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1. (adj.) acute
sharp or severe in effect; intense:
acute pain.
2. acute
extremely great or serious:
an acute shortage of oil.
3. acute
(of disease) brief and severe
4. acute
penetrating in intellect, insight, or perception.
5. acute
sensitive even to slight details or impressions:
acute eyesight.
6. acute
sharp at the end; pointed.
7. acute
(of an angle) less than 90°.
8. acute
(of a triangle) containing only acute angles.
9. acute
consisting of, indicated by, or bearing an acute accent.
Etymology: (1560–70; < L acūtus sharpened, ptp. of acuere, akin to acus needle)
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1. (adj) 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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1. (adjective) acute
severe, very serious
an acute shortage
2. acute
able to sense or understand easily
an acute awareness; an acute sense of smell
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (adj) acute
sharp at the end; ending in a sharp point; pointed; -- opposed to blunt or obtuse; as, an acute angle; an acute leaf
2. (adj) acute
having nice discernment; perceiving or using minute distinctions; penetrating; clever; shrewd; -- opposed to dull or stupid; as, an acute observer; acute remarks, or reasoning
3. (adj) acute
having nice or quick sensibility; susceptible to slight impressions; acting keenly on the senses; sharp; keen; intense; as, a man of acute eyesight, hearing, or feeling; acute pain or pleasure
4. (adj) acute
high, or shrill, in respect to some other sound; -- opposed to grave or low; as, an acute tone or accent
5. (adj) acute
attended with symptoms of some degree of severity, and coming speedily to a crisis; -- opposed to chronic; as, an acute disease
6. (verb) acute
to give an acute sound to; as, he acutes his rising inflection too much
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Sense: (of a disease etc) severe but not lasting very long
They think his illness is acute rather than chronic.
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 Afrikaans: akuut |
 Arabic: قَاس، مُبَرِّح، شَدِيد |
 Bulgarian: остър |
 Brazilian: agudo |
 Czech: akutní |
 German: akut |
 Danish: akut |
 Greek: οξύς |
 Spanish: agudo |
 Estonian: akuutne |
 Farsi: شدید ولی زودگذر |
 Finnish: akuutti |
 French: aigu |
 Hebrew: חָמוּר, חָד |
 Hindi: तीक्ष्ण |
 Croatian: akutan |
 Hungarian: heveny; fokozódó |
 Indonesian: akut |
 Icelandic: bráður |
 Italian: acuto, acuta |
 Japanese: 急性の |
 Korean: (병이) 급성의 |
 Lithuanian: ūmus |
 Latvian: akūts |
 Malay: genting |
 Dutch: acuut |
 Norwegian: akutt |
 Polish: ostry |
 Persian: شدید ولی زودگذر |
 Pashto: تيزاو تيزتلونكي |
 Portuguese: agudo |
 Romanian: acut |
 Russian: острый |
 Slovak: akútny, náhly, prudký |
 Slovenian: akuten |
 Serbian: akutan |
 Swedish: akut |
 Thai: ฉับพลัน |
 Turkish: şiddetli |
 Taiwanese: 急性的 |
 Ukrainian: гострий |
 Urdu: مر ضِ حار ، شدید |
 Vietnamese: cấp tính |
 Chinese: 急性的 |
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