acute
IPA: ʌkjˈut
noun
- (medicine, informal) A person who has the acute form of a disorder, such as schizophrenia.
- (linguistics, chiefly historical) An accent or tone higher than others.
- (orthography) An acute accent (´).
verb
- (transitive, phonetics) To give an acute sound to.
- (transitive, archaic) To make acute; to sharpen, to whet.
adjective
- Brief, quick, short.
- High or shrill.
- Intense; sensitive; sharp.
- Urgent.
- (botany) With the sides meeting directly to form an acute angle (at an apex or base).
- (geometry, of an angle) Less than 90 degrees.
- (geometry, of a triangle) Having all three interior angles measuring less than 90 degrees.
- (linguistics, chiefly historical) Of an accent or tone: generally higher than others.
- (phonology, dated, of a sound) Sharp, produced in the front of the mouth. (See Grave and acute on Wikipedia.Wikipedia)
- (medicine) Of an abnormal condition of recent or sudden onset, in contrast to delayed onset; this sense does not imply severity, unlike the common usage.
- (medicine) Of a short-lived condition, in contrast to a chronic condition; this sense also does not imply severity.
- (orthography) After a letter of the alphabet: having an acute accent.
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Examples of "acute" in Sentences
- I suddenly had an acute pain.
- The apex of the lamina is acute.
- The opposite of chronic is acute.
- The descriptions are acutely observed.
- The tip of the leaf is acutely pointed.
- Typhus was an acute problem of the city.
- The consuls dealt with the agenda acutely.
- The pressure for the young Queen was acute.
- He must be acutely aware of the temptation.
- Encephalitis is an acute inflammation of the brain.
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