how to pronounce astute

/əsˈtut/

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astute is pronounced in two syllables

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An example use of astute in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… B Mary were very very astute they saw …”

meaning of astute

Astute means having or showing keen insight or perception.

astute frequency in english - C2 level of CEFR

the word astute occurs in english on average 1.9 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics astute can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that astute can be often used in the following areas:

1) communication, information, and media;

2) people, society, and culture;