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a·cute (ə-kyūt')
adj.
  1. Having a sharp point or tip.
  2. Keenly perceptive or discerning: "a raw, chilling and psychologically acute novel of human passions reduced to their deadliest essence" (Literary Guild Magazine). See synonyms at sharp.
  3. Reacting readily to stimuli or impressions; sensitive: His hearing was unusually acute.
  4. Of great importance or consequence; crucial: an acute lack of research funds.
  5. Extremely sharp or severe; intense: acute pain; acute relief.
  6. Medicine.
    1. Having a rapid onset and following a short but severe course: acute disease.
    2. Afflicted by a disease exhibiting a rapid onset followed by a short, severe course: acute patients.
  7. Music. High in pitch; shrill.
  8. Geometry. Having an acute angle: an acute triangle.

[Latin acūtus, past participle of acuere, to sharpen, from acus, needle.]

acutely a·cute'ly adv.
acuteness a·cute'ness n.



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