность (astuteness, clairvoyance, discernment, discrimination, insight, long head, penetration, perspicacity, poignancy, sagacity, shrewdness, vision). (various references) sposobnost (ability, aptitude, aptness, capability, capacity, competence, competency, facility, faculty, fitness, talent, touch), oštroumlje. (various references) agudeza (acridity, acuity, acuteness, asperity, insight, mot, quickness, severity, sharpness, wisp, wit, witticism), acumen, perspicacia (acuteness, clearheaded, clearheadedness, clear-sightedness, discernment, discrimination, insight, perspicacity, sharpness, sharp-sightedness, shrewdness). (various references) skarpsinne (acuity, discrimination, insight, penetration, perspicacity, sagacity). (various references) zekâ (acuity, acuteness, brain, brains, cleverness, cuteness, deepness, gray matter, grey matter, intelligence, mental, mentality, nous, penetration, quick wit, sagacity, sapience, senses, understanding, wit), sezgi (discernment, feel, feeling, flair, instinct, intuition, perception, sentience), çabuk kavrama (acuteness, aptness, receptivity). (various references) кмітливість (acuteness, apprehension, aptitude, aptness, brightness, gumption, headpiece, intelligence, nimbleness, nous, pregnancy, prehension, quick wits, quickness, sagacity, savvy, sharpness, understanding), гострота (acridity, acrimony, acuity, acuteness, pepper, piquancy, poignancy, pungency, quickness, savor, savour, sharpness, subtlety), загострений кінчик, проникливість (acuteness, astuteness, clairvoyance, discernment, penetration, perspicacity, perspicuity, sagacity, shrewdness). (various references) sự nhạy cảm, sự nhạy bén. (various references) treiddgarwch (penetration), craffter (keenness, sagacity). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | acumen. (various references) |
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| Language | Date | Source | John Chapter 16, Verse 12 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Eti polla ecw legein umin all ou dunasqe bastazein arti |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Adhuc multa habeo vobis dicere sed non potestis portare modo |
| Old English | 990 | West Saxon | Gyt ic habbe eow fele to seggene. Ac ge hyt ne magen nu acumen. |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | Yit Y haue many thingis for to seie to you, but ye moun not bere hem now. |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | I have yet many thinges to saye vnto you: but ye canot beare them awaye now. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | I have yet many things to say unto you, but ye cannot bear them now. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | I have yet many things to say to you, but ye cannot bear them now. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | I have still much to say to you, but you are not strong enough for it now. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | John Chapter 16, Verse 12 |
| Bulgarian | На това Исус им рече: Истина, истина ви казвам, не Моисей ви даде хляб от небето; а Отец Ми ви дава истинския хляб от небето. |
| Cebuano | "Daghan pa akog igsusulti kaninyo, apan dili pa kamo makadaug sa pagdala niini karon. |
| Chinese | 我 還 有 好 些 事 要 告 訴 們 、 但 們 現 在 "" 當 不 了 。 " 或 作 不 能 會 〕 |
| Croatian | Još vam mnogo imam kazati, ali sada ne možete nositi. |
| Danish | Jeg har endnu meget at sige eder; men I kunne ikke bære det nu. |
| Dutch | Nog vele dingen heb Ik u te zeggen, doch gij kunt die nu niet dragen. |
| Finnish | Minulla on vielä paljon sanottavaa teille, mutta te ette voi nyt sitä kantaa. |
| French | J`ai encore beaucoup de choses vous dire, mais vous ne pouvez pas les porter maintenant. |
| German | Ich habe euch noch viel zu sagen; aber ihr könnt es jetzt nicht tragen. |
| Haitian Creole | Mwen gen anpil lòt bagay ankò pou m' di nou, men nou pa ka konprann yo koulye a. |
| Hungarian | Még sok mondani valóm van hozzátok, de most el nem hordozhatjátok. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Banyak lagi yang mau Kukatakan kepadamu, namun sekarang ini kalian belum sanggup menerimanya. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Banyak lagi perkara yang Aku hendak katakan kepadamu, tetapi sekarang ini tiada dapat kamu menanggung dia. |
| Italian | Molte cose ho ancora da dirvi, ma per il momento non siete capaci di portarne il peso. |
| Korean | 내 가 아 직 도 너 희 에 게 이 를 것 이 많 으 나 지 금 은 너 희 가 감 당 치 못 하 리 라 |
| Latvian | Man vçl daudz kas jums sakâms, bet to jûs tagad nespçjat aptvert. |
| Maori | He maha atu ano nga mea hei korero maku ki a koutou, otira e kore e taea e koutou te mau aianei. |
| Modern Greek | Ετι πολλα εχω να ειπω προς εσας, δεν δυνασθε ομως τωρα να βασταζητε αυτα. |
| Norwegian | Ennu har jeg meget å si eder; men I kan ikke bære det nu; |
| Portuguese | Ainda tenho muito que vos dizer; mas vós não o podeis suportar agora. |
| Rumanian | Mai am sq vq spun multe lucruri, dar acum nu le puteyi purta. |
| Russian | еЭЕ НОПЗПЕ ЙНЕА УЛБЪБФШ ЧБН; ОП ЧЩ ФЕ ЕТШ ОЕ НПЦЕФЕ ЧНЕУФЙФШ. |
| Shuar | `Nu arantcha Núkap Tíintjiarme Túrasha átumka nekaachaintrume. |
| Spanish | "Todavía tengo que deciros muchas cosas, pero ahora no las podéis sobrellevar. |
| Swahili | "Ninayo bado mengi ya kuwaambieni, ila kwa sasa hamwezi kuyastahimili. |
| Swedish | Jag hade ännu mycket att säga eder, men I kunnen icke nu bära det. |
| Thai | เรายังมีอีกหลายสิ่งที่จะบอกท่านทั้งหลาย แต่เ"ี๋ยวนี้ท่านยังรับไว้ไม่ไ"้ |
| Ukrainian | Я ще маю багато сказати вам, та тепер ви не можете знести. |
| Uma | "Wori' -pidi to doko' ku'uli' -kokoi, aga ko'ia nikulei' mpotarima omea tempo toi. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "acumen": acumens. (additional references) | |
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"Acumen" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: abumen, accommol, accomo, accuman, accumen, accumin, Accunet, Achmet, Ackman, Acmin, acoma, acrumen, acuem, acuent, Acugen, aculei, Acuma, acuman, acume, acumeb, acumed, acumin, Acumos, agume, Ahcima, Akhmim, Akmene, Akumu, Ashmunein, Auchen, aucune, auen, aume, caubeen, Cauden, caymen, cumaean, cumen, cummen, ecume, ecumen, icuma, icumen, nachman, Nakugen, Rahunen. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "acumen" (pronounced ukyuw"mun) |
| 5 | -y uw" m u n | albumin, human, inhuman, nonhuman, subhuman, superhuman. |
| 4 | -uw" m u n | bitumen, crewman, illumine, lumen, rumen. |
| 3 | -m u n | abdomen, adman, admen, airman, alderman, antihistamine, Ashman, assemblywoman, backgammon, backwoodsman, Badman, bagman, barman, baseman, bayman, bellman, Benjamin, Boardman, boatman, bookman, Bowman, bowmen, brakeman, bushman, businesswoman, cameraman, Carman, Carmen, carmine, cattlemen, Cayman, chairman, chairwoman, Chapman, chessman, chrismon, churchman, churchmen, cinnamon, clergyman, coachman, cochairman, committeeman, common, congressman, congresswoman, corpsman, councilman, councilwoman, councilwomen, countryman, cowman, craftsman, craftsmen, daemon, dairymen, Daman, demon, desman, determine, Dolman, draftsman, draftsmen, dromon, dustman, Dutchman, Ermine, Everyman, examine, famine, ferryman, fireman, firemen, Firman, footman, foramen, foreman, foremen, forewoman, Freedman, Freeman, freshman, gammon, gentleman, gentlewoman, gentlewomen, german, Goodman, gunman, hangman, headman, headsman, henchman, henchmen, Herdman, Hetman, horseman, horsemen, houseman, huntsman, hymen, infantryman, jasmine, Kirkman, Landman, landsman, lawman, layman, laymen, Leman, lemon, Letterman, Liman, Lineman, linemen, lobsterman, longshoremen, madmen, marksman, messman, midshipman, newswoman, newswomen, nobleman, noblewoman, nurserymen, oarsman, ombudsman, omen, ottoman, Outman, overman, Packman, Penman, pitchman, Pitman, Plowman, policeman, policewoman, postman, predetermine, pressman, Pullman, ragmen, reexamine, regimen, rifleman, Rodman, roman, salarymen, salesman, saleswoman, saleswomen, salmon, seaman, seamen, seedsman, semen, sermon, shaman, Shipman, showman, Spearman, specimen, spokesman, spokeswoman, sportsman, statesman, Stillman, Stockman, summon, superwoman, talisman, Telamon, thiamin, timberman, Titman, Toman, townsman, tradesmen, trainmen, uncommon, vitamin, watchman, Waterman, watermen, wingman, wireman, woman, women, Woodman, woodsmen, Woolman, workman, yachtsman, yeoman. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-e-m-n-u" | |
-2 letters: acme, acne, amen, came, cane, mace, mane, maun, mean, menu, name, nema, neum. | |
-3 letters: ace, amu, ane, cam, can, cue, cum, eau, ecu, emu, mac, mae, man, men, mun, nae, nam. | |
-4 letters: ae, am, an, em, en, ma, me, mu, na, ne, nu, um, un. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-e-m-n-u" | |
+1 letter: acumens, decuman. | |
+2 letters: dumbcane, manicure, neumatic, numeracy. | |
+3 letters: acuminate, ambulance, calcaneum, calumnies, culminate, dumbcanes, gynaeceum, gynaecium, humectant, luminance, lunchmeat, manicured, manicures, masculine, mucronate, muscadine, muscarine, mutagenic, numerical, pneumatic, tenaculum, unclaimed, unclamped, unmatched. | |
+4 letters: accruement, ambulances, androecium, animalcule, avouchment, calumniate, catechumen, cinerarium, consumable, consummate, counterman, culminated, culminates, documental, ecumenical, humectants, innumeracy, lawrencium, luminances, lunchmeats, masculines, mendacious, muscadines, muscarines, naumachiae, naumachies, numeracies, oceanarium, tenaculums, unacademic, unemphatic, unicameral, unscramble. | |
+5 letters: accruements, acquirement, animalcules, archegonium, avouchments, calumniated, calumniates, campanulate, candelabrum, catechumens, comeuppance, communalize, communicate, consumables, consummated, consummates, contumacies, countermand, curtailment, documentary, encumbrance, endocardium, euchromatin, glucosamine, homonuclear, illuminance, impuissance, intercampus, lawrenciums, macronuclei, manufacture, masculinely, masculinise, masculinize, mercurating, mercuration, microfaunae, misguidance, mononuclear, multiagency, nucleoplasm, nucleosomal, numerically, oceanariums, oecumenical, pericranium, retinaculum, succedaneum, traducement, tumefaction, uncinematic, unclimbable, uncombative, unempirical, unmasculine, unmatchable, unmedicated, unreclaimed, unscrambled, unscrambler, unscrambles. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)41 63 75 6D 65 6E |
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Morse Code (1836) (references).- -.-. ..- -- . -. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000001 01100011 01110101 01101101 01100101 01101110 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)A c u m e n |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0041 0063 0075 006D 0065 006E |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)356987797180 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Quotations: Non-fiction 6. Usage Frequency 7. Names: Company Usage 8. Expressions | 9. Expressions: Internet 10. Translations: Modern 11. Translations: Ancient 12. Bible Trace | 13. Derivations 14. Rhymes 15. Anagrams 16. Orthography | 17. Bibliography |
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