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"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": "quote"
}
],
"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": "quote"
}
],
"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": "quote"
},
{
"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": "quote"
}
],
"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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