savvy
savvy · savvies · savvied · savvying
копати, рити, викопати
выкопать, выкапывать, копать
graben
To understandTo understand.
/ˈsæv.i/
» Tom has no business savvy at all.
Meaning
1 senses(informal)To understand.
kapieren, schnallen, verstehen
More definitions
- get the meaning of something
Examples
16 sentencesTom has no business savvy at all.
We're looking for some computer-savvy people to work for us.
Tom isn't very tech-savvy.
ruТом не очень разбирается в технике.
You're one savvy negotiator.
My partner's the gun-savvy one.
Translations
5 languagesDeutsch
By meaning 1
(informal) to understand:
Origin
Alteration of save, sabi (“to know”) (in English-based creoles and pidgins), from PortugueAlteration of save, sabi (“to know”) (in English-based creoles and pidgins), from Portuguese sabe (“[she/he] knows”), from saber (“to know”), from Latin sapere (“to taste; to know”). First appears c. 1785 in a dictionary by Francis Grose, as a noun, “practical sense, intelligence”; also a verb, “to know, to understand”. The adjective is first recorded 1905, from the noun.
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Forms
savvies, savvying, savvied, savviedSynonyms
7 synonymsClose in meaning
- get the meaning of something:grokget the picturecomprehenddiggraspcompassapprehend
Lessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle