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Pronunciation guide for acute
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- Practice the English pronunciation of acute with real speech in context.
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- Mikkael Sekeres
The other aspect of acute leukemia--
- Definition summary
- Brief, quick, short.
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How to pronounce acute
Mikkael Sekeres
The other aspect of acute leukemia--
Example Sentences
A Deep Dive Into “acute”
Meaning
- [Adjective]
- Brief, quick, short.
- High or shrill.
- Intense; sensitive; sharp.
- Urgent.
- (botany) With the sides meeting directly to form an acute angle (at an apex or base).
- (geometry, of an angle) Less than 90 degrees.
- (geometry, of a triangle) Having all three interior angles measuring less than 90 degrees.
- (linguistics, chiefly historical) Of an accent or tone: generally higher than others.
- (phonology, dated, of a sound) Sharp, produced in the front of the mouth. (See Grave and acute on Wikipedia.Wikipedia )
- (medicine) Of an abnormal condition of recent or sudden onset, in contrast to delayed onset; this sense does not imply severity, unlike the common usage.
- (medicine) Of a short-lived condition, in contrast to a chronic condition; this sense also does not imply severity.
- (orthography, postpositive) Of a letter of the alphabet, having an acute accent.
- [Noun]
- (medicine, informal) A person who has the acute form of a disorder, such as schizophrenia.
- (linguistics, chiefly historical) An accent or tone higher than others.
- (orthography) An acute accent (´).
- [Verb]
- (transitive, phonetics) To give an acute sound to.
- (transitive, archaic) To make acute; to sharpen, to whet.
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