"astute" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /əsˈtjuːt/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-astute.wav [Southern-England] Forms: astuter [comparative], astutest [superlative]
Rhymes: -uːt Etymology: Latin astūtus, from astus (“craft”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|la|astūtus}} Latin astūtus, {{m|la|astus||craft}} astus (“craft”) Head templates: {{en-adj|er}} astute (comparative astuter, superlative astutest)
  1. Quickly and critically discerning. Translations (Quick at seeing how to gain advantage): skerpsinnig (Afrikaans), دَاهٍ (dāhin) [indefinite] (Arabic), الدَّاهِي (ad-dāhī) [definite] (Arabic), dirigöz (Azerbaijani), diribaş (Azerbaijani), zirək (Azerbaijani), azeri (Basque), хитър (hitǎr) (Bulgarian), проницателен (pronicatelen) (Bulgarian), astut (Catalan), 精明 (jīngmíng) (Chinese Mandarin), prohnaný (Czech), mazaný (Czech), prozíravý (Czech), dreven (Danish), kvik (Danish), skarpsindig (Danish), scherpzinnig (Dutch), terävä (Finnish), neuvokas (Finnish), astucieux (French), avisé (French), sagace (French), skerpsinnig (Frisian), listich (Frisian), gerissen (German), listig (German), scharfsinnig (German), ravasz (Hungarian), slyngur (Icelandic), kænn (Icelandic), séður (Icelandic), amhainseach [literary] (Irish), amhnas [literary] (Irish), avveduto (Italian), 抜け目のない (nukemenonai) (alt: ぬけめのない) (Japanese), про́никлив (prónikliv) (Macedonian), остро́умен (ostróumen) (Macedonian), и́тар (ítar) (Macedonian), mūrere (Maori), pūmahara (Maori), kokoi (Maori), dreven (Norwegian Bokmål), kvikk (Norwegian Bokmål), skarpsindig (Norwegian Bokmål), listig (Norwegian Bokmål), slu (Norwegian Bokmål), chytry [masculine] (Polish), przebiegły [masculine] (Polish), astuto (Portuguese), проница́тельный (pronicátelʹnyj) (Russian), хи́трый (xítryj) (Russian), сообрази́тельный (soobrazítelʹnyj) (Russian), astuto (Spanish), sagaz (Spanish), perspicaz (Spanish), skarpsinnig (Swedish), knipslug (Swedish), listig (Swedish), slug (Swedish), tuso (Tagalog), basiretli (Turkish), keskin zekâlı (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-astute-en-adj-6l-fq4XK Disambiguation of 'Quick at seeing how to gain advantage': 68 32
  2. Shrewd or crafty.
    Sense id: en-astute-en-adj-UPS2bmvM Categories (other): English terms with collocations, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 20 80
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: crafty, shrewd, wily, correct Derived forms: astutely, astuteness

Inflected forms

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          "word": "prozíravý"
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          "code": "da",
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          "sense": "Quick at seeing how to gain advantage",
          "word": "dreven"
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          "word": "terävä"
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          "word": "neuvokas"
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          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "Quick at seeing how to gain advantage",
          "word": "astucieux"
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          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "Quick at seeing how to gain advantage",
          "word": "avisé"
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          "sense": "Quick at seeing how to gain advantage",
          "word": "sagace"
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          "word": "gerissen"
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          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "Quick at seeing how to gain advantage",
          "word": "ravasz"
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          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "Quick at seeing how to gain advantage",
          "word": "slyngur"
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          "sense": "Quick at seeing how to gain advantage",
          "word": "kænn"
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          "sense": "Quick at seeing how to gain advantage",
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          "sense": "Quick at seeing how to gain advantage",
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          "sense": "Quick at seeing how to gain advantage",
          "word": "avveduto"
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          "alt": "ぬけめのない",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "nukemenonai",
          "sense": "Quick at seeing how to gain advantage",
          "word": "抜け目のない"
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          "_dis1": "68 32",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "prónikliv",
          "sense": "Quick at seeing how to gain advantage",
          "word": "про́никлив"
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          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "ostróumen",
          "sense": "Quick at seeing how to gain advantage",
          "word": "остро́умен"
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          "roman": "ítar",
          "sense": "Quick at seeing how to gain advantage",
          "word": "и́тар"
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          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "Quick at seeing how to gain advantage",
          "word": "mūrere"
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          "word": "dreven"
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          "word": "skarpsindig"
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          "word": "listig"
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          "word": "slu"
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          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "Quick at seeing how to gain advantage",
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          "word": "chytry"
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          "word": "przebiegły"
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          "sense": "Quick at seeing how to gain advantage",
          "word": "astuto"
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          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "pronicátelʹnyj",
          "sense": "Quick at seeing how to gain advantage",
          "word": "проница́тельный"
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          "roman": "xítryj",
          "sense": "Quick at seeing how to gain advantage",
          "word": "хи́трый"
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          "roman": "soobrazítelʹnyj",
          "sense": "Quick at seeing how to gain advantage",
          "word": "сообрази́тельный"
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          "code": "es",
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          "sense": "Quick at seeing how to gain advantage",
          "word": "astuto"
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          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "Quick at seeing how to gain advantage",
          "word": "sagaz"
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          "sense": "Quick at seeing how to gain advantage",
          "word": "perspicaz"
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          "word": "skarpsinnig"
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          "word": "knipslug"
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    {
      "word": "shrewd"
    },
    {
      "word": "wily"
    },
    {
      "word": "correct"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "af",
      "lang": "Afrikaans",
      "sense": "Quick at seeing how to gain advantage",
      "word": "skerpsinnig"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "dāhin",
      "sense": "Quick at seeing how to gain advantage",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite"
      ],
      "word": "دَاهٍ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ad-dāhī",
      "sense": "Quick at seeing how to gain advantage",
      "tags": [
        "definite"
      ],
      "word": "الدَّاهِي"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "Quick at seeing how to gain advantage",
      "word": "dirigöz"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "Quick at seeing how to gain advantage",
      "word": "diribaş"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "Quick at seeing how to gain advantage",
      "word": "zirək"
    },
    {
      "code": "eu",
      "lang": "Basque",
      "sense": "Quick at seeing how to gain advantage",
      "word": "azeri"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "hitǎr",
      "sense": "Quick at seeing how to gain advantage",
      "word": "хитър"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "pronicatelen",
      "sense": "Quick at seeing how to gain advantage",
      "word": "проницателен"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "Quick at seeing how to gain advantage",
      "word": "astut"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "jīngmíng",
      "sense": "Quick at seeing how to gain advantage",
      "word": "精明"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "Quick at seeing how to gain advantage",
      "word": "prohnaný"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "Quick at seeing how to gain advantage",
      "word": "mazaný"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "Quick at seeing how to gain advantage",
      "word": "prozíravý"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "Quick at seeing how to gain advantage",
      "word": "dreven"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "Quick at seeing how to gain advantage",
      "word": "kvik"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "Quick at seeing how to gain advantage",
      "word": "skarpsindig"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "Quick at seeing how to gain advantage",
      "word": "scherpzinnig"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "Quick at seeing how to gain advantage",
      "word": "terävä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "Quick at seeing how to gain advantage",
      "word": "neuvokas"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "Quick at seeing how to gain advantage",
      "word": "astucieux"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "Quick at seeing how to gain advantage",
      "word": "avisé"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "Quick at seeing how to gain advantage",
      "word": "sagace"
    },
    {
      "code": "fy",
      "lang": "Frisian",
      "sense": "Quick at seeing how to gain advantage",
      "word": "skerpsinnig"
    },
    {
      "code": "fy",
      "lang": "Frisian",
      "sense": "Quick at seeing how to gain advantage",
      "word": "listich"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "Quick at seeing how to gain advantage",
      "word": "gerissen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "Quick at seeing how to gain advantage",
      "word": "listig"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "Quick at seeing how to gain advantage",
      "word": "scharfsinnig"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "Quick at seeing how to gain advantage",
      "word": "ravasz"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "Quick at seeing how to gain advantage",
      "word": "slyngur"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "Quick at seeing how to gain advantage",
      "word": "kænn"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "Quick at seeing how to gain advantage",
      "word": "séður"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "Quick at seeing how to gain advantage",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "amhainseach"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "Quick at seeing how to gain advantage",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "amhnas"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "Quick at seeing how to gain advantage",
      "word": "avveduto"
    },
    {
      "alt": "ぬけめのない",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "nukemenonai",
      "sense": "Quick at seeing how to gain advantage",
      "word": "抜け目のない"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "prónikliv",
      "sense": "Quick at seeing how to gain advantage",
      "word": "про́никлив"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "ostróumen",
      "sense": "Quick at seeing how to gain advantage",
      "word": "остро́умен"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "ítar",
      "sense": "Quick at seeing how to gain advantage",
      "word": "и́тар"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "Quick at seeing how to gain advantage",
      "word": "mūrere"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "Quick at seeing how to gain advantage",
      "word": "pūmahara"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "Quick at seeing how to gain advantage",
      "word": "kokoi"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "Quick at seeing how to gain advantage",
      "word": "dreven"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "Quick at seeing how to gain advantage",
      "word": "kvikk"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "Quick at seeing how to gain advantage",
      "word": "skarpsindig"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "Quick at seeing how to gain advantage",
      "word": "listig"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "Quick at seeing how to gain advantage",
      "word": "slu"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "Quick at seeing how to gain advantage",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "chytry"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "Quick at seeing how to gain advantage",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "przebiegły"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "Quick at seeing how to gain advantage",
      "word": "astuto"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "pronicátelʹnyj",
      "sense": "Quick at seeing how to gain advantage",
      "word": "проница́тельный"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "xítryj",
      "sense": "Quick at seeing how to gain advantage",
      "word": "хи́трый"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "soobrazítelʹnyj",
      "sense": "Quick at seeing how to gain advantage",
      "word": "сообрази́тельный"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "Quick at seeing how to gain advantage",
      "word": "astuto"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "Quick at seeing how to gain advantage",
      "word": "sagaz"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "Quick at seeing how to gain advantage",
      "word": "perspicaz"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "Quick at seeing how to gain advantage",
      "word": "skarpsinnig"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "Quick at seeing how to gain advantage",
      "word": "knipslug"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "Quick at seeing how to gain advantage",
      "word": "listig"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "Quick at seeing how to gain advantage",
      "word": "slug"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "Quick at seeing how to gain advantage",
      "word": "tuso"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "Quick at seeing how to gain advantage",
      "word": "basiretli"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "Quick at seeing how to gain advantage",
      "word": "keskin zekâlı"
    }
  ],
  "word": "astute"
}

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