Definition of Acute
Acute
a·cute
Definition/Meaning
(adjective)
having or showing a very good, accurate, perceptive understanding or insight - shrewd;
e.g. She has an acute awareness of changing demography in her city.
(adjective)
characterized by sharpness, severity, intensity, of sudden onset;
e.g. She was suffering an acute attack of sciatic pain.
(adjective)
being, providing, or requiring short-term medical care (as for serious illness or traumatic injury);
e.g. She became an acute patient after having broken her hip.
(adjective)
composed of acute angles, those that are less than a 90-degree angle;
e.g. She measured the space and found that she needed and acute cute of wood to fit the corner.
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