astute
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Etymology edit
Latin astūtus, from astus (“craft”).
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Adjective edit
astute (comparative astuter, superlative astutest)
- Quickly and critically discerning.
- Shrewd or crafty.
- astute analysis
- astute observation
- astute remark
- 23 September 2014, A teacher, “Choosing a primary school: a teacher's guide for parents”, in The Guardian:
- The best headteachers are like submarine captains – cool-headed, astute decision-makers – who trust their colleagues and surroundings to indicate where their ship is headed.
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Quick at seeing how to gain advantage
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Verb edit
astute
- Second-person plural present form of astuma.
Italian edit
Adjective edit
astute f pl
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Latin edit
Adverb edit
astūtē (comparative astūtius, superlative astūtissimē)
References edit
- “astute”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “astute”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- astute in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.