: having or showing an ability to notice and understand things clearly : mentally sharp or clever. 1  He is an astute observer of the current political scene. 2  Astute readers will notice the error. 3  She made some astute [=insightful] observations about the movie industry. 4  His analysis of the battle was very astute.
Define -ize: cause to be or conform to or resemble : cause to be formed into; subject to a (specified) action â -ize in a sentence cause to be or conform to or resemble : cause to be formed into; subject to a (specified) action; impregnate or treat or combine withâ¦
The suffix -ome as used in molecular biology refers to a totality of some sort; it is an example of a neo-suffix formed by abstraction from various Greek terms in -ÏÎ¼Î±, a sequence that does not form an identifiable suffix in Greek.