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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (1)

1. marked by practical hardheaded intelligence;
- Example: "a smart businessman"
- Example: "an astute tenant always reads the small print in a lease"
- Example: "he was too shrewd to go along with them on a road that could lead only to their overthrow"
[syn: astute, sharp, shrewd]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Astute \As*tute"\, a. [L. astutus, fr. astus craft, cunning;
   perh. cognate with E. acute.]
   Critically discerning; sagacious; shrewd; subtle; crafty.
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   Syn: Keen; eagle-eyed; penetrating; skilled; discriminating;
        cunning; sagacious; subtle; wily; crafty.
        [1913 Webster] As*tute"ly, adv. -- As*tute"ness, n.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

astute
    adj 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"
           [syn: astute, sharp, shrewd]