Danish Meaning of acute

akut

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Definitions and Meaning of acute in English

Wordnet

acute (n)

a mark placed above a vowel to indicate pronunciation

Wordnet

acute (a)

having or experiencing a rapid onset and short but severe course

of an angle; less than 90 degrees

Wordnet

acute (s)

extremely sharp or severe

having or demonstrating ability to recognize or draw fine distinctions

ending in a sharp point

of critical importance and consequence

Webster

acute (a.)

Sharp at the end; ending in a sharp point; pointed; -- opposed to blunt or obtuse; as, an acute angle; an acute leaf.

Having nice discernment; perceiving or using minute distinctions; penetrating; clever; shrewd; -- opposed to dull or stupid; as, an acute observer; acute remarks, or reasoning.

Having nice or quick sensibility; susceptible to slight impressions; acting keenly on the senses; sharp; keen; intense; as, a man of acute eyesight, hearing, or feeling; acute pain or pleasure.

High, or shrill, in respect to some other sound; -- opposed to grave or low; as, an acute tone or accent.

Attended with symptoms of some degree of severity, and coming speedily to a crisis; -- opposed to chronic; as, an acute disease.

Webster

acute (v. t.)

To give an acute sound to; as, he acutes his rising inflection too much.

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