"acuteness" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: acutenesses [plural]
Etymology: From acute + -ness. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|acute|ness}} acute + -ness Head templates: {{en-noun|-|+}} acuteness (usually uncountable, plural acutenesses)
  1. The quality of being acute or pointed Tags: uncountable, usually Translations (quality of being pointed): akro (Esperanto), akreco (Esperanto), terävyys (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-acuteness-en-noun-FFAlQNzn Categories (other): English terms with collocations Disambiguation of 'quality of being pointed': 92 3 1 3 1
  2. (of the senses or feelings) The faculty of precise discernment or perception; sensitiveness Tags: uncountable, usually Translations (of the senses or feelings: sensitiveness): akro (Esperanto), akreco (Esperanto), tarkkuus (Finnish), terävyys (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-acuteness-en-noun-ZDQSwEKu Disambiguation of 'of the senses or feelings: sensitiveness': 15 58 4 20 2
  3. Shrillness; high pitch; – said of sounds. Tags: uncountable, usually Translations (shrillness): kimeys (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-acuteness-en-noun-hGd0C2oj Disambiguation of 'shrillness': 7 1 90 1 2
  4. (medicine) Violence of a disease, which brings it speedily to a crisis. Tags: uncountable, usually Categories (topical): Medicine Translations (violence of a disease): akuuttisuus (Finnish), Akuität [feminine] (German)
    Sense id: en-acuteness-en-noun-e9lhwRLN Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ness, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with German translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 39 7 2 51 1 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ness: 33 14 5 45 3 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 21 6 6 63 3 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 21 5 4 67 3 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 17 4 4 73 2 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 25 6 6 59 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 28 7 7 53 4 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 31 8 8 49 4 Topics: medicine, sciences Disambiguation of 'violence of a disease': 7 2 3 87 1
  5. Shrewdness, quickness of mind Tags: uncountable, usually Translations (shrewdness, quickness of mind): oveluus (shrewdness) (Finnish), nokkeluus (english: quickness) (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-acuteness-en-noun-gMBrPuQe Disambiguation of 'shrewdness, quickness of mind': 2 0 1 0 97
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: acuity, sharpness, acumen, keenness Related terms: acutance

Inflected forms

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