clever; keen, acute, bright; shrewd; perceptive
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Astute Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
(a.)
Critically discerning; sagacious; shrewd; subtle; crafty.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. AboutCritically discerning; sagacious; shrewd; subtle; crafty.
astute
\as*tute"\ (&?;), a. [l. astutus, fr. astus craft, cunning; perh. cognate with e. acute.] critically discerning; sagacious; shrewd; subtle; crafty.
Keen in discernment.
statue
wise, shrewd, clever, sagacious, perspicacious.
astus (crait, cunning)
wise ;shrewd ;keen ;ability to see one's advantage
***He was a very astute statesman and the country trusted his abilities.
That was a very astute observation.
astus (crait, cunning)
wise ;shrewd ;keen ;ability to see one's advantage
***He was a very astute statesman and the country trusted his abilities.
That was a very astute observation.
Adjective
1. marked by practical hardheaded intelligence; "a smart businessman"; "an astute tenant always reads the small print in a lease"; "he was too shrewd to go along with them on a road that could lead only to their overthrow"
(synonym) sharp, shrewd
(similar) smart
Astute Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
Astute may refer to:
- HMS Astute (P447), launched 1945, Amphion-class submarine, scrapped 1970
- HMS Astute (S119), launched 2007, nuclear-powered attack submarine
- Astute class submarine, a class of which HMS Astute (S119) is the lead ship
- USS Astute (AM-148), US Navy minesweeper
- Operation Astute, an Australian military operation in response to the 2006 East Timor crisis
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