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acute

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Synonyms: acuate, cute, scute, acte, acuta, accute, acuto, acut, macute

Antonyms: acuate, cute, scute, acte, acuta, accute, acuto, acut, macute

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Adjective

  1. [[brief#Adjective|Brief]], [[quick#Adjective|quick]], [[short#Adjective|short]].
  2. [[high#Adjective|High]] or [[shrill]].
  3. [[intense|Intense]]; [[sensitive]]; [[sharp#Adjective|sharp]].
  4. [[urgent|Urgent]].
  5. {{senseid|en|botany}} {{lb|en|botany}} With the [[side#Noun|sides]] [[meet#Verb|meeting]] directly to form an acute angle (at an [[apex]] or [[base]]).
  6. {{senseid|en|angle}} {{lb|en|geometry|of an [[angle]]}} Less than 90 [[degree]]s.
  7. {{senseid|en|triangle}} {{lb|en|geometry|of a [[triangle]]}} Having all three [[interior#Adjective|interior]] angles [[measure#Verb|measuring]] less than 90 degrees.
  8. {{lb|en|linguistics|chiefly|historical}} Of an [[accent#Noun|accent]] or [[tone#Noun|tone]]: generally [[high#Adjective|higher]] than others.
  9. {{lb|en|phonology|dated|of a sound}} [[sharp|Sharp]], produced in the [[front]] of the [[mouth]]. (See {{pedia|lang=en|Grave and acute}})
  10. {{lb|en|medicine}} Of an [[abnormal]] [[condition#Noun|condition]] of [[recent]] or [[sudden ]] [[onset]], in contrast to [[delayed#Adjective|delayed]] [[onset]]; this sense does not imply [[severity]], unlike the common usage.
  11. {{lb|en|medicine}} Of a [[short-lived]] condition, in contrast to a [[chronic]] condition; this sense also does not imply severity.
  12. {{lb|en|orthography|postpositive}} Of a [[letter#Noun|letter]] of the [[alphabet]], having an [[acute accent]].

Noun

  1. {{lb|en|medicine|informal}} A person who has the acute form of a [[disorder#Noun|disorder]], such as [[schizophrenia]].
  2. {{lb|en|linguistics|chiefly|historical}} An [[accent#Noun|accent]] or [[tone#Noun|tone]] [[high#Adjective|higher]] than others.
  3. {{lb|en|orthography}} An [[acute accent]] ([[´]]).

Verb

  1. {{lb|en|transitive|phonetics}} To give an [[#Adjective|acute]] [[sound#Noun|sound]] to.
  2. {{lb|en|transitive|archaic}} To make [[#Adjective|acute]]; to [[sharpen]], to [[whet#Verb|whet]].

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