Collocation Dictionary
Common collocations with shrewd in American Collocation
shrewd
adjective
What are red words?
Around 90% of spoken and written English relies on just 7,500 common words.
These words are highlighted in red and are ranked using a star system.
- One-star words are commonly used
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- Three-star words are the most frequently used
What are red words?
Around 90% of spoken and written English relies on just 7,500 common words.These words are highlighted in red and are ranked using a star system.
- One-star words are commonly used
- Two-star words are even more common
- Three-star words are the most frequently used
US
/ʃrud/
person
businessman
businesswoman
investor
judge
observer
operator
politician
tactician
He was a brave guerilla soldier and a shrewd tactician.
act
decision
judgement
move
observation
It is a shrewd move to begin offering tailored finance.
I have a shrewd suspicion that the forthcoming government White Paper will give us much less protection than we need.