Definitions for acute

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acute a·cute

Spelling: [uh-kyoot]

IPA: /əˈkyut/

Acute is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 7 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 9 points.

You can make 63 anagrams from letters in acute (acetu).

Definitions for acute

noun

1. the acute accent.

adjective

1. sharp or severe in effect; intense:
2. extremely great or serious; crucial; critical:
3. (of disease) brief and severe (opposed to chronic).
4. sharp or penetrating in intellect, insight, or perception:
5. extremely sensitive even to slight details or impressions:
6. sharp at the end; ending in a point.
7. Geometry. (of an angle) less than 90°. (of a triangle) containing only acute angles.
8. consisting of, indicated by, or bearing the mark ´, placed over vowel symbols in some languages to show that the vowels or the syllables they are in are pronounced in a certain way, as in French that the quality of an e so marked is close; in Hungarian that the vowel is long; in Spanish that the marked syllable bears the word accent; in Ibo that it is pronounced with high tones; or in classical Greek, where the mark originated, that the syllable bears the word accent and is pronounced, according to the ancient grammarians, with raised pitch (opposed to grave):

Origin of acute

1560-70; Latin acūtus sharpened, past participle of acuere (acū-, v. stem, akin to acus needle, ācer sharp + -tus past participle suffix)

Examples for acute

The authors collected data related to 54 different causes of death that could be attributed to alcohol, both chronic and acute.

The soil variations are acute enough that they can differ radically from one side of a road to another.

His sufferings were so acute that a minute examination of his injuries could not be made.

At the bottom of the falls the river turns an acute angle and flows to the west.

With acute precipitancy he was separated from the currency that had come to him.

And my teenage daughters went into the town to shop at cute stores selling cute things at acute prices.

Exploitation of trafficking victims may be most acute in conflict and adjoining regions, but it is not confined to these areas.

For a moment an acute chill of horror rooted Pierre to the spot.

She had been ill with acute rheumatism in all her limbs for the last thirteen months.

My early years were a mix of acute loneliness and great freedom.