ACUMEN
\ˈakjuːmˌɛn], \ˈakjuːmˌɛn], \ˈa_k_j_uː_m_ˌɛ_n]\
Definitions of ACUMEN
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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Quickness of perception or discernment; penetration of mind; the faculty of nice discrimination.
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Quickness of perception or discernment; penetration of mind; the faculty of nice discrimination.
By Noah Webster.
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Sharpness: quickness of perception: penetration.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
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n. [Latin] Quickness of perception or discernment ; penetration of mind ; the faculty of nice discrimination.
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