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acumen
/əkˈjumən/
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Stress CUE in uh-CUE-mun.
Keep the y sound after k. The first and last vowels are lighter.
3 syllables · Stress on syllable 2
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“Her business acumen helped the small company grow.”
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CMU Pronouncing Dictionary ↗What does acumen mean?
noun
- Quickness of perception or discernment; penetration of mind; the faculty of nice discrimination; acuity of mind.
- A sharp, tapering point extending from a plant.
- A bony, often sharp, protuberance, especially that of the ischium.
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IPA pronunciation
/əkˈjumən/
Pronunciation used in the listening tip.
CMU Pronouncing Dictionary ↗Other dictionary pronunciations
/ˈækjəmən//əˈkjumən//æˈkjumən//ˈækjəˌmɛn/
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And what he had said about women--there was certainly a great deal of acumen and shrewd observation in that.
They do not involve any want of the higher business acumen that goes to the proper conduct of affairs.
More book examples (3)
But when St. John had mused a few moments he recommenced as imperturbably and with as much acumen as ever.
Out of that same pocket reference book of mine came facts and figures which were seized upon and placed in right relation with unerring acumen.
All the sordid transactions of his life appear to him, and are depicted in his accounts of them, as feats, successes, proofs of his acumen.