"sharpness" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: sharpnesses [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English sharpnesse, scharpnesse, from Old English sċearpnes (“sharpness”), equivalent to sharp + -ness. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|sharpnesse}} Middle English sharpnesse, {{m|enm|scharpnesse}} scharpnesse, {{inh|en|ang|sċearpnes|t=sharpness}} Old English sċearpnes (“sharpness”), {{af|en|sharp|-ness}} sharp + -ness Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} sharpness (countable and uncountable, plural sharpnesses)
  1. (uncountable) the cutting ability of an edge; keenness. Tags: uncountable Synonyms (cutting ability of an edge): keenness Translations (cutting ability of an edge): ὀξύτης (oxútēs) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), ধাৰ (dhar) (Assamese), agudesa [feminine] (Catalan), scherpheid [feminine] (Dutch), akro (Esperanto), akreco (Esperanto), tranchant [masculine] (French), fil [masculine] (French), Schärfe (German), élesség (Hungarian), aichre [feminine, literary] (Irish), aciēs [feminine] (Latin), മൂർച്ച (mūṟcca) (Malayalam), skarphet [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), كسكینلك (keskinlik) (Ottoman Turkish), острота́ (ostrotá) [feminine] (Russian), agudeza (Spanish), పదును (padunu) (Telugu)
    Sense id: en-sharpness-en-noun-lItDxRe2 Disambiguation of 'cutting ability of an edge': 95 0 0 1 1 1 2 Disambiguation of 'cutting ability of an edge': 95 0 0 1 1 1 2
  2. (uncountable) the fineness of the point a pointed object. Tags: uncountable Translations (fineness of a point): gescherptheid [feminine] (Dutch), scherpte [feminine] (Dutch), akro (Esperanto), akreco (Esperanto), finesse [feminine] (French), acuité [feminine] (French), острота́ (ostrotá) (Russian)
    Sense id: en-sharpness-en-noun-JPLRlDkg Disambiguation of 'fineness of a point': 4 84 5 2 3 2 0
  3. (countable) The product or result of being sharp. Tags: countable
    Sense id: en-sharpness-en-noun-sfk-WBn4
  4. (of food etc) pungency or acidity. Tags: countable, uncountable Synonyms (pungency, acidity): acidity, acridity, piquancy, pungency, sourness Translations (pungency, acidity): scherpte [feminine] (Dutch), akro (Esperanto), akreco (Esperanto), acideco (Esperanto), acidité [feminine] (French)
    Sense id: en-sharpness-en-noun-WlmEypAJ Disambiguation of 'pungency, acidity': 6 1 1 85 3 3 0 Disambiguation of 'pungency, acidity': 6 1 1 85 3 3 0
  5. (of an image) distinctness, focus. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-sharpness-en-noun-4xz8vLIT Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ness Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 5 3 5 34 51 1 1 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ness: 11 5 7 31 41 3 2
  6. (of intelligence) acuteness or acuity. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-sharpness-en-noun-gszDU7Vx
  7. (obsolete) edge or blade Tags: countable, obsolete, uncountable
    Sense id: en-sharpness-en-noun-801yABc8
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms (of an image): clarity, distinctness, focus Synonyms (of intelligence): acuteness, acuity Related terms (of an image): acutance Translations (of an image): scherpte [feminine] (Dutch), netteté [feminine] (French), Schärfe [feminine] (German), Bildschärfe [feminine] (German), skarphet [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), ре́зкость (rézkostʹ) [feminine] (Russian), чёткость (čótkostʹ) (Russian), độ nét (Vietnamese) Translations (of intelligence): ὀξύτης (oxútēs) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), съобразителност (sǎobrazitelnost) [feminine] (Bulgarian), acuité [feminine] (French), tranchant [masculine] (French)
Disambiguation of 'of an image': 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Disambiguation of 'of intelligence': 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Disambiguation of 'of an image': 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Disambiguation of 'of an image': 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Disambiguation of 'of intelligence': 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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        "3": "sċearpnes",
        "t": "sharpness"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English sċearpnes (“sharpness”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "sharp",
        "3": "-ness"
      },
      "expansion": "sharp + -ness",
      "name": "af"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle English sharpnesse, scharpnesse, from Old English sċearpnes (“sharpness”), equivalent to sharp + -ness.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "sharpnesses",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "~"
      },
      "expansion": "sharpness (countable and uncountable, plural sharpnesses)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "sense": "of an image",
      "word": "acutance"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English uncountable nouns"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "the cutting ability of an edge; keenness."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "cutting",
          "cutting"
        ],
        [
          "ability",
          "ability"
        ],
        [
          "edge",
          "edge"
        ],
        [
          "keenness",
          "keenness"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(uncountable) the cutting ability of an edge; keenness."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "uncountable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English uncountable nouns"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "the fineness of the point a pointed object."
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(uncountable) the fineness of the point a pointed object."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "uncountable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English countable nouns",
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1950 April, Timothy H. Cobb, “The Kenya-Uganda Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 263",
          "text": "The first thing that strikes the stranger is the sharpness of the curves on the metre gauge; it is not unusual for a long train to be travelling in three directions at once, and the engine is frequently in full view of the windows of the ninth or tenth carriage.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The product or result of being sharp."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "sharp",
          "sharp"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(countable) The product or result of being sharp."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "pungency or acidity."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "pungency",
          "pungency"
        ],
        [
          "acidity",
          "acidity"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(of food etc) pungency or acidity."
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "of food etc"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "distinctness, focus."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "distinctness",
          "distinctness"
        ],
        [
          "focus",
          "focus"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(of an image) distinctness, focus."
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "of an image"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2012 June 19, Phil McNulty, “England 1-0 Ukraine”, in BBC Sport",
          "text": "A lack of match sharpness was perhaps to blame for Rooney squandering England's best chance after 27 minutes.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "acuteness or acuity."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "acuteness",
          "acuteness"
        ],
        [
          "acuity",
          "acuity"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(of intelligence) acuteness or acuity."
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "of intelligence"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with obsolete senses",
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1760, John Marchant, Gent. Mr. Gordon, Daniel Bellamy, and others., A New Complete English Dictionary...",
          "text": "CUT-WATER, or KNEE OF THE HEAD [S.] the ſharpneſs of the head of the ſhip, below the beak;",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "ca. 1395, John Wycliffe et al., Joshua 6:21",
          "text": "also thei smytiden bi the scharpnesse of swerd, oxun, and scheep, and assis.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "edge or blade"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "edge",
          "edge"
        ],
        [
          "blade",
          "blade"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(obsolete) edge or blade"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "obsolete",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "sense": "cutting ability of an edge",
      "word": "keenness"
    },
    {
      "sense": "pungency, acidity",
      "word": "acidity"
    },
    {
      "sense": "pungency, acidity",
      "word": "acridity"
    },
    {
      "sense": "pungency, acidity",
      "word": "piquancy"
    },
    {
      "sense": "pungency, acidity",
      "word": "pungency"
    },
    {
      "sense": "pungency, acidity",
      "word": "sourness"
    },
    {
      "sense": "of an image",
      "word": "clarity"
    },
    {
      "sense": "of an image",
      "word": "distinctness"
    },
    {
      "sense": "of an image",
      "word": "focus"
    },
    {
      "sense": "of intelligence",
      "word": "acuteness"
    },
    {
      "sense": "of intelligence",
      "word": "acuity"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "as",
      "lang": "Assamese",
      "roman": "dhar",
      "sense": "cutting ability of an edge",
      "word": "ধাৰ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "cutting ability of an edge",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "agudesa"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "cutting ability of an edge",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "scherpheid"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "cutting ability of an edge",
      "word": "akro"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "cutting ability of an edge",
      "word": "akreco"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "cutting ability of an edge",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "tranchant"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "cutting ability of an edge",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "fil"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "cutting ability of an edge",
      "word": "Schärfe"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "oxútēs",
      "sense": "cutting ability of an edge",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ὀξύτης"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "cutting ability of an edge",
      "word": "élesség"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "cutting ability of an edge",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "aichre"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "cutting ability of an edge",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "aciēs"
    },
    {
      "code": "ml",
      "lang": "Malayalam",
      "roman": "mūṟcca",
      "sense": "cutting ability of an edge",
      "word": "മൂർച്ച"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "cutting ability of an edge",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "skarphet"
    },
    {
      "code": "ota",
      "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
      "roman": "keskinlik",
      "sense": "cutting ability of an edge",
      "word": "كسكینلك"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "ostrotá",
      "sense": "cutting ability of an edge",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "острота́"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "cutting ability of an edge",
      "word": "agudeza"
    },
    {
      "code": "te",
      "lang": "Telugu",
      "roman": "padunu",
      "sense": "cutting ability of an edge",
      "word": "పదును"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "fineness of a point",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "gescherptheid"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "fineness of a point",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "scherpte"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "fineness of a point",
      "word": "akro"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "fineness of a point",
      "word": "akreco"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "fineness of a point",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "finesse"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "fineness of a point",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "acuité"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "ostrotá",
      "sense": "fineness of a point",
      "word": "острота́"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "pungency, acidity",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "scherpte"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "pungency, acidity",
      "word": "akro"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "pungency, acidity",
      "word": "akreco"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "pungency, acidity",
      "word": "acideco"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "pungency, acidity",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "acidité"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "of an image",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "scherpte"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "of an image",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "netteté"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "of an image",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Schärfe"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "of an image",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Bildschärfe"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "of an image",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "skarphet"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "rézkostʹ",
      "sense": "of an image",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ре́зкость"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "čótkostʹ",
      "sense": "of an image",
      "word": "чёткость"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "of an image",
      "word": "độ nét"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "sǎobrazitelnost",
      "sense": "of intelligence",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "съобразителност"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "of intelligence",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "acuité"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "of intelligence",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "tranchant"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "oxútēs",
      "sense": "of intelligence",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ὀξύτης"
    }
  ],
  "word": "sharpness"
}

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