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1. (noun) acute accent, acute, ague a mark (') placed above a vowel to indicate pronunciation 2. (adj) acute having or experiencing a rapid onset and short but severe course "acute appendicitis"; "the acute phase of the illness"; "acute patients" 3. (adj) acute, intense extremely sharp or intense "acute pain"; "felt acute annoyance"; "intense itching and burning" 4. (adj) acute, discriminating, incisive, keen, knifelike, penetrating, penetrative, piercing, sharp having or demonstrating ability to recognize or draw fine distinctions "an acute observer of politics and politicians"; "incisive comments"; "icy knifelike reasoning"; "as sharp and incisive as the stroke of a fang"; "penetrating insight"; "frequent penetrative observations" 5. (adj) acute of an angle; less than 90 degrees 6. (adj) acuate, acute, sharp, needlelike ending in a sharp point 7. (adj) acute of critical importance and consequence "an acute (or critical) lack of research funds"
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