savvy
Shrewd, well-informed and perceptiveShrewd, well-informed and perceptive.
» Tom has no business savvy at all.
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1 senses(informal)Shrewd, well-informed and perceptive.
clever, klug, schlau
смы́слящийsmýsljaščij, сообража́ющийsoobražájuščij, продви́нутыйprodvínutyj
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. — Wezel
You're one savvy negotiator.
My partner's the gun-savvy one.
Translations
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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
savvier, savviestSynonyms
1 synonymsWord family
18 related wordsLessons for this word
2 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
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