Usually means: Sharpness in judgment and insight.
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  1. acumen: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. acumen: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. acumen: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. acumen: Collins English Dictionary
  5. Acumen, acumen: Wordnik
  6. acumen: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. acumen: Wiktionary
  8. acumen: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. acumen: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  10. acumen: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. Acumen, acumen: Dictionary.com
  12. acumen: Online Etymology Dictionary
  13. acumen: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  14. Acumen (magazine), Acumen (organization), Acumen: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  15. Acumen: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  16. acumen: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  17. acumen: Rhymezone
  18. acumen: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  19. acumen: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  20. acumen: Free Dictionary
  21. acumen: Mnemonic Dictionary
  22. acumen: LookWAYup Translating Dictionary/Thesaurus
  23. acumen: Dictionary/thesaurus
  24. acumen: Vocabulary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. acumen: Legal dictionary

Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)
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  2. acumen: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. ACUMEN: Acronym Finder

Science (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Botanical Terms (No longer online)
  2. Bryological (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  Quickness of perception or discernment; penetration of mind; the faculty of nice discrimination.
noun:  (botany) A sharp, tapering point extending from a plant.
noun:  (anatomy) A bony, often sharp, protuberance, especially that of the ischium.

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