• IPA: /ˈɡʌmpʃən/

gumption (uncountable)

1. (Britain) Common sense, initiative, resourcefulness. [from early 18th c.]

   Synonyms: gumph

   • [1785, [Francis Grose], “[https://books.google.com/books?id=zLAJs0_prpwC&pg=PT99{smallcaps]”, in A Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue, London: Printed for S. Hooper, […], OCLC 1080177284 ↗:

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2. (US) Boldness of enterprise; aggressiveness or initiative.

   Synonyms: chutzpah, gumph, guts, spunk

   • 1936 June 30, Margaret Mitchell, chapter XXXVIII, in Gone with the Wind, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company, OCLC 1049770437 ↗; republished New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company, 1944, OCLC 20350211 ↗, part IV, page 666 ↗:

     "You've got a hard way of looking at things, Scarlett," he said. "But you think Hugh over. You could go far and do worse. I think his honesty and his willingness will outweigh his lack of gumption. Scarlett did not answer, for she did not want to be too rude. But to her mind there were few, if any, qualities that outweighed gumption.

3. (US) Energy of body and mind#Noun|mind, enthusiasm.

   Synonyms: gumph

• German: Grips, Vernunft
• Italian: iniziativa, intraprendenza, arguzia, capacità
• Russian: находчивость
• Spanish: caletre

• German: Biss, Durchhaltevermögen, Unternehmenssinn
• Portuguese: coragem, iniciativa
• Spanish: coraje, iniciativa

• German: Enthusiasmus, Lebenslust
• Portuguese: entusiasmo, iniciativa
• Spanish: entusiasmo, iniciativa