Word a Day
acute
What does acute mean?
acute (adjective): intense; sensitive; sharp.
Definition: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
How do you use acute in a sentence?
- Felt acute annoyance. (Princeton WordNet 3.1)
How do you pronounce acute?
/əˈkjut/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does acute come from?
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.
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
What are synonyms of acute?
From Princeton WordNet 3.1.
Test yourself: do you know “acute”?
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What does “acute” mean?
untamed; not domesticated
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lasting forever; unending
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happening once every year
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intense; sensitive; sharp
Right! That's what “acute” means.
Which word is closest in meaning to “acute”?
several
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outside
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general
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intense
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