English-Greek translations for acute

• οξύς
• high-pitched
• εντεταμένος
• ξαφνική
• ξαφνικό
• ξαφνικός
• οδυνηρός
• υψίσυχνος

Definition of acute

• brief#Adjective|Brief, quick#Adjective|quick, short#Adjective|short
• high#Adjective|High or shrill
• Intense, sensitive, sharp#Adjective|sharp
• Urgent
• With the side#Noun|sides meet#Verb|meeting directly to form an acute angle (at an apex or base
• Of an angle: less than 90 degrees
• Of a triangle: having all three interior#Adjective|interior angles measure#Verb|measuring less than 90 degrees
• Of an accent#Noun|accent or tone#Noun|tone: generally high#Adjective|higher than others
• Of an abnormal condition#Noun|condition of recent or sudden onset, in contrast to delayed#Adjective|delayed onset; this sense does not imply severity, unlike the common usage
• Of a short-lived condition, in contrast to a chronic condition; this sense also does not imply severity
• After a letter#Noun|letter of the alphabet: having an acute accent
• A person who has the acute form of a disorder#Noun|disorder, such as schizophrenia
• An accent#Noun|accent or tone#Noun|tone high#Adjective|higher than others
• An acute accent (´
• To give an #Adjective|acute sound#Noun|sound to
• To make #Adjective|acute; to sharpen, to whet#Verb|whet

Examples

• It was an acute event
• an acute accent or tone
• She had an acute sense of honour. Eagles have very acute vision
• His need for medical attention was acute
• The teacher pointed out the acute angle
• an acute triangle
• He dropped dead of an acute illness
• The acute symptoms resolved promptly
• The last letter of ‘café’ is ‘e’ acute
• The word ‘cafe’ often has an acute over the ‘e’
• He acutes his rising inflection too much

Related words

• acute-angled
• acutely
• acuteness
• subacute
• hyperacute
• Montacute
• acute accent
• acute triangle
• acute angle