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Results for: "acute"

Translating from English to Slovenian

Translations:

acute
→ akuten
acute
→ kritičen
acute
→ sposoben
acute
→ oster

English definitions WordNet

NOUN 1

  1. a mark (') placed above a vowel to indicate pronunciation

    Synonymsacute accentague

ADJECTIVE 6

  1. having or experiencing a rapid onset and short but severe course

    • “acute appendicitis”
    • “the acute phase of the illness”
    • “acute patients”
  2. extremely sharp or intense

    • “acute pain”
    • “felt acute annoyance”
    • “intense itching and burning”
    Synonymsintense
  3. having or demonstrating ability to recognize or draw fine distinctions

    • “an acute observer of politics and politicians”
    • “incisive comments”
    • “icy knifelike reasoning”
    • “as sharp and incisive as the stroke of a fang”
    • “penetrating insight”
    • “frequent penetrative observations”
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  1. of an angle; less than 90 degrees

  2. ending in a sharp point

  3. of critical importance and consequence

    • “an acute (or critical) lack of research funds”