She is a lady of business acumen.
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Acumen
//əˈkjumən//
Synonyms for "acumen" (61 found)
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Related words (30)
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40 translations across 17 languages.
Bulgarian
2 entries- прозорливост noun (quickness of perception)
- проницателност noun (quickness of perception)
Catalan
2 entries- acumen noun (sharp, tapering point)
- perspicàcia noun (quickness of perception)
Chinese Mandarin
3 entries- 慧眼 noun (quickness of perception)
- 敏銳 /敏锐 noun (quickness of perception)
- 精明 noun (quickness of perception)
Czech
1 entries- bystrost noun (quickness of perception)
Dutch
2 entries- inzicht noun (quickness of perception)
- scherpzinnigheid noun (quickness of perception)
Esperanto
1 entries- sagaceco noun (quickness of perception)
Finnish
3 entries- terävyys noun (quickness of perception)
- terävä-älyisyys noun (quickness of perception)
- äly noun (quickness of perception)
French
1 entries- sagacité noun (quickness of perception)
German
1 entries- Scharfsinn noun (quickness of perception)
Icelandic
4 entries- skarpskyggni noun (quickness of perception)
- skarpur skilningur noun (quickness of perception)
- skerpa noun (quickness of perception)
- skörp greind noun (quickness of perception)
Italian
2 entries- acume noun (quickness of perception)
- perspicacia noun (quickness of perception)
Japanese
3 entries- 慧眼 noun (quickness of perception)
- 洞察力 noun (quickness of perception)
- 聡明さ noun (quickness of perception)
Polish
2 entries- bystrość noun (quickness of perception)
- przenikliwość noun (quickness of perception)
Portuguese
3 entries- agudeza noun (quickness of perception)
- perspicácia noun (quickness of perception)
- sagacidade noun (quickness of perception)
Russian
3 entries- прозорли́вость noun (quickness of perception)
- проница́тельность noun (quickness of perception)
- сообрази́тельность noun (quickness of perception)
Spanish
4 entries- acumen noun (quickness of perception)
- cacumen noun (quickness of perception)
- perspicacia noun (quickness of perception)
- pesquis noun (quickness of perception)
Swedish
2 entries- skarpsinne noun (quickness of perception)
- skarpsinnighet noun (quickness of perception)
Sample sentences
21 total sentences available.
It is obvious to me that he has no political acumen at all.
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His wealth was inherited, not a consequence of his own business acumen.
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You have business acumen.
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