Definitions for acute
Overview of noun acute
The noun acute has 1 senses? (no senses from tagged texts)
1. acute accent, acute, ague
(a mark (') placed above a vowel to indicate pronunciation)
Overview of adj acute
The adj acute has 6 senses? (first 3 from tagged texts)
1. (2) acute
(having or experiencing a rapid onset and short but severe course; "acute appendicitis"; "the acute phase of the illness"; "acute patients")
2. (2) acute, intense
(extremely sharp or intense; "acute pain"; "felt acute annoyance"; "intense itching and burning")
3. (1) acute, discriminating, incisive, keen, knifelike, penetrating, penetrative, piercing, sharp
(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")
4. acute
(of an angle; less than 90 degrees)
5. acuate, acute, sharp, needlelike
(ending in a sharp point)
6. acute
(of critical importance and consequence; "an acute (or critical) lack of research funds")
