acute
Brief, quick, short.
Adjective 4 meanings
Brief, quick, short.
“It was an acute event.”
High or shrill.
“an acute accent or tone”
Intense; sensitive; sharp.
“She had an acute sense of honour”
Urgent.
“His need for medical attention was acute.”
Noun 2 meanings
A person who has the acute form of a disorder, such as schizophrenia.
An acute accent (´).
“The word ‘cafe’ often has an acute over the ‘e’.”
Verb 1 meaning
To give an acute sound to.
“He acutes his rising inflection too much.”
Etymology
From Late Middle English acute (“of a disease or fever: starting suddenly and lasting for a short time; of a humour: irritating, sharp”), from Latin acūta, from acūtus (“sharp, sharpened”), perfect passive participle of acuō (“to make pointed, sharpen, whet”), from acus (“needle, pin”).
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ACUTE at a glance
ACUTE has 5 letters and scores 7 points in Scrabble (A 1 + C 3 + U 1 + T 1 + E 1) and 9 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #6,980 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with acute
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