English-Swedish translations for acute

• akut en
  Nu tar vi alltså bort akut toxiska kategorin nummer fem.Now we are removing acute toxicity category five.
  Varför denna passivitet i en så akut fråga?Why this standstill on such an acute problem?
  Trettiotusen barn lider av akut undernäring.Thirty thousand children are suffering from acute malnutrition.
• abrupt
• bråd
  Nu när sommaren är här stundar bråda dagar i trädgården.
• häftig
  – Herr talman! Den grekiska regeringens uppmaning till Nato att ta ansvar för säkerheten under de olympiska spelen orsakade en häftig reaktion från ett mycket brett politiskt spektrum i Grekland.Mr President, the Greek Government's invitation to NATO to assume responsibility for the security of the Olympic Games provoked acute reaction from a very broad political spectrum in Greece.
  Du får inte göra häftiga rörelser när du är med råttorna – de kan bli rädda.
  Fan vad du är häftig!
• hastig
• plötslig
  Barnet drabbades av plötslig hemlängtan.
• skarp
  Det skarpa solskenet gav mig obehag.
  Den tävlande bilen klarade inte den skarpa kurvan och for ned i diket.
• spetsig
  En spetsig twittrare med många följare, exempelvis B., skriver något som uppenbart är avsett att provocera och väcka starka reaktioner.

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