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adjective
- (Informal)
Having or showing a clever awareness and resourcefulness in practical matters:
astute, cagey, canny, knowing, perspicacious, shrewd, slick, smart, wise1. See ability, careful
- (Informal)
Intellectual hold:
apprehension, comprehension, grasp, grip, hold, understanding. See knowledge
- (Informal)
To perceive and recognize the meaning of:
accept, apprehend, catch (on), compass, comprehend, conceive, fathom, follow, get, grasp, make out, read, see, sense, take, take in, understand. (Slang) dig. (Chiefly British) twig. (Scots) ken. Idioms: get (or have) a handle on, get the picture. See understand
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