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{
"term": "acute",
"partOfSpeech": "adjective",
"ox5000": true,
"cefr": "c1",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "very serious or severe",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "There is an acute shortage of water."
},
{
"text": "acute pain"
},
{
"text": "the world’s acute environmental problems"
},
{
"text": "Competition for jobs is acute."
},
{
"text": "The scandal was an acute embarrassment for the President."
},
{
"text": "He was suffering from acute chest pains."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "an acute illness is one that has quickly become severe and dangerous",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "acute appendicitis"
}
],
"topics": ["Health problems"]
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "describing or designed for patients suffering from an acute illness",
"examples": [
{
"text": "acute patients"
},
{
"text": "an acute ward"
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 4,
"definition": "very sensitive and well developed",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "Dogs have an acute sense of smell."
}
],
"synonyms": "keen"
},
{
"senseNumber": 5,
"definition": "intelligent and quick to notice and understand things",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "He is an acute observer of the social scene."
},
{
"text": "Her judgement is acute."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 6,
"definition": "less than 90°",
"labels": "(geometry)",
"examples": []
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/əˈkjuːt/",
"audio": "ac/acute/acute__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/əˈkjuːt/",
"audio": "ac/acute/acute__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "late Middle English (describing a disease or its symptoms): from Latin acutus, past participle of acuere ‘sharpen’, from acus ‘needle’."
}