adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a shrewd comment (= good at judging people or situations )
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His newspaper article is always full of shrewd comments.
a shrewd/astute businessman (= able to understand situations in business and make good decisions )
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Are you a shrewd businessman, quick to see how to make a profit?
astute/shrewd (= one who is good at getting what he wants done )
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He proved to be an astute politician.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
very
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But you've got a few months left, enough time for a very shrewd operator to move in.
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The principal, William Johnstone, though he played the eccentric was in fact very shrewd .
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That was a very shrewd thing to say in 1940 but it did not happen for nearly five years.
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Mr D'Arcy had been very , very rich and very shrewd .
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It was impossible to tell whether this youth was very shrewd or rather simple.
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I think Moira's a very shrewd operator when she's looking at paintings, and I find it very useful indeed.
■ NOUN
businessman
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Are you a shrewd businessman , quick to see the profits of this world?
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The haulier will seek to exclude his contractual liability for certain acts or omissions, just like any other shrewd businessman .
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New Yorkers are being whipped into a frenzy for mo' Malcolm merchandise by shrewd businessman and film mogul Spike Lee.
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Like any shrewd businessmen , the Fuggers knew how to put their cash to political uses.
move
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This was a shrewd move , which brought Edwin in on their side, and the demand was conceded.
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Elsewhere, Roy and Barry opened Blubber Cars minicabs-a shrewd move in a square which no one ever leaves.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Are you a shrewd businessman, quick to see an opportunity or a bargain?
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As a manager, Watson is both shrewd and tough.
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Kyle is a shrewd , aggressive manager.
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Sachs was a shrewd judge of character, and chose his staff well.
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Thanks to some shrewd investments, they've got plenty of money left.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Dark-haired, he had shrewd beady eyes, was clean-shaven and showed the beginnings of a jowl.
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He made a large personal fortune, partly from fees, partly from shrewd investments.
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Pre-match preparation and shrewd organisation have created consistency.
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There was a good living to be had for a shrewd man in an institution.
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They had once been shrewd traders of horseflesh.
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Was he, perhaps, an actor, a ghost, a shrewd fiction?
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We assumed that so long as we moved along shrewd and cautious and quiet we would be safe.