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a·cute

(ə-kyo͞ot′)
adj.
1.
a. Reacting readily to stimuli or impressions; sensitive: His hearing was unusually acute.
b. Keenly perceptive or discerning: an acute critic of music; a critic with acute judgment. See Synonyms at sharp.
2. Extremely sharp or severe; intense: acute pain; acute pleasure.
3. Of great importance or consequence; critical: an acute shortage of funds.
4. Medicine
a. Having a rapid onset and following a short but severe course: an acute disease.
b. Afflicted by a disease exhibiting a rapid onset followed by a short, severe course: acute patients.
5. High in pitch; shrill: an acute scream.
6.
a. Narrowly pointed; sharp: an acute leaf.
b. Having an acute angle: an acute triangle.
[Latin acūtus, past participle of acuere, to sharpen, from acus, needle; see ak- in Indo-European roots.]
a·cute′ly adv.
a·cute′ness n.
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acute

(əˈkjuːt)
adj
1. penetrating in perception or insight
2. sensitive to details; keen
3. of extreme importance; crucial
4. sharp or severe; intense: acute pain; an acute drought.
5. having a sharp end or point
6. (Mathematics) maths
a. (of an angle) less than 90°
b. (of a triangle) having all its interior angles less than 90°
7. (Medicine) (of a disease)
a. arising suddenly and manifesting intense severity
b. of relatively short duration. Compare chronic 2
8. (Phonetics & Phonology) phonetics
a. (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
b. 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. Compare (for senses 8a, 8b): grave or circumflex
9. (Medicine) (of a hospital, hospital bed, or ward) intended to accommodate short-term patients with acute illnesses
n
(Printing, Lithography & Bookbinding) an acute accent
[C14: from Latin acūtus, past participle of acuere to sharpen, from acus needle]
aˈcutely adv
aˈcuteness n
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a•cute

(əˈkyut)

adj.
1. sharp or severe in effect; intense: acute pain.
2. extremely great or serious: an acute shortage of oil.
3. (of disease) brief and severe (disting. from chronic).
4. penetrating in intellect, insight, or perception.
5. sensitive even to slight details or impressions: acute eyesight.
6. sharp at the end; pointed.
7.
a. (of an angle) less than 90°.
b. (of a triangle) containing only acute angles. See diag. at triangle.
8. consisting of, indicated by, or bearing an acute accent.
[1560–70; < Latin acūtus sharpened, past participle of acuere, akin to acus needle]
a•cute′ly, adv.
a•cute′ness, n.
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Noun 1. acute - a mark (') placed above a vowel to indicate pronunciation
accent mark, accent - a diacritical mark used to indicate stress or placed above a vowel to indicate a special pronunciation
Adj. 1. [画像:acute - having or experiencing a rapid onset and short but severe course]acute - having or experiencing a rapid onset and short but severe course; "acute appendicitis"; "the acute phase of the illness"; "acute patients"
medical specialty, medicine - the branches of medical science that deal with nonsurgical techniques
chronic - being long-lasting and recurrent or characterized by long suffering; "chronic indigestion"; "a chronic shortage of funds"; "a chronic invalid"
2. [画像:acute - extremely sharp or intense]acute - extremely sharp or intense; "acute pain"; "felt acute annoyance"; "intense itching and burning"
sharp - keenly and painfully felt; as if caused by a sharp edge or point; "a sharp pain"; "sharp winds"
3. [画像:acute - having or demonstrating ability to recognize or draw fine distinctions]acute - having or demonstrating ability to recognize or draw fine distinctions; "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"
perceptive - having the ability to perceive or understand; keen in discernment; "a perceptive eye"; "a perceptive observation"
4. [画像:acute - of an angle]acute - of an angle; less than 90 degrees
obtuse - of an angle; between 90 and 180 degrees
5. acute - ending in a sharp pointacute - ending in a sharp point
pointed - having a point
6. [画像:acute - of critical importance and consequence]acute - of critical importance and consequence; "an acute (or critical) lack of research funds"
critical - being in or verging on a state of crisis or emergency; "a critical shortage of food"; "a critical illness"; "an illness at the critical stage"
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acute

adjective
1. serious, important, dangerous, critical, crucial, alarming, severe, grave, sudden, urgent, decisive The war aggravated an acute economic crisis.
3. keen, good, penetrating, finely honed In the dark my sense of smell and hearing become so acute.
5. intense, serious, deep, concentrated, severe, extreme, fierce, harsh, intensive, excessive, profound, agonizing a patient with acute rheumatoid arthritis
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acute

adjective
2. Possessing or displaying perceptions of great accuracy and sensitivity:
3. So serious as to be at the point of crisis or necessary to resolve a crisis:
4. Marked by severity or intensity:
5. Music. Elevated in pitch:
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Translations
حِسْذَكَاءصَوتقَاس، مُبَرِّح، شَدِيدنَقْص
akutníbystrýjemnýkritickýostrý
akutfinskarpskarpsindig
ägelihtrõhk
akuuttikiireinentarkkaterävä
akutheveny
ákafur, alvarlegurbráîurnæmurskarpur
aštriaididelisįžvalgussmailus kampasūmiai
akūtsassatjautīgsīstsliels
akútny

acute

[əˈkjuːt] ADJ
1. (= intense) [crisis, shortage, problem] → grave ; [anxiety, joy] → profundo, intenso ; [pain] → agudo ; [discomfort] → fuerte
the report has caused the government acute embarrassment → el informe ha puesto en una situación de lo más embarazosa al gobierno
to become acute [shortage, problem] → agravarse
2. (= keen) [hearing] → fino, agudo ; [sense of smell] → fino
to have acute powers of observation → tener agudas or grandes dotes de observación
3. (= shrewd) [person, mind, comment] → agudo, perspicaz
that was very acute of you! → ¡qué perspicaz! → ¡eres un lince!
4. (Med) [illness, case, appendicitis] → agudo
5. (Geom) [angle] → agudo
6. (Ling) [accent] → agudo
e acute → e con acento agudo
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

acute

[əˈkjuːt] adj
(= severe) [crisis, shortage] → grave ; [embarrassment] → profond(e)
(MEDICINE) [illness, arthritis] → aigu(ë)
(= keen, perceptive) [mind, observer] → clairvoyant(e); [hearing] → fin(e); [eyesight] → perçant(e)
e acute → e accent aigu
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acute

adj
(= intense, serious) pain, shortage, appendicitis → akut ; pleasure → intensiv ; acute beds (Med) → Akutbetten pl
(= extreme) situation, problem, anxiety → akut ; embarrassment → riesig
(= keen) eyesight → scharf ; hearing, sense of smell → fein
(= shrewd) → scharf ; person → scharfsinnig ; child → aufgeweckt
(Math) angle → spitz
(Ling) acute accent → Akut m; e acute → e Akut
n (Ling) → Akut m
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acute

[əˈkjuːt] adj (eyesight, accent, angle) → acuto/a; (hearing, smell) → fine ; (pain, anxiety, joy) → intenso/a; (crisis, shortage) → grave ; (person, mind) → perspicace, dotato/a di acume
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acute

(əˈkjuːt) adjective
1. (of a disease etc) severe but not lasting very long. They think his illness is acute rather than chronic. akuut قَاس، مُبَرِّح، شَدِيد остър agudo akutní akut akut οξύς agudo akuutne شدید ولی زودگذر akuutti aigu חמור, חד तीक्ष्ण akutan heveny; fokozódó akut bráður acuto, acuta 急性の (병이) 급성의 ūmus akūts genting acuut akutt ostry تيزاو تيزتلونكي agudo acut острый akútny, náhly, prudký akuten akutan akut ฉับพลัน şiddetli 急性的 гострий مر ضِ حار ، شدید cấp tính 急性的
2. very great. There is an acute shortage of teachers. akute نَقْص (حَاد) остър intenso kritický akut akut έντονος acusado, grave karjuv شدید vakava critique חריף जबरदस्त velik kiáltó, akut gawat ákafur, alvarlegur critico 重大な (상황·사태 등이) 심각한 didelis liels; īsts amat sangat nijpend akutt, alvorlig ostry, poważny مزمن intenso acut острый kritický kritičen velik akut รุนแรง büyük, ciddi 嚴重的 гострий شدید lớn 嚴重的
3. quick-witted. As a businessman, he's very acute. knap ذَكَاء (حَاد) проницателен perspicaz bystrý scharfsinnig skarpsindig οξύνους perspicaz terane تیزبین terävä-älyinen avisé חד-אבחנה, חריף, חכם कुशाग्र pronicav éles eszű cerdas skarpur acuto, perspicace 鋭敏な (통찰력이) 예리한 įžvalgus atjautīgs tajam pemikiran scherpzinnig skarp bystry, rozgarnięty تيزليدونكي perspicaz ager проницательный bystrý sposoben oštrouman skarpsinnig มีไหวพริบดี gözü açık, zeki 反應靈敏的 кмітливий, тямущий مستعد nhạy bén 敏捷的
4. (of the senses) keen. acute hearing. goed حِسْ (مُرْهَف) остър agudo jemný scharf fin; skarp οξύς muy fino terav تیز؛ حساس terävä fin חד oštar éles tajam næmur acuto 鋭い (감각이) 예민한 geras, aštrus ass; spēcīgs tajam scherp fin, skarp wyczulony ژر agudo fin острый jemný oster osetljiv fin, högt utvecklad แหลม (เสียง) keskin 敏銳的 гострий تیز فہم tinh 敏銳的
5. high, shrill s high sound. suisend صَوت (حَاد) пронизителен agudo ostrý, pronikavý schrill skarp läbilõikav, kime تیز korkea צְלִיל חָד vrištav かん高い (소리가) 날카로운 nyaring schel ژر пронзительный звук ostrý, prenikavý jak เสียงแหลม keskin, tiz 高音的,尖聲的 високий تیز the thé 高音的,尖声的
acute angle
an angle of less than ninety degrees. skerphoek زَاوِيَة остър ângulo agudo ostrý úhel spitzer Winkel spids vinkel οξεία γωνία agudo teravnurk حاده؛ تند terävä kulma angle aigu זָוִית חַדָה , זָווִית חַדָה न्यून कोण šiljati kut hegyes szög sudut tajam hvasst horn angolo acuto 鋭角 예각 smailus kampas šaurleņķis sudut tirus scherpe hoek spiss vinkel kąt ostry حاده زاویه ângulo agudo unghi ascuţit острый угол ostrý uhol ostri kot oštar spetsig vinkel มุมแหลม dar açı 銳角 гострий кут زاویہ حادہ góc nhọn 銳角
aˈcutely adverb
akuut بِصُورَة حَادَّة остро vivamente intenzivně, pronikavě scharf akut έντονα, με οξύτητα intensamente teravalt به شدت terävästi vivement בחריפות तीव्रता से istančano élesen, fokozottan hidup, benar-benar ákaflega, skarplega acutamente, con acutezza 鋭く 날카롭게 aštriai, ūmiai asi; spēcīgi; īsti dengan tajam hevig akutt, skarpt ostro په تيزوالي vivamente (în mod) acut остро, резко prenikavo ostro oštro akut อย่างมีไหวพริบ; อย่างรุนแรง fazlasıyla, son derece, şiddetle 敏銳地 гостро شدید طور پو sâu sắc 銳利地
aˈcuteness noun
akuutheid حِدَّه острота agudeza akutnost; bystrost; ostrost die Schärfe skarpsindighed οξύτητα, οξύνοια agudeza teravus شدت terävyys acuité חריפות तीक्ष्णता istančanost élesség, erősség keadaan akut skarpskyggni, næmleiki acutezza, acume 鋭さ 날카로움 aštrumas, ūmumas asums; spēcīgums; īstums ketajaman scherpte skarphet, heftighet ostrość شدت agudeza acuitate острота ostrosť, bystrosť, naliehavosť ostrina oštrina skärpa, intensitet, häftighet การมีไหวพริบ keskinlik 敏銳性 проникливість; кмітливість شدت tính nhạy bén 敏捷
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a·cute

a. agudo-a punzante;
___-care-center → centro-de-emergencia;
___ care facility → centro de cuidado crítico;
an ___ pain → un dolor ___;
___ly ill → gravemente enfermo-a.
English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012

acute

adj agudo
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Why, the whole point, the real sting of it lay in the fact that continually, even in the moment of the acutest spleen, I was inwardly conscious with shame that I was not only not a spiteful but not even an embittered man, that I was simply scaring sparrows at random and amusing myself by it.
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instability, and the other to its derision for disappointed hopes, and involving them both in misery of the acutest kind."
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Bumble to understand that, from the violent and sanguinary onset of Oliver Twist, he had sustained severe internal injury and damage, from which he was at that moment suffering the acutest torture.
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For an instant, the gaze of the horror-stricken multitude was concentrated on the ghastly miracle; while the minister stood, with a flush of triumph in his face, as one who, in the crisis of acutest pain, had won a victory.
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The salt water and the fine sand had got into his wounds, and caused him the acutest pain.
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The acutest observer could have discovered nothing that was noticeable or characteristic in her personal appearance.
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Of a rather turbulent description, it would seem; for her nightcap had been knocked off in the scuffle, and she was on her knees upon the floor, making a strange revelation of blue and yellow curl- papers, straggling locks of hair, tags of staylaces, and strings of it's impossible to say what; panting for breath, clasping her hands, turning her eyes upwards, shedding abundance of tears, and exhibiting various other symptoms of the acutest mental suffering.
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"Who can it be?" thought Hepzibah, who had been screwing her visual organs into the acutest focus of which they were capable.
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Nioche, having assured him that, so far as he was concerned, the blue-cloaked Madonna herself might have been present at his interview with Mademoiselle Noemie; and left the old man nursing his breast-pocket, in an ecstasy which the acutest misfortune might have been defied to dissipate.
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