"gumption" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈɡʌmpʃən/ Audio: en-us-gumption.ogg [General-American], en-au-gumption.ogg [Australia] Forms: gumptions [plural]
Rhymes: -ʌmpʃən Etymology: Borrowed from Scots gumption (“common sense, shrewdness; drive, initiative”); further etymology unknown, possibly connected with Middle English gome (“attention, heed”), from Old Norse gaumr (“attention, heed”). English cognates include gaum (“to comprehend, understand”) and goam (“to recognize, see”). Etymology templates: {{glossary|loanword|Borrowed}} Borrowed, {{bor|en|sco|gumption||common sense, shrewdness; drive, initiative|g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Scots gumption (“common sense, shrewdness; drive, initiative”), {{bor+|en|sco|gumption|t=common sense, shrewdness; drive, initiative}} Borrowed from Scots gumption (“common sense, shrewdness; drive, initiative”), {{cog|enm|gome|t=attention, heed}} Middle English gome (“attention, heed”), {{cog|non|gaumr|t=attention, heed}} Old Norse gaumr (“attention, heed”), {{m|en|gaum|t=to comprehend, understand}} gaum (“to comprehend, understand”), {{m|en|goam|t=to recognize, see}} goam (“to recognize, see”) Head templates: {{en-noun|-|s}} gumption (usually uncountable, plural gumptions)
  1. (British, Ireland) Common sense, initiative, resourcefulness. Tags: British, Ireland, uncountable, usually Synonyms: gumph Translations (common sense, initiative): практичност (praktičnost) [feminine] (Bulgarian), здрав разум (zdrav razum) [masculine] (Bulgarian), důvtip [masculine] (Czech), filip [masculine] (Czech), chytrost [feminine] (Czech), gewiekstheid [feminine] (Dutch), Grips [masculine] (German), Vernunft [feminine] (German), iniziativa [feminine] (Italian), intraprendenza [feminine] (Italian), arguzia [feminine] (Italian), capacità [feminine] (Italian), здрав ра́зум (zdrav rázum) [masculine] (Macedonian), снао́дливост (snaódlivost) [feminine] (Macedonian), досе́тливост (dosétlivost) [feminine] (Macedonian), bondevett [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), sunn fornuft [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), Väanämungsjeist [masculine] (Plautdietsch), bom senso (Portuguese), находчивость (naxodčivostʹ) (Russian), dovitljivost [feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), caletre (Spanish), sunt förnuft [neuter] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-gumption-en-noun-d9hlehiL Categories (other): British English, Irish English, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 44 42 14 Disambiguation of 'common sense, initiative': 93 7 1
  2. (US) Boldness of enterprise; aggressiveness or initiative. Tags: US, uncountable, usually Synonyms: chutzpah, gumph, guts, spunk Translations (boldness of enterprise): предприемчивост (predpriemčivost) [feminine] (Bulgarian), kuráž [feminine] (Czech), odvaha [feminine] (Czech), ondernemerszin [masculine] (Dutch), Biss [masculine] (German), Durchhaltevermögen [neuter] (German), Unternehmenssinn [masculine] (German), претприе́мчивост (pretpriémčivost) [feminine] (Macedonian), coragem [neuter] (Portuguese), iniciativa [feminine] (Portuguese), poduzetnost [feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), coraje [masculine] (Spanish), iniciativa [feminine] (Spanish), framåtanda (Swedish), företagsamhet (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-gumption-en-noun-mMQkKwjk Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 44 42 14 Disambiguation of 'boldness of enterprise': 6 94 0
  3. (US) Energy of body and mind, enthusiasm. Tags: US, uncountable, usually Synonyms: gumph Translations (energy of body and mind): levenslust [masculine] (Dutch), Enthusiasmus [masculine] (German), Lebenslust [feminine] (German), одушеву́вање (oduševúvanje) [neuter] (Macedonian), entusiasmo [masculine] (Portuguese), iniciativa [feminine] (Portuguese), elan [masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), entusiasmo [masculine] (Spanish), iniciativa [feminine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-gumption-en-noun-q8T19Uk3 Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 44 42 14 Disambiguation of 'energy of body and mind': 0 3 97
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: gumph, gumptionless, gumption trap, gumptious

Inflected forms

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          "roman": "predpriemčivost",
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      "word": "Väanämungsjeist"
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      "sense": "common sense, initiative",
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      "code": "sh",
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