ACUTE : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: ACUTE	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for ACUTE
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
acute adj having or experiencing a rapid onset and short but severe course; "acute appendicitis"; "the acute phase of the illness"; "acute patients" Antonym(s): chronic extremely sharp or intense; "acute pain"; "felt acute annoyance"; "intense itching and burning" Synonym(s): acute, intense 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" Synonym(s): acute, discriminating, incisive, keen, knifelike, penetrating, penetrative, piercing, sharp of an angle; less than 90 degrees Antonym(s): obtuse ending in a sharp point Synonym(s): acuate, acute, sharp, needlelike of critical importance and consequence; "an acute (or critical) lack of research funds" n a mark (') placed above a vowel to indicate pronunciation Synonym(s): acute accent, acute, ague
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Acute \Acute"\, v. t. To give an acute* sound to; as, he acutes his rising inflection too much. [R.] --Walker.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Acute \Acute"\, a. [L. acutus, p. p. of acuere to sharpen, fr. a root ak to be sharp. Cf. {Ague}, {Cute}, {Edge}.] 1. Sharp at the end; ending in a sharp point; pointed; -- opposed to {blunt} or {obtuse}; as, an acute* angle; an acute leaf. 2. Having nice discernment; perceiving or using minute distinctions; penetrating; clever; shrewd; -- opposed to {dull} or {stupid}; as, an acute observer; acute remarks, or reasoning. 3. 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. 4. High, or shrill, in respect to some other sound; -- opposed to {grave} or {low}; as, an acute tone or accent. 5. (Med.) Attended with symptoms of some degree of severity, and coming speedily to a crisis; -- opposed to {chronic}; as, an acute disease. {Acute angle} (Geom.), an angle less than a right angle. Syn: Subtile; ingenious; sharp; keen; penetrating; sagacious; sharp-witted; shrewd; discerning; discriminating. See {Subtile}.