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"text": "It was an acute event.",
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"ref": "2013 July-August, Philip J. Bushnell, “Solvents, Ethanol, Car Crashes & Tolerance: How Risky is Inhalation of Organic Solvents?”, in American Scientist, Research Triangle Park, N.C.: Sigma Xi, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2013-06-19",
"text": "Surprisingly, this analysis revealed that acute exposure to solvent vapors at concentrations below those associated with long-term effects appears to increase the risk of a fatal automobile accident. Furthermore, this increase in risk is comparable to the risk of death from leukemia after long-term exposure to benzene, another solvent, which has the well-known property of causing this type of cancer.",
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"text": "an acute accent or tone",
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"ref": "1751, “a Lover of the Mathematicks” [pseudonym; Nathaniel Whittemore?], “Part II. New Paradoxes Solved.”, in A Mathematical Miscellany, in Four Parts., London: Printed for M. Cooper, […], →OCLC, paradox 61, stanza III, page 53",
"text": "The nimble Fly's Wings quicker were / Than those of her Competitor [a bee], / As may by this appear; / For an acuter Tone they made, / And in a ſharper Key they play'd, / (Which made the matter clear.)",
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"ref": "1851, William C. Larrabee, “Lecture X. Evidences of Design from the Structure and Adaptations of the External Senses.”, in B[enjamin] F[ranklin] Tefft, editor, Lectures on the Scientific Evidences of Natural and Revealed Religion, Cincinnati, Oh.: Published by L. Swormstedt & J. H. Power, for the Methodist Episcopal Church, […]; R. P. Thompson, printer, →OCLC, paragraph 233, page 177",
"text": "The acuteness of sound in stringed instruments depends on three circumstances—length, thickness, and tension. The shorter, smaller, and tighter a string, the more acute the sound. […] In the violin, when you desire an acute sound, you tighten the string. When you wish a loud sound, you draw the bow over the strings heavily.",
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"text": "She had an acute sense of honour",
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"text": "Eagles have very acute vision.",
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"ref": "1912, Fyodor Dostoevsky, “Elders”, in Constance Garnett, transl., The Brothers Karamazov (Novels of Fyodor Dostoevsky; 1), London: W[illiam] Heinemann, →OCLC; republished as The Brothers Karamazov, New York, N.Y.: Modern Library, [1943], →OCLC, page 32",
"text": "It was at this time that the discord between Dmitri and his father seemed at its acutest stage and their relations had become insufferably strained.",
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"ref": "2013, Thomas Keneally, Shame and the Captives, North Sydney, N.S.W.: Random House Australia; 1st Atria Books hardcover edition, New York, N.Y.: Atria, 2015, page 87",
"text": "Then, at three, for Neville's sake and for the sake of her marriage as undernourished and spectral as it had been rendered by absence, its substance being all in the future, and an honest hope of hearing some news or of extending solace to other women, not least those with children, who seemed each to have an acuter sense of the man she was missing than Alice had of Neville, she attended the Friday meeting for wives and mothers of prisoners of war at the School of the Arts.",
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"word": "agudo"
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"word": "agudo"
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"word": "perspicaz"
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"word": "sagaz"
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"word": "skarp"
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"word": "keskin"
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"ref": "1997, Joen Wolfrom, “The Fascination of Shapes”, in The Visual Dance: Creating Spectacular Quilts, Lafayette, Calif.: C&T Publishing; republished Lafayette, Calif.: C&T Publishing, 2009, page 39",
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"text": "Surprisingly, this analysis revealed that acute exposure to solvent vapors at concentrations below those associated with long-term effects appears to increase the risk of a fatal automobile accident. Furthermore, this increase in risk is comparable to the risk of death from leukemia after long-term exposure to benzene, another solvent, which has the well-known property of causing this type of cancer.",
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"text": "The nimble Fly's Wings quicker were / Than those of her Competitor [a bee], / As may by this appear; / For an acuter Tone they made, / And in a ſharper Key they play'd, / (Which made the matter clear.)",
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"ref": "1912, Fyodor Dostoevsky, “Elders”, in Constance Garnett, transl., The Brothers Karamazov (Novels of Fyodor Dostoevsky; 1), London: W[illiam] Heinemann, →OCLC; republished as The Brothers Karamazov, New York, N.Y.: Modern Library, [1943], →OCLC, page 32",
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"ref": "2007 April 24, R[obert] J[ames] Chinnock, “Taxonomic Treatment of the Family Myoporaceae R. Br.”, in Eremophila and Allied Genera: A Monograph of the Plant Family Myoporaceae, Dural Delivery Centre, N.S.W.: Rosenberg Publishing, section XXV (Eremophila sec. Pulchrisepalae (12 spp.)), page 622",
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"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "intense, sensitive, sharp — see also intense, sensitive, sharp",
"word": "skarp"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "intense, sensitive, sharp — see also intense, sensitive, sharp",
"word": "scherp"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "intense, sensitive, sharp — see also intense, sensitive, sharp",
"word": "gevoelig"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "intense, sensitive, sharp — see also intense, sensitive, sharp",
"word": "akra"
},
{
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "intense, sensitive, sharp — see also intense, sensitive, sharp",
"word": "äge"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "intense, sensitive, sharp — see also intense, sensitive, sharp",
"word": "tarkka"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "intense, sensitive, sharp — see also intense, sensitive, sharp",
"word": "terävä"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "intense, sensitive, sharp — see also intense, sensitive, sharp",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "aigu"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "intense, sensitive, sharp — see also intense, sensitive, sharp",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "aiguë"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "intense, sensitive, sharp — see also intense, sensitive, sharp",
"word": "agudo"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "intense, sensitive, sharp — see also intense, sensitive, sharp",
"word": "vivo"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "maxvili",
"sense": "intense, sensitive, sharp — see also intense, sensitive, sharp",
"word": "მახვილი"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "intense, sensitive, sharp — see also intense, sensitive, sharp",
"word": "scharf"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "oxýs",
"sense": "intense, sensitive, sharp — see also intense, sensitive, sharp",
"word": "οξύς"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "satsujitsu",
"sense": "intense, sensitive, sharp — see also intense, sensitive, sharp",
"word": "せつじつ"
},
{
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "intense, sensitive, sharp — see also intense, sensitive, sharp",
"word": "tajam"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "intense, sensitive, sharp — see also intense, sensitive, sharp",
"word": "tārūrū"
},
{
"code": "ota",
"lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
"roman": "keskin",
"sense": "intense, sensitive, sharp — see also intense, sensitive, sharp",
"word": "كسكین"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "tiz",
"sense": "intense, sensitive, sharp — see also intense, sensitive, sharp",
"word": "تیز"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "intense, sensitive, sharp — see also intense, sensitive, sharp",
"word": "ostry"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "intense, sensitive, sharp — see also intense, sensitive, sharp",
"word": "agudo"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "óstryj",
"sense": "intense, sensitive, sharp — see also intense, sensitive, sharp",
"word": "о́стрый"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "tónkij",
"sense": "intense, sensitive, sharp — see also intense, sensitive, sharp",
"word": "то́нкий"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "intense, sensitive, sharp — see also intense, sensitive, sharp",
"word": "agudo"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "intense, sensitive, sharp — see also intense, sensitive, sharp",
"word": "perspicaz"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "intense, sensitive, sharp — see also intense, sensitive, sharp",
"word": "sagaz"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "intense, sensitive, sharp — see also intense, sensitive, sharp",
"word": "skarp"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "intense, sensitive, sharp — see also intense, sensitive, sharp",
"word": "keskin"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "ostǎr",
"sense": "urgent — see also urgent",
"word": "остър"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "urgent — see also urgent",
"word": "akutní"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "urgent — see also urgent",
"word": "akut"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "urgent — see also urgent",
"word": "dringend"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "urgent — see also urgent",
"word": "acuut"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "urgent — see also urgent",
"word": "akuutti"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "urgent — see also urgent",
"word": "kiireellinen"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "mc̣vave",
"sense": "urgent — see also urgent",
"word": "მწვავე"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "gadaudebeli",
"sense": "urgent — see also urgent",
"word": "გადაუდებელი"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "dahuf",
"sense": "urgent — see also urgent",
"word": "דחוף"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "satsujitsu",
"sense": "urgent — see also urgent",
"word": "せつじつ"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "urgent — see also urgent",
"word": "akutt"
},
{
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "urgent — see also urgent",
"word": "akutt"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "urgent — see also urgent",
"word": "urgente"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "sróčnyj",
"sense": "urgent — see also urgent",
"word": "сро́чный"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "neotlóžnyj",
"sense": "urgent — see also urgent",
"word": "неотло́жный"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "urgent — see also urgent",
"word": "grave"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "urgent — see also urgent",
"word": "akut"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "urgent — see also urgent",
"word": "tost"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "(botany) having an acute angle",
"word": "terävä"
},
{
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "(botany) having an acute angle",
"word": "tirus"
},
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "ḥādd",
"sense": "(geometry) of an angle: less than 90 degrees",
"word": "حَادّ"
},
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "sur",
"sense": "(geometry) of an angle: less than 90 degrees",
"word": "սուր"
},
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "vóstry",
"sense": "(geometry) of an angle: less than 90 degrees",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "во́стры"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "ostǎr",
"sense": "(geometry) of an angle: less than 90 degrees",
"word": "остър"
},
{
"code": "my",
"lang": "Burmese",
"roman": "kyany:",
"sense": "(geometry) of an angle: less than 90 degrees",
"word": "ကျဉ်း"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "(geometry) of an angle: less than 90 degrees",
"word": "agut"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "ruìjiǎo",
"sense": "(geometry) of an angle: less than 90 degrees",
"word": "锐角"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "(geometry) of an angle: less than 90 degrees",
"word": "ostrý"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "(geometry) of an angle: less than 90 degrees",
"word": "spids"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "(geometry) of an angle: less than 90 degrees",
"word": "scherp"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "(geometry) of an angle: less than 90 degrees",
"word": "akuta"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "(geometry) of an angle: less than 90 degrees",
"word": "terävä"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "(geometry) of an angle: less than 90 degrees",
"word": "aigu"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "maxvili",
"sense": "(geometry) of an angle: less than 90 degrees",
"word": "მახვილი"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "(geometry) of an angle: less than 90 degrees",
"word": "spitz"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "oxýs",
"sense": "(geometry) of an angle: less than 90 degrees",
"word": "οξύς"
},
{
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "oxugṓnios",
"sense": "(geometry) of an angle: less than 90 degrees",
"word": "ὀξυγώνιος"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "(geometry) of an angle: less than 90 degrees",
"word": "hegyes"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "(geometry) of an angle: less than 90 degrees",
"word": "acuto"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "eikaku no",
"sense": "(geometry) of an angle: less than 90 degrees",
"word": "鋭角の"
},
{
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "sruəc",
"sense": "(geometry) of an angle: less than 90 degrees",
"word": "ស្រួច"
},
{
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "(geometry) of an angle: less than 90 degrees",
"word": "smailus"
},
{
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "(geometry) of an angle: less than 90 degrees",
"word": "tirus"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "(geometry) of an angle: less than 90 degrees",
"word": "tāhapa"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "(geometry) of an angle: less than 90 degrees",
"word": "spiss"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "tond",
"sense": "(geometry) of an angle: less than 90 degrees",
"word": "تند"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "(geometry) of an angle: less than 90 degrees",
"word": "ostry"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "(geometry) of an angle: less than 90 degrees",
"word": "agudo"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "(geometry) of an angle: less than 90 degrees",
"word": "ascuțit"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "óstryj",
"sense": "(geometry) of an angle: less than 90 degrees",
"word": "о́стрый"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "(geometry) of an angle: less than 90 degrees",
"word": "agudo"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "(geometry) of an angle: less than 90 degrees",
"word": "spetsig"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "(geometry) of an angle: less than 90 degrees",
"word": "kipot"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "(geometry) of an angle: less than 90 degrees",
"word": "dar"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "(linguistics) of an accent or tone: generally higher than others",
"word": "akuutti"
},
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "šadīd",
"sense": "(medicine) of an abnormal condition of recent or sudden onset",
"word": "شَدِيد"
},
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "sur",
"sense": "(medicine) of an abnormal condition of recent or sudden onset",
"word": "սուր"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "ostǎr",
"sense": "(medicine) of an abnormal condition of recent or sudden onset",
"word": "остър"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "akuten",
"sense": "(medicine) of an abnormal condition of recent or sudden onset",
"word": "акутен"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "(medicine) of an abnormal condition of recent or sudden onset",
"word": "agut"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "jíxìng",
"sense": "(medicine) of an abnormal condition of recent or sudden onset",
"word": "急性"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "(medicine) of an abnormal condition of recent or sudden onset",
"word": "akutní"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "(medicine) of an abnormal condition of recent or sudden onset",
"word": "akut"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "(medicine) of an abnormal condition of recent or sudden onset",
"word": "acuut"
},
{
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "(medicine) of an abnormal condition of recent or sudden onset",
"word": "äge"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "(medicine) of an abnormal condition of recent or sudden onset",
"word": "akuutti"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "(medicine) of an abnormal condition of recent or sudden onset",
"word": "aigu"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "mc̣vave",
"sense": "(medicine) of an abnormal condition of recent or sudden onset",
"word": "მწვავე"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "(medicine) of an abnormal condition of recent or sudden onset",
"word": "akut"
},
{
"alt": "きゅうせいの",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "kyūsei no",
"sense": "(medicine) of an abnormal condition of recent or sudden onset",
"word": "急性の"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "(medicine) of an abnormal condition of recent or sudden onset",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "acutus"
},
{
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "(medicine) of an abnormal condition of recent or sudden onset",
"word": "mendadak"
},
{
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "(medicine) of an abnormal condition of recent or sudden onset",
"word": "akut"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "hâd",
"sense": "(medicine) of an abnormal condition of recent or sudden onset",
"word": "حاد"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "savâre",
"sense": "(medicine) of an abnormal condition of recent or sudden onset",
"word": "سواره"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "(medicine) of an abnormal condition of recent or sudden onset",
"word": "agudo"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "óstryj",
"sense": "(medicine) of an abnormal condition of recent or sudden onset",
"word": "о́стрый"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "(medicine) of an abnormal condition of recent or sudden onset",
"word": "agudo"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "(medicine) of an abnormal condition of recent or sudden onset",
"word": "akut"
},
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "šadīd",
"sense": "(medicine) of a short-lived condition",
"word": "شَدِيد"
},
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "sur",
"sense": "(medicine) of a short-lived condition",
"word": "սուր"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "ostǎr",
"sense": "(medicine) of a short-lived condition",
"word": "остър"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "akuten",
"sense": "(medicine) of a short-lived condition",
"word": "акутен"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "(medicine) of a short-lived condition",
"word": "agut"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "jíxìng",
"sense": "(medicine) of a short-lived condition",
"word": "急性"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "(medicine) of a short-lived condition",
"word": "akutní"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "(medicine) of a short-lived condition",
"word": "akut"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "(medicine) of a short-lived condition",
"word": "kritisk"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "(medicine) of a short-lived condition",
"word": "acuut"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "(medicine) of a short-lived condition",
"word": "akuta"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "(medicine) of a short-lived condition",
"word": "akra"
},
{
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "(medicine) of a short-lived condition",
"word": "äge"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "(medicine) of a short-lived condition",
"word": "akuutti"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "(medicine) of a short-lived condition",
"word": "aigu"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "mc̣vave",
"sense": "(medicine) of a short-lived condition",
"word": "მწვავე"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "oxýs",
"sense": "(medicine) of a short-lived condition",
"word": "οξύς"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "(medicine) of a short-lived condition",
"word": "akut"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "(medicine) of a short-lived condition",
"word": "heveny"
},
{
"alt": "きゅうせいの",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "kyūsei no",
"sense": "(medicine) of a short-lived condition",
"word": "急性の"
},
{
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "(medicine) of a short-lived condition",
"word": "mendadak"
},
{
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "(medicine) of a short-lived condition",
"word": "akut"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "(medicine) of a short-lived condition",
"word": "akutt"
},
{
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "(medicine) of a short-lived condition",
"word": "akutt"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "hâd",
"sense": "(medicine) of a short-lived condition",
"word": "حاد"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "savâre",
"sense": "(medicine) of a short-lived condition",
"word": "سواره"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "(medicine) of a short-lived condition",
"word": "agudo"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "óstryj",
"sense": "(medicine) of a short-lived condition",
"word": "о́стрый"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "(medicine) of a short-lived condition",
"word": "akut"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "(orthography) after a letter of the alphabet: having an acute accent",
"word": "agut"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "(orthography) after a letter of the alphabet: having an acute accent",
"word": "tancat"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "(orthography) after a letter of the alphabet: having an acute accent",
"word": "met accent aigu"
},
{
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "(orthography) after a letter of the alphabet: having an acute accent",
"word": "lihtrõhk"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "(orthography) after a letter of the alphabet: having an acute accent",
"word": "nouseva"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "(orthography) after a letter of the alphabet: having an acute accent",
"word": "akuutti"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "(orthography) after a letter of the alphabet: having an acute accent",
"word": "aigu"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "aḳuṭi",
"sense": "(orthography) after a letter of the alphabet: having an acute accent",
"word": "აკუტი"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "aḳuṭuri maxvili",
"sense": "(orthography) after a letter of the alphabet: having an acute accent",
"word": "აკუტური მახვილი"
},
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"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/4/49/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-acute.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-acute.wav.ogg",
"tags": [
"Southern-England"
],
"text": "Audio (Southern England)"
},
{
"audio": "en-au-acute.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/c/c1/En-au-acute.ogg/En-au-acute.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c1/En-au-acute.ogg",
"tags": [
"Australia"
],
"text": "Audio (AU)"
},
{
"enpr": "ə-kyo͞ot′"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to give an acute sound to",
"word": "korostaa"
}
],
"word": "acute"
}
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