savvy

sav·vy

S0108200 (săv′ē) Informal adj. sav·vi·er, sav·vi·est 1. Well informed and perceptive; shrewd: savvy Washington insiders.2. Knowledgeable or proficient. Often used in combination: tech-savvy; media-savvy.n. Practical understanding or shrewdness: a banker known for financial savvy.tr. & intr.v. sav·vied (săv′ēd), sav·vy·ing, sav·vies (săv′ēz) To understand; comprehend.

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[From Spanish sabe (usted), (you) know, from saber, to know, from Old Spanish, from Vulgar Latin *sapēre, from Latin sapere, to be wise; see sep- in Indo-European roots.]

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sav′vi·ly adv.

savvy

(ˈsævɪ) vb, -vies, -vying or -vied1. to understand or get the sense of (an idea, etc)2. no savvy I don't (he doesn't, etc) understandncomprehensionadj, -vier or -viestchiefly US shrewd; well-informed[C18: corruption of Spanish sabe(usted) (you) know, from saber to know, from Latin sapere to be wise]

sav•vy

(ˈsæv i)

n., adj. -vi•er, -vi•est, n. 1. Also, sav′vi•ness. practical understanding; shrewdness or intelligence; common sense: political savvy. adj. 2. shrewdly informed; experienced and well-informed; canny. v.t., v.i. 3. to know; understand. [1775–85; probably orig. < sábi “know” in E creoles (< Portuguese sabe, present 3rd singular of saber to know < Latin sapere to be wise; see sapient)] sav′vi•ly, adv.

savvy

Past participle: savvied
Gerund: savvying

Imperative
savvy
savvy

Present
I savvy
you savvy
he/she/it savvies
we savvy
you savvy
they savvy

Preterite
I savvied
you savvied
he/she/it savvied
we savvied
you savvied
they savvied

Present Continuous
I am savvying
you are savvying
he/she/it is savvying
we are savvying
you are savvying
they are savvying

Present Perfect
I have savvied
you have savvied
he/she/it has savvied
we have savvied
you have savvied
they have savvied

Past Continuous
I was savvying
you were savvying
he/she/it was savvying
we were savvying
you were savvying
they were savvying

Past Perfect
I had savvied
you had savvied
he/she/it had savvied
we had savvied
you had savvied
they had savvied

Future
I will savvy
you will savvy
he/she/it will savvy
we will savvy
you will savvy
they will savvy

Future Perfect
I will have savvied
you will have savvied
he/she/it will have savvied
we will have savvied
you will have savvied
they will have savvied

Future Continuous
I will be savvying
you will be savvying
he/she/it will be savvying
we will be savvying
you will be savvying
they will be savvying

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been savvying
you have been savvying
he/she/it has been savvying
we have been savvying
you have been savvying
they have been savvying

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been savvying
you will have been savvying
he/she/it will have been savvying
we will have been savvying
you will have been savvying
they will have been savvying

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been savvying
you had been savvying
he/she/it had been savvying
we had been savvying
you had been savvying
they had been savvying

Conditional
I would savvy
you would savvy
he/she/it would savvy
we would savvy
you would savvy
they would savvy

Past Conditional
I would have savvied
you would have savvied
he/she/it would have savvied
we would have savvied
you would have savvied
they would have savvied

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	savvy - the cognitive condition of someone who understands; "he has virtually no understanding of social cause and effect"discernment, understanding, apprehensionknowing - a clear and certain mental apprehensioncomprehension - an ability to understand the meaning or importance of something (or the knowledge acquired as a result); "how you can do that is beyond my comprehension"; "he was famous for his comprehension of American literature"self-knowledge - an understanding of yourself and your goals and abilitiessmattering - a slight or superficial understanding of a subjectappreciation, grasp, hold - understanding of the nature or meaning or quality or magnitude of something; "he has a good grasp of accounting practices"grasping - understanding with difficulty; "the lecture was beyond his most strenuous graspings"hindsight - understanding the nature of an event after it has happened; "hindsight is always better than foresight"brainstorm, brainwave, insight - the clear (and often sudden) understanding of a complex situationrealization, realisation, recognition - coming to understand something clearly and distinctly; "a growing realization of the risk involved"; "a sudden recognition of the problem he faced"; "increasing recognition that diabetes frequently coexists with other chronic diseases"
Verb	1.	savvy - get the meaning of something; "Do you comprehend the meaning of this letter?"apprehend, comprehend, get the picture, grok, grasp, compass, digunderstand - know and comprehend the nature or meaning of; "She did not understand her husband"; "I understand what she means"figure - understand; "He didn't figure her"catch on, cotton on, get it, get onto, get wise, twig, latch on, tumble - understand, usually after some initial difficulty; "She didn't know what her classmates were plotting but finally caught on"intuit - know or grasp by intuition or feelingdigest - arrange and integrate in the mind; "I cannot digest all this information"

savvy

(Slang)noun1. understanding, perception, grasp, ken, comprehension, apprehension He is known for his political savvy.adjective1. shrewd, sharp, astute, knowing, fly (slang), keen, smart, clever, intelligent, discriminating, discerning, canny, perceptive, artful, far-sighted, far-seeing, long-headed, perspicacious, sagacious She was a pretty savvy woman.

savvy

adjectiveInformal. Having or showing a clever awareness and resourcefulness in practical matters:astute, cagey, canny, knowing, perspicacious, shrewd, slick, smart, wise.nounInformal. Intellectual hold:apprehension, comprehension, grasp, grip, hold, understanding.verbInformal. To perceive and recognize the meaning of:accept, apprehend, catch (on), compass, comprehend, conceive, fathom, follow, get, grasp, make out, read, see, sense, take, take in, understand.Slang: dig.Chiefly British: twig.Scots: ken.Idioms: get a handle on, get the picture.

Translations

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