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gumption

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gump·tion  (gmpshn)
n. Informal
1. Boldness of enterprise; initiative or aggressiveness.
2. Guts; spunk.
3. Common sense.

[Scots.]

gumption
Noun
Brit & NZ informal common sense or initiative [origin unknown]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.gumption - sound practical judgment; "Common sense is not so common"; "he hasn't got the sense God gave little green apples"; "fortunately she had the good sense to run away"
sagaciousness, sagacity, discernment, judgement, judgment - the mental ability to understand and discriminate between relations
logic - reasoned and reasonable judgment; "it made a certain kind of logic"
nous - common sense; "she has great social nous"
road sense - good judgment in avoiding trouble or accidents on the road
2.gumption - fortitude and determination; "he didn't have the guts to try it"
fortitude - strength of mind that enables one to endure adversity with courage
colloquialism - a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech
Translations
gumption [ˈgʌmpʃən] n (col) → iniciativa
gumption [ˈgʌmpʃən] nbon sens, jugeote f
gumption [ˈgʌmpʃən] nGrips m (inf)
gumption [ˈgʌmpʃən] nbuon senso, senso pratico


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"Judging from what you all, say" remarked Aunt Jamesina, "the sum and substance is that you can learn -- if you've got natural gumption enough -- in four years at college what it would take about twenty years of living to teach you.
"Professor Beecher has more gumption than I gave him credit for," he said.
Does I shin aroun' mongs' de neighbors en fine out which un you de bill DO b'long to, en han' it over to de right one, all safe en soun', de way dat anybody dat had any gumption would?
 
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