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'acute'

[acute_accent.n.01] as in: a mark (') placed above a vowel to indicate pronunciation

acute_accent, acute, acute, acute, acute, acuate, acute, ague, ague

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accent, entity

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acuate, acute, acute_accent

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'acute'

[acute.a.01] as in: having or experiencing a rapid onset and short but severe course

Examples:
acute appendicitis
the acute phase of the illness
acute patients

acute_accent, acute, acute, acute, acute, acuate, acute

subacute

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chronic, chronic, chronic

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acute

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medicine

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acuate, acute, acute_accent, chronic, dense, obtuse

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'acute'

[acute.s.01] as in: extremely sharp or intense

Examples:
acute pain
felt acute annoyance
intense itching and burning

acute_accent, acute, acute, acute, acute, acuate, acute, intense, intense

sharp

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acute

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abrupt, acuate, acute, acute_accent, alert, astute, bouncy, bright, brilliantly, crisp, focus, full_of_life, intense, lively, sharp, sharpen, sharply, shrill, undimmed

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'acute'

[acute.s.02] as in: having or demonstrating ability to recognize or draw fine distinctions

Examples:
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

acute_accent, acute, acute, acute, acute, acuate, acute, discriminate, discriminate, discriminate, discriminating, incisive, keen, lament, exquisite, bang-up, cutting, keen, knifelike, knifelike, penetrate, penetrate, click, infiltrate, penetrate, penetrate, permeate, penetrative, pierce, pierce, pierce, pierce, pierce, sharp, sharp, crisp, astute, sharp, shrill, abrupt, sharp, sharp, sharp, sharp, sharp, sharply

perceptive, acuteness, acuteness, acuteness, incisiveness, eagerness, sharpness, penetrate, penetrate, click, infiltrate, penetrate, penetrate, permeate, edge, pungency, sharpness, distinctness, asperity

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acute

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abnormal, abrupt, acuate, acute, acute_accent, acuteness, affected, alert, apartment, artificial, asperity, astute, bland, bouncy, bright, brightness, brilliantly, categoric, compressed, contrasty, crisp, directly, discreteness, discriminate, discriminating, distinctness, edge, fitness, flashiness, flat, flatcar, focus, full_of_life, hardness, indirectly, lifelike, lively, luminosity, natural, otherness, perceptive, pungency, seaworthiness, severity, sharp, sharpen, sharply, sharpness, shrill, supernatural, two-dimensional, undimmed, unfeelingness, unnatural, volume

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'acute'

[acute.a.04] as in: of an angle; less than 90 degrees

acute_accent, acute, acute, acute, acute, acuate, acute

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obtuse, obtuse, obtuse, dense

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acute

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acuate, acute, acute_accent, chronic, dense, obtuse

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'acute'

[acuate.s.01] as in: ending in a sharp point

acuate, acute_accent, acute, acute, acute, acute, acute, sharp, sharp, crisp, astute, sharp, shrill, abrupt, sharp, sharp, sharp, sharp, sharp, sharply

pointed, acuteness, acuteness, acuteness, sharp, sharp, crisp, acuate, acute, astute, sharp, shrill, abrupt, sharp, sharp, sharp, sharp, sharp, sharply, edge, pungency, sharpness, sharpness, distinctness, asperity

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acuate

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abnormal, abrupt, acuate, acute, acute_accent, acuteness, affected, alert, apartment, artificial, asperity, astute, bespeak, bland, bouncy, bright, brightness, brilliantly, categoric, charge, compressed, contrasty, crisp, directly, discreteness, distinctness, edge, fitness, flashiness, flat, flatcar, focus, full_of_life, hardness, indicate, indirectly, lifelike, lively, luff, luminosity, natural, orient, otherness, point, pointed, pungency, seaworthiness, severity, sharp, sharpen, sharply, sharpness, shrill, steer, supernatural, target, two-dimensional, undimmed, unfeelingness, unnatural, volume

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'acute'

[acute.s.04] as in: of critical importance and consequence

Examples:
an acute (or critical) lack of research funds

acute_accent, acute, acute, acute, acute, acuate, acute

critical

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acute

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acuate, acute, acute_accent, critical

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Origins

					acute (English)
└── acutus (Latin)