amerikai:
brit:
1. A person who has the acute form of a disorder, such as schizophrenia.
2. An accent or tone higher than others.
Ellentétek: grave
3. An acute accent (´).
The word ‘cafe’ often has an acute over the ‘e’.
1. To give an acute sound to.
He acutes his rising inflection too much.
2. To make acute; to sharpen, to whet.
1. Brief, quick, short.
It was an acute event.
Szinonimák: fast, rapid
Ellentétek: leisurely, slow
2. High or shrill.
an acute accent or tone
Ellentétek: grave
3. Intense, sensitive, sharp.
She had an acute sense of honour. Eagles have very acute vision.
Szinonimák: keen, powerful, strong
Ellentétek: dull, obtuse, slow, witless
4. Urgent.
His need for medical attention was acute.
Szinonimák: emergent, pressing, sudden
5. With the sides meeting directly to form an acute angle (at an apex or base).
Ellentétek: obtuse
6. Of an angle: less than 90 degrees.
The teacher pointed out the acute angle.
Ellentétek: obtuse
7. Of a triangle: having all three interior angles measuring less than 90 degrees.
an acute triangle
Szinonimák: acute-angled
Ellentétek: obtuse, obtuse-angled
8. Of an accent or tone: generally higher than others.
9. 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.
10. Of a short-lived condition, in contrast to a chronic condition; this sense also does not imply severity.
The acute symptoms resolved promptly.
Ellentétek: chronic
11. After a letter of the alphabet: having an acute accent.
The last letter of ‘café’ is ‘e’ acute.