Acute
11acute — ► ADJECTIVE 1) (of something bad) critical; serious. 2) (of an illness) coming sharply to a crisis. Often contrasted with CHRONIC(Cf. ↑chronicity). 3) perceptive; shrewd. 4) (of a physical sense or faculty) highly developed. 5) (of an angle) less …
12acute — adjective (acuter; acutest) Etymology: Middle English, from Latin acutus, past participle of acuere to sharpen, from acus needle; akin to Latin acer sharp more at edge Date: 14th century 1. a. (1) characterized by sh …
13acute — [[t]əkju͟ːt[/t]] 1) ADJ GRADED You can use acute to indicate that an undesirable situation or feeling is very severe or intense. The war has aggravated an acute economic crisis... The report has caused acute embarrassment to the government... The …
14acute — a|cute [əˈkju:t] adj ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(problem)¦ 2¦(feeling)¦ 3¦(illness)¦ 4¦(senses)¦ 5¦(intelligent)¦ 6¦(mathematics)¦ 7¦(punctuation)¦ ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ [Date: 1300 1400; : Latin; Origin: , past participle of acuere to sharpen , from acus needle …
15Acute — Of short duration, rapid and abbreviated in onset, in reference to a disease. “Acute” is a measure of the time scale of a disease and is in contrast to “subacute” and “chronic.” “Subacute” indicates longer duration or less rapid change. “Chronic” …
16acute — acutely, adv. acuteness, n. /euh kyooht /, adj. 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) …
17acute — adjective 1 SITUATION/FEELING ETC very serious or severe: an acute shortage of water | acute embarrassment 2 PAIN very severe and sharp 3 acute hearing/acute sense of smell etc an ability to hear or smell things that is very sensitive, so that… …
18acute — 01. His ear infection caused him [acute] pain. 02. A dolphin s hearing is so [acute] that it can hear underwater sounds from up to 15 miles away. 03. Drinking coffee can sharpen one s mental [acuity] for short periods of time. 04. The country is… …
19acute — a|cute [ ə kjut ] adjective usually before noun 1. ) very serious or severe: an acute shortage of medical supplies a ) an acute illness is one that becomes very bad very quickly: an acute ear infection b ) used for describing pain that is very… …
20acute — 1. adjective /əˈkjuːt/ a) Urgent. His need for medical attention was acute. b) sensitive She had an acute sense of honor. Syn: pressing, urgent, emergent …
