acute

adjective

/əˈkjuːt/

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very serious or severe
- There is an acute shortage of water.
- acute pain
- the world’s acute environmental problems
- Competition for jobs is acute.
- The scandal was an acute embarrassment for the President.
- He was suffering from acute chest pains.
an acute illness is one that has quickly become severe and dangerous
- acute appendicitis
opposite chronic
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describing or designed for patients suffering from an acute illness
- acute patients
- an acute ward
(of the senses) very sensitive and well developed synonym keen
- Dogs have an acute sense of smell.
intelligent and quick to notice and understand things
- He is an acute observer of the social scene.
- Her judgement is acute.
[usually before noun] (geometry) (of an angle) less than 90° compare obtuse (2)

Word Originlate Middle English (describing a disease or its symptoms): from Latin acutus, past participle of acuere ‘sharpen’, from acus ‘needle’.

单词	acute
释义	acute adjective /əˈkjuːt/ /əˈkjuːt/ jump to other results very serious or severe There is an acute shortage of water. acute pain the world’s acute environmental problems Competition for jobs is acute. The scandal was an acute embarrassment for the President. He was suffering from acute chest pains. an acute illness is one that has quickly become severe and dangerous acute appendicitis opposite chronic Wordfinder acute condition health medicine outbreak pain recover relapse terminal treatment Topics Illnessc1 describing or designed for patients suffering from an acute illness acute patients an acute ward (of the senses) very sensitive and well developed synonym keen Dogs have an acute sense of smell. intelligent and quick to notice and understand things He is an acute observer of the social scene. Her judgement is acute. [usually before noun] (geometry) (of an angle) less than 90° compare obtuse (2) Word Originlate Middle English (describing a disease or its symptoms): from Latin acutus, past participle of acuere ‘sharpen’, from acus ‘needle’.
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