Acute (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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adjective
  1. sharp or severe in effect; intense: acute sorrow;an acute pain.
  2. extremely great or serious; crucial; critical: an acute shortage of oil.
  3. (of disease) brief and severe (opposed to chronic).
  4. sharp or penetrating in intellect, insight, or perception: an acute observer.
  5. extremely sensitive even to slight details or impressions: acute eyesight.
  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 diacritic ´, 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): the acute accent;an acute e.
noun
  1. the acute accent.
adjective
  1. penetrating in perception or insight
  2. sensitive to details; keen
  3. of extreme importance; crucial
  4. sharp or severe; intense
  5. having a sharp end or point
  6. maths
    • (of an angle) less than 90°
    • (of a triangle) having all its interior angles less than 90°
  7. (of a disease)
    • arising suddenly and manifesting intense severity
    • of relatively short duration
  8. phonetics
    • (of a vowel or syllable in some languages with a pitch accent, such as ancient Greek) spoken or sung on a higher musical pitch relative to neighbouring syllables or vowels
    • of or relating to an accent (´) placed over vowels, denoting that the vowel is pronounced with higher musical pitch (as in ancient Greek), with a certain special quality (as in French), etc
  9. (of a hospital, hospital bed, or ward) intended to accommodate short-term patients with acute illnesses
noun
  1. an acute accent
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