| ADJECTIVE | all | acute | having or experiencing a rapid onset and short but severe course |
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| all | acute, intense | extremely sharp or intense | |
| all | acute, discriminating, incisive, keen, knifelike, penetrating, penetrative, piercing, sharp | having or demonstrating ability to recognize or draw fine distinctions | |
| all | acute | of an angle | |
| all | acute, acuate, sharp, needlelike | ending in a sharp point | |
| all | acute | of critical importance and consequence | |
| NOUN | communication | acute, acute accent, ague | a mark (') placed above a vowel to indicate pronunciation |
| Sounds | ahkyuw't | |
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| Rhymes | absolute ... uproot: 83 rhymes with uwt... | |
| Meaning | Having or experiencing a rapid onset and short but severe course. | |
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| Category | medicine, medical specialty | The branches of medical science that deal with nonsurgical techniques |
| Narrower | subacute | less than acute |
| Opposite | chronic | long-lasting and recurrent or characterized by long suffering |
| Spanish | agudo, severo | |
| Catalan | agut, sever | |
| Adverbs | acutely | having a rapid onset |
| Meaning | Extremely sharp or intense. | |
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| Synonym | intense | |
| Broader | sharp | keenly and painfully felt |
| Spanish | agudo, intenso | |
| Catalan | agut, intens | |
| Meaning | Having or demonstrating ability to recognize or draw fine distinctions. | |
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| Example | "an acute observer of politics and politicians" | |
| Synonyms | discriminating, incisive, keen, knifelike, penetrating, penetrative, piercing, sharp | |
| Broader | perceptive | Having the ability to perceive or understand |
| Spanish | afilado, agudo, fino, incisivo, mordaz, penetrante, punzante | |
| Catalan | afilat, agut, fi, incisiu, penetrant | |
| Nouns | acuteness | a quick and penetrating intelligence |
| Adverbs | acutely | in a keen and discriminating manner |
| Meaning | Of an angle; less than 90 degrees. | |
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| Opposite | obtuse | Of an angle |
| Spanish | agudo | |
| Catalan | agut | |
| Meaning | ending in a sharp point. | |
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| Synonyms | acuate, sharp, needlelike | |
| Broader | pointed | Having a point |
| Spanish | acicular, afilado, agudo, puntiagudo | |
| Catalan | afilat, agut, punxegut | |
| Nouns | acuteness | the quality of having a sharp / sharp edge or point |
| Adverbs | acutely | changing suddenly in direction and degree |
| Meaning | Of critical importance and consequence. | |
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| Example | "an acute (or critical) lack of research funds" | |
| Broader | critical | In or verging on a state of crisis or emergency |
| Meaning | A mark (') placed above a vowel to indicate pronunciation. | |
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| Synonyms | acute accent, ague | |
| Broader | accent, accent mark | A diacritical mark used to indicate stress or placed above a vowel to indicate a special pronunciation |
| Spanish | acento agudo, acento cerrado | |
| Catalan | accent agut, accent tancat, agut | |
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