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Noun: acumen  u'kyoo-mun
  1. Shrewdness shown by keen insight
    "The therapist's acumen helped patients understand their behaviors";
    - insightfulness
     
  2. A tapering point
    "The leaf had a distinctive acumen at its tip"

Derived forms: acumens

Type of: astuteness, enation, perspicaciousness, perspicacity, plant process, shrewdness

Encyclopedia: Acumen