acute

adjective · noun · verbA2

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Tính từ

adjective

Comparative

acutermore acute

Superlative

acutestmost acute

1.
Brief, quick, short.
It was an acute event.
Đồng nghĩa: fast, rapid
2.
High or shrill.
an acute accent or tone
3.
Intense; sensitive; sharp.
She had an acute sense of honour
Eagles have very acute vision.
Đồng nghĩa: keen, powerful, strong, peracute
4.
Urgent.
His need for medical attention was acute.
Đồng nghĩa: emergent, pressing, sudden
5.
(botany) With the sides meeting directly to form an acute angle (at an apex or base).
6.
(geometry, of an angle) Less than 90 degrees.
The teacher pointed out the acute angle.
7.
(geometry, of a triangle) Having all three interior angles measuring less than 90 degrees.
an acute triangle
Đồng nghĩa: acute-angled
8.
(historical)(linguistics, chiefly historical) Of an accent or tone: generally higher than others.
9.
(dated)(phonology, dated, of a sound) Sharp, produced in the front of the mouth. (See Grave and acute on Wikipedia.Wikipedia )
10.
(medicine) Of an abnormal condition of recent or sudden onset, in contrast to delayed onset; this sense does not imply severity, unlike the common usage.
He dropped dead of an acute illness.
11.
(medicine) Of a short-lived condition, in contrast to a chronic condition; this sense also does not imply severity.
The acute symptoms resolved promptly.
12.
(postpositional)(orthography, postpositive) Of a letter of the alphabet, having an acute accent.
The last letter of ‘café’ is ‘e’ acute.

Danh từ

noun

Plural noun:

acutes

1.
(informal)(medicine, informal) A person who has the acute form of a disorder, such as schizophrenia.
2.
(historical)(linguistics, chiefly historical) An accent or tone higher than others.
3.
(orthography) An acute accent (´).
The word ‘cafe’ often has an acute over the ‘e’.

Động từ

verb

V_es/s

acutes

V_ing/Gerund

acuting

V_ed/pp

acuted

1.
(transitive)(transitive, phonetics) To give an acute sound to.
He acutes his rising inflection too much.
2.
(archaic, transitive)To make acute; to sharpen, to whet.

Từ liên quan

Đồng nghĩa

fast rapid keen powerful strong peracute emergent pressing suddenacute-angled

Trái nghĩa

leisurelyslow grave dull obtuse witless subacuteobtuse-angledchronic

Cùng gốc / liên quan

acutangularacutishhyperacutenonacute superacute unacuteaccent acuteacute abdoacute abdomenacute angleacute cystitisacute flaccid myelitisacute lymphoblastic leukemiaacute membranous gingivitisacute mountain sicknessacute necrotising ulcerative gingivitisacute necrotizing ulcerative gingivitisacute oak declineacute radiation syndromeacute retroviral syndrome

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Nguồn gốc từ

ine-pro itc-pro From Late Middle English acute, from Latin acūta, from acūtus (sharp, sharpened), perfect passive participle of acuō (to make pointed, sharpen, whet), from acus (needle, pin). The word is cognate to ague.