Англо-русский словарь - gumption
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gumption
noun; coll.
1) смышленость; находчивость; сообразительность; практическая смекалка
2) растворитель для красок
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1. разг. смышленость, находчивость, сообразительность; практическая смекалка he has plenty of gumption —- он очень расторопный 2. разг. смелость, инициатива he has no gumption for it —- у него на это пороху не хватит 3. искусство составлять краски 4. растворитель для красок ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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n. colloq. 1 resourcefulness, initiative; enterprising spirit. 2 common sense. Etymology: 18th-c. Sc.: orig. unkn. ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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noun Etymology: origin unknown Date: 1719 1. chiefly dialect common sense, horse sense 2. enterprise, initiative lacked the ~ to try ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
4.
1. If someone has gumption, they are able to think what it would be sensible to do in a particular situation, and they do it. (INFORMAL) Surely anyone with marketing gumption should be able to sell good books at any time of year. N-UNCOUNT 2. If someone has the gumption to do something, they are brave enough to do it. He suspected that deep down, she admired him for having the gumption to disagree with her. N-UNCOUNT: oft the N to-inf ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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~ n the ability and determination to decide what needs doing and to do it (He probably didn't even have enough gumption to propose to her.) ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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- 1719, Scottish, possibly connected with M.E. gome "attention, heed," from O.N. gaumr "heed." Originally "common sense, shrewdness," sense of "initiative" is first recorded 1812. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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