Acute
21acute — UK [əˈkjuːt] / US [əˈkjut] 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… …
22acute — [əˈkjuːt] adj 1) very serious or severe an acute pain in his chest[/ex] acute food shortages[/ex] 2) able to notice things very quickly and easily an acute sense of smell[/ex] 3) an acute angle is less than 90 degrees 4) an acute ACCENT is the… …
23acute — a•cute [[t]əˈkyut[/t]] adj. 1) sharp or severe in effect; intense: acute pain[/ex] 2) extremely great or serious: an acute shortage of oil[/ex] 3) (of disease) brief and severe (disting. from chronic). 4) penetrating in intellect, insight, or… …
24acute — /əˈkjut / (say uh kyooht) adjective 1. sharp at the end; ending in a point (opposed to blunt or obtuse). 2. sharp in effect; intense; poignant: acute sorrow. 3. severe; crucial: an acute shortage. 4. brief and severe, as disease (opposed to… …
25acute — adjective 1) acute food shortages Syn: severe, critical, drastic, dire, dreadful, terrible, awful, grave, bad, serious, desperate, dangerous See note at crucial Ant …
26acute — adj. & n. adj. (acuter, acutest) 1 (of sensation or senses) keen, penetrating. 2 shrewd, perceptive (an acute critic). 3 (of a disease) coming sharply to a crisis; severe, not chronic. 4 (of a difficulty or controversy) critical, serious. 5 a (of …
27Acute — Áá Éé Íí Óó Úú Ýý ´ Ein Akut (lat. acutus ‚spitz, scharf‘), französisch accent aigu, englisch acute accent, ist ein diakritisches Zeichen, genauer ein Akzent, zur Kennzeichnung einer besonderen Aussprache oder Betonung eines Buchstabens. Der Akut …
28acute — adjective 1) acute food shortages Syn: severe, dire, terrible, grave, serious, desperate 2) acute pain Syn: excruciating, sharp, severe, stabbing, agonizing …
29acute — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. shrewd, discerning, astute; sharp, poignant, keen, pointed, severe. See intelligence, cunning, sharpness. Ant., dull, chronic. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Pointed] Syn. sharp pointed, spiked, keen;… …
30acute — adjective 1》 critical; serious: an acute housing shortage. ↘(of an illness) coming sharply to a crisis; severe. Often contrasted with chronic. 2》 perceptive; shrewd. ↘(of a physical sense or faculty) highly developed. 3》 (of an angle)… …
