acute
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cute
ˈkjut
kyoot
/əˈkjuːt/

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "acute"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

01

āϤ⧀āĻŦā§āϰ, āϗ⧁āϰ⧁āϤāϰ

(of an illness) suddenly becoming severe but for a short time
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Mary experienced acute food poisoning after eating contaminated seafood, leading to severe vomiting and diarrhea.
āĻŽā§‡āϰāĻŋ āĻĻā§‚āώāĻŋāϤ āϏāĻžāĻŽā§āĻĻā§āϰāĻŋāĻ• āĻ–āĻžāĻŦāĻžāϰ āĻ–āĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āĻĒāϰ⧇ āϤ⧀āĻŦā§āϰ āĻ–āĻžāĻĻā§āϝ āĻŦāĻŋāώāĻ•ā§āϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻž āĻ…āύ⧁āĻ­āĻŦ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ, āϝāĻžāϰ āĻĢāϞ⧇ āϤ⧀āĻŦā§āϰ āĻŦāĻŽāĻŋ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻĄāĻžāϝāĻŧāϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
02

āϤ⧀āĻŦā§āϰ, āĻ—āĻ­ā§€āϰ

characterized by severe intensity or seriousness
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The company faced an acute shortage of skilled workers due to a sudden increase in demand.
āϚāĻžāĻšāĻŋāĻĻāĻž āĻšāĻ āĻžā§Ž āĻŦ⧃āĻĻā§āϧāĻŋāϰ āĻ•āĻžāϰāϪ⧇ āϕ⧋āĻŽā§āĻĒāĻžāύāĻŋāϟāĻŋ āĻĻāĻ•ā§āώ āĻ•āĻ°ā§āĻŽā§€āĻĻ⧇āϰ āϤ⧀āĻŦā§āϰ āϘāĻžāϟāϤāĻŋāϰ āϏāĻŽā§āĻŽā§āĻ–ā§€āύ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
03

āϤ⧀āĻŦā§āϰ, āϏāĻ‚āĻŦ⧇āĻĻāύāĻļā§€āϞ

(of senses) highly-developed and very sensitive
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Her acute sense of smell helped her identify the scent of the rare flower.
āϤāĻžāϰ āϤ⧀āĻŦā§āϰ āĻ—āĻ¨ā§āϧ⧇āϰ āĻ…āύ⧁āĻ­ā§‚āϤāĻŋ āϤāĻžāϕ⧇ āĻŦāĻŋāϰāϞ āĻĢ⧁āϞ⧇āϰ āĻ—āĻ¨ā§āϧ āϚāĻŋāύāϤ⧇ āϏāĻžāĻšāĻžāĻ¯ā§āϝ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
04

(of an angle) measuring less than 90 degrees

āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She carefully measured the acute corner with a protractor.
05

āϤ⧀āĻ•ā§āĻˇā§āĻŖ, āϏ⧂āϚāĻžāϞ⧋

having a pointed or narrow tip
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The arrowhead was shaped with an acute point.
āϤ⧀āϰ⧇āϰ āĻŽāĻžāĻĨāĻžāϟāĻŋ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϤ⧀āĻ•ā§āĻˇā§āĻŖ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ¨ā§āĻĻ⧁ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻ—āĻ āĻŋāϤ āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
01

a diacritical mark (´) placed above a vowel to indicate a specific pronunciation, stress, or tone

āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
In French, the letter Ê always carries an acute.

āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāϤāĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ• āĻ—āĻžāĻ›

acutely
acuteness
subacute
acute
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āύāĻŋāĻ•āϟāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤ⧀ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ
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āĻ…ā§āϝāĻžāĻĒ āĻĄāĻžāωāύāϞ⧋āĻĄ āĻ•āϰ⧁āύ