[
UK
/ɡˈʌmpʃən/
]
[ US /ˈɡəmpʃən/ ]
[ US /ˈɡəmpʃən/ ]
NOUN
-
fortitude and determination
he didn't have the guts to try it -
sound practical judgment
fortunately she had the good sense to run away
Common sense is not so common
he hasn't got the sense God gave little green apples
How To Use gumption In A Sentence
- It takes gumption to quit a good paying job.
- The industry, services and trade in the city should have the gumption to gang up against the political parties.
- Surely anyone with marketing gumption should be able to sell good books at any time of year.
- Unbridled teenage gumption as practiced in the U.S., it seems, is the answer to all problems.
- How much gumption does it take to pillory the malfeasant editors, reporters, and publisher who turned to compost ages ago?
- So his dogged belief in his ability as a salesman doesn't come off as gumption and moxie, instead he comes off as delusional.
- All it would take is a bit of gumption and a modicum of courage.
- Surely anyone with marketing gumption should be able to sell good books at any time of year.
- Surely anyone with marketing gumption should be able to sell good books at any time of year.
- I imagine the endless nights of winter and reflect on the strength and gumption required to survive in the dark and the cold.
