transcription, транскрипция: [ əstju:t, AM əstu:t ]
If you describe someone as astute , you think they show an understanding of behaviour and situations, and are skilful at using this knowledge to their own advantage.
She was politically astute...
He made a series of astute business decisions.
= shrewd
ADJ
• as‧tute‧ly
Oxford, as Evelyn Waugh astutely observed, is a city best seen in early summer.
= shrewdly
ADV : ADV with v