English

Etymology

From Latin acuere "to sharpen".

Pronunciation

• An audio transcript can be found at en-us-acute.ogg

• : Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-uːt|-uːt

Adjective

1. Urgent.
2. : His need for medical attention was acute.
3. Sensitive.
4. : She had an acute sense of honor.
5. : Eagles have very acute vision.
6. Short, quick.
7. : It was an acute event.
8. Of an angle, less than 90 degrees.
9. Of a triangle, acute-angled.
10. With the sides meeting directly to form a pointed acute angle at the apex, base, or both.
11. Of an abnormal condition of recent or sudden onset, in contrast to delayed onset; this sense does not imply severity (unlike the common usage).
12. : He dropped dead of an acute illness.
13. Of a short-lived condition, in contrast to a chronic condition; this sense also does not imply severity.
14. : The acute symptoms resolved promptly.
15. In the Context of Having an acute accent.
16. : The last letter of "café" is 'e' acute.

Synonyms

• pressing, urgent, emergent, sudden
• intense, powerful, strong, sharp, keen
• fast, rapid
• acute-angled
• obtuse

Antonyms

• dull, witless, obtuse, slow
• obtuse
• slow, leisurely
• obtuse, obtuse-angled
• chronic

Derived terms

• acute-angled
• acute accent

Translations

• Finnish: akuutti, kiireinen

• Finnish: tarkka, terävä

• French: aigu , aiguë

• Finnish: terävä

• French: aigu , aiguë

of a triangle See acute-angled

• Czech: akutní
• Finnish: akuutti

• French: aigu , aiguë
• Japanese: 急性の (kyūsei no)

accent See acute accent

• French: aigu , aiguë

Noun

1. An acute accent.
2. : The word "cafe" often has an acute over the "e".

Verb

1. To give an acute sound to.
2. : He acutes his rising inflection too much.

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Italian

Adjective

acute

1. Feminine plural form of acuto

Category:Italian adjective forms

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