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SAVVY

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected forms: savvied    , savvier    , savviest   

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The cognitive condition of someone who understands

Example:

he has virtually no understanding of social cause and effect

Synonyms:

apprehension; discernment; savvy; understanding

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Hypernyms ("savvy" is a kind of...):

knowing (a clear and certain mental apprehension)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "savvy"):

comprehension (an ability to understand the meaning or importance of something (or the knowledge acquired as a result))

self-knowledge (an understanding of yourself and your goals and abilities)

smattering (a slight or superficial understanding of a subject)

appreciation; grasp; hold (understanding of the nature or meaning or quality or magnitude of something)

grasping (understanding with difficulty)

hindsight (understanding the nature of an event after it has happened)

brainstorm; brainwave; insight (the clear (and often sudden) understanding of a complex situation)

realisation; realization; recognition (coming to understand something clearly and distinctly)

Derivation:

savvy (get the meaning of something)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Get the meaning of something

Example:

Do you comprehend the meaning of this letter?

Synonyms:

apprehend; compass; comprehend; dig; get the picture; grasp; grok; savvy

Classified under:

Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting

Hypernyms (to "savvy" is one way to...):

understand (know and comprehend the nature or meaning of)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "savvy"):

figure (understand)

catch on; cotton on; get it; get onto; get wise; latch on; tumble; twig (understand, usually after some initial difficulty)

intuit (know or grasp by intuition or feeling)

digest (arrange and integrate in the mind)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE

Derivation:

savvy (the cognitive condition of someone who understands)

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