astute
adjective/əˈstjuːt/
/əˈstuːt/
- very clever and quick at seeing what to do in a particular situation, especially how to get an advantage synonym shrewd
- an astute businessman/politician/observer
- It was an astute move to sell the shares then.
- She was astute enough to realize that what Jack wanted was her money.
Extra ExamplesTopics Personal qualitiesc2- He was an astute and ruthless business operator.
- My mother was more financially astute than my father.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- very
- financially
- politically
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Word Originearly 17th cent.: from obsolete French astut or Latin astutus, from astus ‘craft’.Definitions on the go
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