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English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: gumption
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English → English (WordNet)
Definition: gumption
gumption
n 1: sound practical judgment;
“I can't see the sense in doing it
now”;
“he hasn't got the sense God gave little green
apples”;
“fortunately she had the good sense to run
away” [syn:
common sense,
good sense,
horse sense,
sense,
mother wit]
2: fortitude and determination;
“he didn't have the guts to try
it” [syn:
backbone,
grit,
guts,
moxie,
sand]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Gumption
Gumption
\Gump"tion\, n. [OE. gom, gome, attention; akin to AS.
ge['o]mian, gyman, to regard, observe, gyme care, OS. gomean
to heed, Goth. gaumjan to see, notice.]
[1913 Webster]
1. Capacity; shrewdness; common sense. [Colloq.]
[1913 Webster]
One does not have gumption till one has been
properly cheated. --Lord Lytton.
[1913 Webster]
2. (Paint.)
(a) The art of preparing colors. --Sir W. Scott.
(b) Megilp. --Fairholt.
3. initiative; resourcefulness.
[PJC]
4. Courage; guts.
[PJC]
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